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 1361:

  Use excerpt below to answer questions

  "Now, by yond marble
  heaven,
  In the due reverence of a sacred vow
  I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)

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  The prevailing activity in the extract is

  Options:
  A) the vow of revenge and pledge of loyalty by Iago to Othello
  B) evident of the conspiracy between Iago and Othello
  C) the vow by Iago to revenge upon Othello
  D) reflective of Othello's rage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1362:

  A technique by which a previous scene or action can be recalled in a play to shed light on the present action is

  Options:
  A) Climax
  B) Flashback
  C) Interlude
  D) Cathersis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1363:

  THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.'Night, and Abiku sucks the oil

  From lamps'.

  Options:
  A) Abiku drinks oil
  B) For Abiku, oil is water
  C) while other babies suck the breast, Abiku sucks oil
  D) The lamp is kept burning all night on account of Abiku
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1364: These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winton's dreams of Options:
  A) freedom and democracy
  B) wealth and capitalism
  C) sovereignty
  D) internal security
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1365: Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the action in the novel is built around Options:
  A) Julia
  B) Big Brother
  C) Winston Smith
  D) O'Brien
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1366: what is the subject of Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth? Options:
  A) The size of the universe
  B) The immensity of Nature
  C) Death
  D) Growth
  E) A long journey
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1367: This question is based on Ademiluyi's Options:
  A) As soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
  B) Shortly before the beggars strike
  C) As soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
  D) After their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1368: In 'Nuit de Sine,'the word 'dark' in 'listern to our dark blood beat' is used Options:
  A) figuratively
  B) scientifically
  C) literally
  D) imaginatively
  E) culturally
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1369: The title of Achebe Things Fall Apart is taken from poem written by Options:
  A) T.S Eliot
  B) William Shakespeare
  C) William Wordsworth
  D) Wole Soyinka
  E) W.B Yeats.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1370:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  The novel is an expose of the

  Options:
  A) pre-eminent position of boys in lgboland
  B) experiences of Adah's mother in the police cell
  C) travalls of the girl-child
  D) marriage customs of the lgbo
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  The correct answer is D .