Literature-In-English Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.

• Question 1211: Which of the following statement is NOT true of the two 'Abiku' poems by J.P Clark and Wole Soyinka? Options:
  A) in each of the two poems, the voice of the Abiku is heard
  B) while the tone of Clark's poem is conciliatory, that of Soyinka is defiant
  C) it would appear that making body marks on the two Abiku has not served the customary purpose of stopping them from coming again
  D) as the two poet portray them, Clark's Abiku can choose to stay or not to stay, but Soyinka's Abiku cannot.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1212: These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of Options:
  A) anecdote
  B) aside
  C) apostrophe
  D) allusion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1213: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  Black theater is drama concerned with Options:
  A) mourners dressed in black
  B) actors of black origin
  C) the identity of black Americans
  D) Africans of West Indian origin
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1214: Caricature is used to Options:
  A) ridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features
  B) censure an individual by emphasizing his weakness
  C) expose the folly in literature
  D) elicit the artistic potential of dramatists.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1215:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  J.P Clak's 'Streamside Exchange, depicts an interplay of

  Options:
  A) anxiety and passion
  B) anxiety and ignorance
  C) excitement and passion
  D) ignorance and wisdom
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1216:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The flat character in a literary work

  Options:
  A) is the same as the round character
  B) cannot be found in an allegory
  C) is capable of growing
  D) always embodies a quality
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1217:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's

  Tess of the d'Urbervilles

  Angel Clare prefers Tess to Mercy Chant as a wife because she

  Options:
  A) is an accomplished lady
  B) is from a very god family
  C) understands farm life
  D) is a good Christian
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1218:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is

  Options:
  A) censure
  B) aesthetics
  C) philosophy
  D) philology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1219:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'I am alone

  And the murmur of my lips

  Carry song and tears homewards

  From a plain away from home

  Okogbule Wonodi: Lament for Shola

  The poet-persona here expresses a feeling of

  Options:
  A) elation
  B) anger
  C) nostaglgia
  D) sorrow
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1220:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A character who does not develop or experience change in the course of his or her existence in a novel is a

  Options:
  A) round character
  B) flat character
  C) rounded character
  D) major character
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  The correct answer is B .