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 1341: The plot of story generally refers to the Options:
  A) intrigue made by a character against the hero
  B) intrigue made by a hero against a character
  C) way the writer begins the story
  D) way the writer ends the story
  E) way in which the events of the story are organised.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1342:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  'Come, 'said Donald quietly, 'a man o'your position should ken better, sir!It is tyrannical and no worthy of you.'

  Which of Henchard's actions is tyrannical?

  Options:
  A) He says Donald must not befriend Elizabeth - Jane
  B) He asks Abel Whittle to go to Blackmoor vale half naked
  C) He dismisses Jopp, his former manager
  D) He decides not to marry Lucetta on Susan's return.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1343:

  This question is based on THE SONG OF THE WOMEN OF MY LAND.

  Use the excerpt to answer this question

  "they sang in the forlorn fields
  about their lives; songs
  of how they ploughed the terrain of their landscape
  for memories of lyrics lost in the vast void of time,
  in those days when a song beheld their lives;
  when servitude cuffed the ankles of their soul,
  and dereliction decapitated the epic of their lives."

  The theme of this excerpt is____

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) the oppression of women
  C) Joys of motherhood
  D) colonization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1344:

  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.

  The arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of

  Options:
  A) reinforcement
  B) enjambment
  C) contrast
  D) amplification
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1345:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called

  Options:
  A) a prologue
  B) a soliloquy
  C) an aside
  D) a diatribe
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1346:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,

  In the novel, Boxer is respected for his

  Options:
  A) duplicity
  B) reticence
  C) intellect
  D) hard work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1347: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
  Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of Options:
  A) family conflict
  B) British oppression
  C) family tradition
  D) socitetal intrigue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1348:

  Use the extract below to answer questions

  Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
  Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
  Line 3: so was it when my life began
  Line 4: so is it now
  Line 5: so is it when I have grown
  Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

  
  The literary device used in line 1 is ________

  Options:
  A) Simile
  B) Alliteration
  C) Litotes
  D) Personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1349:

  This question is based on Literary Principles

  Where has my love blow his horn?

  The tune of his horn is well-known

  Young men of my clan

  Have you heard the horn of my love?

  Okot P'Bitek: Horn of My Love

  The overriding feeling of the persona in this extract is

  Options:
  A) anxiety
  B) certainty
  C) frustration
  D) joy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1350: THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
  In Lenrie Peter's 'We Have Come Home', the return of the successful scholar is not fulfilling because Options:
  A) the acievement sems out of touchwith his society back home
  B) the tropical atmosphere is full of happiness
  C) the dispensation he meets provides mixed satisfaction
  D) he has become indifferent to his own society.
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  The correct answer is C .