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 151: 'Political languages is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure minds.'The writer here suggesting that political language is Options:
  A) convincing
  B) deceptive
  C) interesting
  D) destructive
  E) commendable.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 152: A well known epic in English literature is Options:
  A) Robinson Crusoe
  B) The Marchant of Venice
  C) Sons and Lovers
  D) Treasure Island
  E) paradise lost.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 153: This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah''s ''The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born''.By the coup which takes place towards the end of the novel, the writer suggests that Options:
  A) there is very little hope for genuine change
  B) all corrupt politicians shall be ousted
  C) the military is the hope for salvation
  D) the beautiful ones will soon be born
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 154: These questions are based on general Literary principlesIn drama drama dramaturge is he who Options:
  A) writes or edits plays
  B) directs a play
  C) acts a film
  D) features in a play
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 155: Which of the characters in Abraham's Mine Boy is notorious for playing with a Knife? Options:
  A) xuma
  B) Leah
  C) Ma plank
  D) Dladia
  E) Joseph.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 156: These question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.The party seeks power for Options:
  A) its own sake
  B) its members
  C) people's sake
  D) the nation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 157:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The Christs

  Are still in performing miracles

  In the market places

  Heroding the masses with imperatives

  Feeding the hungry

  With 21-gun salutes

  For victories that are yet to be won.'

  Odia Ofeimun, 'The Messiahs'

  The attitude of the poet to his subject in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) ironic
  B) sarcastic
  C) benevolent
  D) explosive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 158:
  From the novel; Morountodun

  This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  Titubijoins the farmer's revolt

  Options:
  A) to ensure it's success
  B) as a spy for the establishment
  C) in pursuit of Marshal
  D) to defy the police
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 159:

  A travelogue is

  Options:
  A) a record of the writer's experience during a journey
  B) the account of the experiences of an individual during his lifeline
  C) the account of the travails of a character in a novel
  D) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 160:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  'I thank you God for creating me black

  For making of me

  Porter of all sorrows

  Sitting on my head

  The World

  I wear the Centaur's hide

  And I have carried the World since the first morning'.

  'I Thank You God' by Benard Dadie

  The poet's attitude here is being

  Options:
  A) ironical
  B) whimsical
  C) sorrowful
  D) sarcastic
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  The correct answer is A .