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 1431:

  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 1432:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  The Dorothy of the play is

  Options:
  A) Tony Lumpkin's mother
  B) Young Marlow's mother
  C) Miss Neville's mother
  D) Kate, Hardcastle's daughter
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1433:

  This question is based on Literary Principles

  The expression 'The ripest is the saddest encounter' is an example of

  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) paradox
  C) hyperbole
  D) metaphor
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1434: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.Launko's End of War suggests that war brings about Options:
  A) ultimate solution to all problems
  B) partial solution to problems
  C) multifaceted problems
  D) only temporary relief
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1435:

  'Now the bells are tolling

  A year is dead.

  And my heart is slowly beating

  The Nunc Dimittis

  To all my hopes and mute

  Yearnings of a year

  And ghost hover round

  Dream beyond dream'.For this poet, the passing year has

  Options:
  A) been one of satisfaction and fulfilment
  B) has nothing to do with his personal life
  C) brought death to his relatives
  D) meant unrealized hopes
  E) brought changes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1436:

  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 subject matter of Senghor's I will Pronounce Your Name is

  Options:
  A) Elissa
  B) Naett
  C) love
  D) a nameless girl
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1437:

  'When we got off the bus he helped me to cross the road, holding me by the elbow. Submissively, I allowed my self to be led. Out on the square there was an African sun, and in my heart too, shading a flood of light'.

  The narrator here is full of

  Options:
  A) gloom
  B) fears
  C) doubts
  D) cheer
  E) uncertainty.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1438:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A character who does not develop or experience change in the course of his or her existence in a novel is a

  Options:
  A) round character
  B) flat character
  C) rounded character
  D) major character
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1439:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation."What eyes will watch our large mouths

  Shaped by the laughter of big children

  What eyes will watch our large mouths?" Birage Diop:VanityThe tone of the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) sarcasm
  B) sacrilege
  C) chiasmus
  D) eulogy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1440: A poem written on a grand theme, in an appropriately grand style, dealing with heroic figures is called Options:
  A) a soliloquy
  B) a tragi-comedy
  C) an epic
  D) an epigram.
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  The correct answer is C .