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 1501:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES'REVOLT.

  In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?

  Options:
  A) Cure cross-piece
  B) Hurt their husbands
  C) Forestall reconciliation
  D) Seeks peace
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1502: "That that is why we must acc-c-cept the uni-versal d-d-dome, b-b-because ththere is no d-d-ddirection. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b-bridges d-don't jjjjust g-g-go from hhhere to the there; a bridge also faces backwards". Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
  The idiolectical feature of the character's speech is the Options:
  A) repetition of consonant sounds
  B) repetition of initial consonant sounds
  C) duplication of consonant sound clusters
  D) multiplication of diphthongs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1503:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

  The title, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born

  Implies that

  Options:
  A) there could still be an upright man within an amoral society
  B) there is a possibility of moral regeneration
  C) the teacher is not involved in corruption
  D) any corrupt government will be overthrown
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1504:

  The other team was composed of much bigger boys than any we had in Galike and they chose the biggest of them all, sending him out like Goliath from the Philistines to challenge one of our team.

  In this passage Kenneth Kaunda makes his account of the fight more vivid through the use of

  Options:
  A) repetitious statements
  B) symbolic reference
  C) biblical allusion
  D) delibrate distortion
  E) hyperbolic comment.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1505:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
  Which character may be an allegory of Nigeria itself?

  Options:
  A) Baroka
  B) Sadiku
  C) lakunle
  D) Sidi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1506: The sufferings of the protagonist in Birago Diop's 'vanity' are Options:
  A) caused by circumstance
  B) self-inflicted
  C) imposed on them by enemies
  D) the act of fate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1507: In Oswald Mtshali's 'nightfall in Soweto', Night represents Options:
  A) the oppression of whites by the Africans
  B) white people's fear by the Africans
  C) the black victimization of white people
  D) the oppression of the Africans by the white people
  E) the rebelion of the white people
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1508:

  'The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night's rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.'

  The dominant literary device in this passage is

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) oxymoron
  C) synecdoche
  D) personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1509: 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 1510:

  This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER.
  Who was the first-person Alison informed about her pregnancy?

  Options:
  A) her parents
  B) Jimmy
  C) Helena
  D) Cliff
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  The correct answer is D .