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 these is the oldest genre of literature?

  Options:
  A) Aroma
  B) Poetry
  C) Drama
  D) Prose
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1212: A Sonnet is a poem of Options:
  A) seven lines
  B) three lines
  C) four lines
  D) fourteen lines
  E) twelve lines.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1213:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He always thought of the sea as a la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman'.

  Hemingway, 'The Old Man and the Sea'

  In the passage above, the sea is

  Options:
  A) romanticised
  B) personified
  C) criticised
  D) praised
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1214:

  There is a tide in the affairs of man

  Which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune;

  Omitted, all the voyage of their life

  Is bound in shadows, and miseries.

  This is a statement made by

  Options:
  A) Antonu, urging Caesar to take the crown
  B) Cassius, urging Brutus to join the struggle to remove Caesar before he grows into tyrant
  C) Brutus, urging that Cassius and himself lead out their forces to meet those of Antony and Octavius at Philippi
  D) Casca, urging that the conspirators explain their cause to the populace before their motives are misunderstood
  E) Messala, urging Titinius to search for Pindarus.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1215:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

  Options:
  A) an anagnorisis
  B) a tragic flaw
  C) a catharsis
  D) a catastrophe
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1216:

  In drama, the antagonist is_____________

  Options:
  A) the director of the drama
  B) the evil witch
  C) the character opposing the lead character
  D) the “harsh guy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1217:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation.

  'On the broken walls,

  Bats hang away from the sun

  Shadows of an ancient stranger

  Cast their presence over our shoulders

  A pathway leads to the abandoned gate.' Mazisi Kunene:The Fearful Ruin

  The dominant mood in the excerpt above is that of

  Options:
  A) exhilaration
  B) pleasure
  C) rage
  D) terror
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1218: Based on the novel "Piggy''s", towards the end of the novel, the boys can best be described as Options:
  A) brave and resourceful
  B) frightened and beastly
  C) religious and orderly
  D) anarchic and savage
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1219: Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters:From the play, George is a Options:
  A) laboratory assistant
  B) pharmacist
  C) nurse
  D) medical doctor
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1220: "If you touch me,I shall smash your face with this bottle"Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters,The statement above is made by Options:
  A) Manaan to lawyer B
  B) Manaan to Mrs Bonu
  C) James to Awere
  D) Awere to Aaron
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  The correct answer is A .