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 1301: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  Hark, Hark!Bow-Wow
  The watch dogs bark!
  Bow-WowHark, Hark! I hear
  The strain of the struting chanticleer
  Cry, 'cock-a-doole-doo!
  In the above lyric, the words in italics are examples of Options:
  A) assonance
  B) onomatopeia
  C) alliteration
  D) consonance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1302:

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

  The lesson which emerges from the fate of Ezeulu is that

  Options:
  A) the will of the priest is the will of his god
  B) Christianity is superior to traditional religion
  C) no man ever won judgement against his clan
  D) Captain Winterbottom was right afterall
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1303: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost.'The subject matter of the passage is
  Options:
  A) earthquake
  B) demolition
  C) flood
  D) storm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1304:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'Having finished the paper, a second cup of coffee and a roll and butter, he rose; shook a crumb or two from his waist coat, and expanding his broad chest, smiled happily, not because he felt particularly light-hearted his happy smile was simply the result of a good digestion.

  The character referred to in this passage

  Options:
  A) is excited by the news in the paper
  B) is lonely and unhappy
  C) has spent a long time over his food
  D) is pleased with himself after a good meal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1305:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place

  Options:
  A) simultaneously
  B) intermittently
  C) in a single revolution of the sun
  D) within the same locale
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1306: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus? Options:
  A) 107
  B) 230
  C) 200
  D) 140
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1307:

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

  Nwaka's hostility to Ezeulu is attributable to

  Options:
  A) his great wealth and sense of importance
  B) the rivalry between Umuneora and Umuachala
  C) the instigation of Ezidemili
  D) his jealousy of Ezeulu's mysterious powers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1308: Anansewa's grandmother prays that the man who marries Anansewa Options:
  A) has respect for others
  B) is wealthy
  C) is young
  D) comes from her own area
  E) helps the family
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1309: Pip's Flippant remarks concerning the tombstones in the opening chapter of Great Expectations indicate Options:
  A) his longing for death
  B) the child's inability to understand
  C) his yearning for his parents
  D) his fascination for inscriptions on stonework.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1310:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Persona refers to the

  Options:
  A) central character in a play
  B) voice of the character
  C) the image a character presents
  D) the personality of a character
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  The correct answer is C .