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 1651: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Ona on her dying bed appeals to Agbadi to Options:
  A) give her a befitting burial
  B) take good care of her children
  C) take another wife
  D) allow Nnu Ego marry a man of her choice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1652:

  'O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

  It seems she hangs upon the check of night

  As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'

  Romeo and JulietIn these lines Juliet's beauty is presented

  Options:
  A) in contrast to the dark night
  B) as a source of envy to all
  C) in terms of riches
  D) as being unparalleled in the kingdom.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1653: 'The Fence' (Lenrie Peters) is a Options:
  A) lyrical poem which celebrates the beauty of fences
  B) dramatic poem in which the poet demostrates how to overcome problems
  C) moral poem which deals with the poet's dilemma
  D) free verse which teaches us how to sit on the fence
  E) free verse which says sitting on the fence is admirable.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1654:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): 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 arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of

  Options:
  A) reinforcement
  B) enjambment
  C) contrast
  D) amplification
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1655:

  "... They do not see the funeral plies, At home eating up the forests..." J.P Clark: Casualties"

  The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through______

  Options:
  A) Metaphor
  B) Personification
  C) Synecdoche
  D) Metonymy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1656:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  Lakunle:... To fetch and carry

  To cook and scrub

  To bring forth children by the gross

  Sidi: Heaven forgive you! Do you now scorn child bearing in a wife?

  What would Lakunle rather prefer to accomplish before child bearing ?

  Options:
  A) Good kissing habit
  B) Formal education
  C) Racial and sexual equality
  D) Church wedding
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1657: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus? Options:
  A) 107
  B) 230
  C) 200
  D) 140
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1658:

  This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.

  'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ....

  The traditional o4rder in the play is represented by

  Options:
  A) Hannah
  B) Aaron and Maanan
  C) Aunt
  D) Mrs. B
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1659:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.DUKE:...Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped To thee the book even of my secret soul.

  What exactly has the Duke unclasped?

  Options:
  A) The book of his relationship with Olivia
  B) The secret book of his soul
  C) The details of his relationship with Viola
  D) The details of his relationship with Olivia.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1660:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  ''A wife must understand once and for all, and must forgive; she must not worry herself about 'betrayals of the flesh. The important thing is what there is in the heart.''

  These words are spoken by

  Options:
  A) Tamsir in breaking the news of Modou's second marriage to Ramatoulaye
  B) Modou in support of his relationship with Binetou
  C) Aunty Nabou in trying to convince Mawdo to marry her niece
  D) Mawdo Ba to justify his marrying Nabou out of a sense of duty
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  The correct answer is D .