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 1311:

  This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  The major concern of the novel is the

  Options:
  A) promotion of simple, rural existence
  B) need for women to assert themselves
  C) clash of the old and the new
  D) corrupt nature of urban life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1312:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the

  Options:
  A) role of spirits in a carnival
  B) preparation for a carnival
  C) role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
  D) role of sycophancy and bad leadership
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1313: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  A reference beyond the immediate purview of what is being presented is known as Options:
  A) allusion
  B) diversion
  C) inversion
  D) imagery
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1314: 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 1315:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The theme of a literary work is the

  Options:
  A) dominant pre-occupation of the work
  B) interesting issues raised in the work
  C) different views on a particular topic
  D) psychological issues in the work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1316:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'As soon as the fellows were departed, the lawyer,

  Who had, it seems, a case of pistols in the seat of the coach, informed the company, that if it had been daylight, and he could have submitted to the robbery; he likewise set forth that he had often met highwaymen when he travelled on horseback, but none ever durst attack him; concluding, that if he had not been more afraid for the lady than for himself, he should not have now parted with his money so easily.'

  Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

  It can be inferred that the lawyer mentioned above is a

  Options:
  A) brave man
  B) law-enforcement agent allowed to carry pistols
  C) coward
  D) gallant man who always protects ladies
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1317:

  These question are based on literary Appreciation.''Do not thank me,instead, let me ask you a question. Now you have all come here sprawling,vomitting,rubbing tears on one another begging me to do my duty and help you. But what about you yourselves? What have you done to help yourselves?

  Answer. Or is the land at peace?

  Are not people ailing and dying

  Ola Rotimi: The God''s Are Not

  To Blame

  Options:
  A) chieftancy tussel
  B) political unrest
  C) sickness and death
  D) famine and war
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1318:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears

  The witnesses to the tears in the novel are

  Options:
  A) Saahir and Lahab
  B) Lahab and Hussaina
  C) Lahab and Sagiir
  D) Al-Amin and Hussaina
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1319:

  At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.

  The setting is best described as

  Options:
  A) bracing
  B) dismal
  C) exhilarating
  D) delightful
  E) pleasant.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1320:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  Othello kills Desdemona because the_______

  Options:
  A) former is jealous
  B) former's race is insulted
  C) latter is a witch
  D) latter is an idol
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  The correct answer is A .