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 1421:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones time never shirking and never volunteering for extra either'.

  George Orwell: Animal Farm

  Form the passage above, the character being described is

  Options:
  A) enthusiastic
  B) altruistic
  C) cynical
  D) lazy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1422: The major lesson Pip's experience in Great Expectations teaches us is that Options:
  A) it is not good to be born poor
  B) wealth guarantees happiness
  C) an orphan has to be industrious to survive
  D) education is needed only by the poor
  E) ambition should be moderated by fairness and human consideration for others
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1423: These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.Room 101 symbolizes a place oF Options:
  A) rest
  B) humiliation
  C) torture
  D) fun
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1424: This question is based on General Literary Principles.A poet's use of regular rhythm is known as Options:
  A) allegory
  B) assonance
  C) metre
  D) onomatopoeia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1425: "If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle"Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that Options:
  A) Maanan is trying to compromise
  B) Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan
  C) James sees Awere as a bad influence
  D) Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her husband
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1426: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Caliban's intention to rape Miranda is born out of the desire to Options:
  A) marry her
  B) destroy the island
  C) compete with Ferdinand
  D) populate the island with Calibans
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1427: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if Options:
  A) Juliet is prepared
  B) Roseline is prepared
  C) the corpse is ready
  D) the birde is dressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1428: Girls dance and sing. Men clap .The walls sing and press inward. They press the men and girls, they press inward. They press the men and girls they press John towards a centre of physical ecstasy .Tom whom does 'they refer? Options:
  A) Men
  B) Girls
  C) Men and Girls
  D) The walls
  E) John and the girls
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1429:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): 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 theme of Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is

  Options:
  A) the taxi driver's contemplation of the vehicle as the likely cause of his death
  B) that a driver's death must surely be caused by his vehicle
  C) the danger in the driving profession
  D) that roads are death-traps for drivers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1430:

  This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

  Yaremi's main job is taffeta

  Options:
  A) mending
  B) making
  C) weaving
  D) dyeing
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  The correct answer is D .