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 1671: In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by Options:
  A) usurpation in a typical Ijekun manner
  B) deserting the poeple of Ikolu whose army he led
  C) divulging the war secrets of Ikolu to Kutuje
  D) leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1672: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is Options:
  A) eulogy
  B) anthology
  C) lampoon
  D) premiere
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1673: This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with Options:
  A) indifference
  B) suspicion
  C) elation
  D) anger
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1674: When Xuma talked to Di about Eliza, she Options:
  A) she thought Eliza was like her inside
  B) agreed that Eliza was unreasonable
  C) was amused
  D) was offended
  E) believed Xuma was very knowledgeable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1675: Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, the man is despised by the wife and family because he Options:
  A) does not give them sufficient money to maintain the house
  B) does not capitalize on his education and position to get ahead
  C) does not join Koomson's political party
  D) fails in his campaign to get into the government house
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1676: Kongi wants to eat the New Yam during the harvest Festival because Options:
  A) he was very hungry after his period of fasting
  B) the Yam won the agriculture contest
  C) it belonged to the Royal House
  D) it symbolized the acqusition of Power
  E) he wanted to reconcile with Oba Danlola
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1677: In poetry, the elegiac mood typically attends the occasion or experience of Options:
  A) triumph and fulfilment
  B) birth and growth
  C) death and decay
  D) joy and ecstacy
  E) illumination and discovery.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1678:

  This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles_____________

  Options:
  A) Paragraph
  B) Theme
  C) Chapters
  D) Characters
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1679:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears

  In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are informed by

  Options:
  A) a premonition of his death
  B) Lahab's doubtful morality
  C) Hussaina's immaturity
  D) his fear of loneliness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1680:

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

  'If you can procreate without loving, merely to satisfy the pride of your declining mother, then I' find you despicable...'

  Whose words are these?

  Options:
  A) Aissatou
  B) Ramatoulaye
  C) Young Nabou
  D) Jacqueline
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  The correct answer is A .