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 1291:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; 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 - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

  And my children left their peaceful nakedness

  For the uniform of iron and blood'

  In the lines above from David Diop's Loser of Everything' the imagery depicts a displacement of

  Options:
  A) innocence by violence
  B) nature by science
  C) village life by barrack life
  D) the natureal by the artificial
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1292:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  The Bala is symbolically referred to as a fox because of his

  Options:
  A) mental powess
  B) sexual powess
  C) physical powess
  D) royalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1293:

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

  The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

  Options:
  A) lkaki
  B) Ekpe
  C) Udje
  D) Etiyeri
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1294:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  The principal function of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet is to

  Options:
  A) amuse Claudius
  B) confirm the claim of the ghost
  C) divert attention from the main event
  D) create some comic relief in the tragedy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1295: These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and Options:
  A) height
  B) illiteracy
  C) wealth
  D) treachery
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1296: Which of the following best describes Nwabunor in The Victims? Options:
  A) An industriouswoman plagued by bad luck
  B) A quarrelsome woman
  C) A jealous rival
  D) A shrewd calculating woman
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1297: Which of the following best describes the speakers attitude to mother Idoto in Okigbo's poem 'Idoto'? Options:
  A) Obsequious
  B) Defiant
  C) Arrogant
  D) Submissive.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1298: The tone of Wole Soyinka's 'Abiku is Options:
  A) arrogant and cynical
  B) mysterious and cunning
  C) understanding but cynical
  D) kind and thoughtful.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1299: George Kweku Ananse in the marriage of Anansewa was Options:
  A) a tricker
  B) an exploiter
  C) a christain
  D) an orator
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1300: The grave procession in Soyinka''s ''procession l-Hanging day'' is meant to suggest in the entire poem Options:
  A) the people in the procession are going to the grave
  B) the people are moving slowly in order to avoid the sunny spots
  C) the people in the procession are solemn
  D) the people in the procession are solemn and are going to the grave
  E) the people walk soundlessly.
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  The correct answer is D .