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 121:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.

  Arthur Nortje's Nightfall is written against the backdrop of

  Options:
  A) apartheid
  B) revolution
  C) celebration
  D) violence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 122: THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
  In David Diop''s ''The Vultures'', the colonialist are portrayed as Options:
  A) hypocritical and oppressive
  B) interllecture and civilized
  C) humanitarian and sympathetic
  D) adventurous and daring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 123:

  This Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

  OKORO: I'll kill her today.

  IDAMA: No, you won't. There, run, Koko, oh,

  I say run![He pushes her gently but

  firmly towards her room]

  The event above happens in

  Options:
  A) lyara when Okoro discovrs Koko's infidelity
  B) Erhuwaren whn Koko suspects and accuses her husband
  C) Erhuwaren when Okoro suspects Koko of infidelity
  D) Erhuwaren before Koko's return from lyara
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 124: The hero of The Trials of Brother Jero is Options:
  A) Amope
  B) the Old Prophet
  C) the politician
  D) Brother Chume
  E) Brother Jero
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 125:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  'The cell is a cruel place, sometimes a haven

  Nowhere as absolute as the grave.

  The poetic device used in these lines from J.P. Clark's 'The Casualties' is

  Options:
  A) an allusion
  B) a paradox
  C) an anecdote
  D) an oxymoron
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 126: These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.Vandermayer's attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the church's Options:
  A) despondency
  B) infuriation
  C) hypocrisy
  D) suspicion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 127:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  Which of the following BEST describes Ezeulu's mood when he was locked up in Okperi by the white administrator?

  Options:
  A) Indifference
  B) Despair
  C) Apathy
  D) Nobility of mind
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 128:

  The question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate

  The word As I hate hell, all Montagues,

  And thee Have at thee,coward!"Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the lines above reveal the speaker as a

  Options:
  A) real Montague
  B) trouble shooter
  C) violence seeker
  D) peace maker
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 129:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The word 'image' is associated with

  Options:
  A) attitude
  B) mood
  C) tone
  D) abstraction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 130: The dominant mood in Senghor's poem in Memoriam' is one of Options:
  A) nostalgia
  B) sadness
  C) despair
  D) joy
  E) frustration.
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  The correct answer is A .