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 1571:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  'Loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands out the woodland ride Wearing While for Easter tide

  A.E Housman Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Tree. In the excerpt above, the subject matter is

  Options:
  A) love of trees
  B) cherry bloom
  C) snow at easter
  D) woodland tide
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1572:

  "...Let the greying day grow,

  ...let the evening horns blow,

  ...let the melting mountains go...'The repetition of these lines from Atukwei Okai's

  "Sunset Sonata"

  Options:
  A) is for emphasis for the main ideas
  B) imbues the poem with lyrical qualities
  C) summarizes the major themes of the poem
  D) shows that the poem is truly a dirge.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1573:

  A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is

  Options:
  A) Episodic
  B) Simple
  C) Linear
  D) Convoluted
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1574:

  'A clear, frosty night. Unusual brilliance and perfection of everything visible. Earth, sky, moon, and stars, all seem cemented, riveted together by the first. Shadows of trees be across the paths, so sharp that they seemed carved in relief. You keep thinking you see dark figures endlessly cross the road at various places'.

  This passage achieves its beautiful effect partly because of its repeated appeal to the sense of

  Options:
  A) taste
  B) touch
  C) sight
  D) smell
  E) hearing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1575:

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

  The message of the novel is that

  Options:
  A) capitalism is as bad as communism
  B) humanism isis better than aniamalism
  C) communism is better than capitalism
  D) no society exists where everyon is equal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1576: 'Such drizzling can go on for many days', she said in a dull voice. They both relapsed into silence, making a picture of bereaved children from whom life has suddenly lost warmth, colour, and excitement. There was no fire in the hearth. The mood caught in this scene is one of Options:
  A) excitement
  B) warmth
  C) hopefulness
  D) high spirits
  E) sadness.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1577:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'On the lower deck in the babel of two hundred voices he would forget himself, and beforehand live in his mind the sea life of light literature,.

  Joseph Conrade Lord Jim

  The character in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) talking
  B) sleeping
  C) reading a literature book
  D) day-dreaming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1578:

  These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's. The old Man and the Medal.

  The disagreement between Mvondo and Nti centres on the latter's claim to have

  Options:
  A) eaten the entire entrails of sheep
  B) eate more than his share of the food
  C) been in a whiteman's office
  D) assisted Meka in getting the medal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1579: In As You Like It, the forest of Arden could symbolize Options:
  A) passion
  B) anxiety
  C) goodness
  D) wealth
  E) power
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1580:

  Adeoti's Ambush may be best described as____________

  Options:
  A) Prosaic
  B) Lyrical
  C) Analogical
  D) Metaphorical
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  The correct answer is D .