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 1711:

  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 ......

  Where does the play takes place

  Options:
  A) In George's place
  B) In Aunt's place
  C) In Ofosu's place
  D) On the street
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1712: This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi''sThe New ManIn terms of religion, the people of Ipaja can be described as Options:
  A) conformists
  B) liberals
  C) fanatics
  D) puritans
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1713:

  The writer of a poem is called__________?

  Options:
  A) Author
  B) Poet
  C) Writer
  D) Narrator
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1714:

  'Chini was breathing with a love ripeness in her eye. She was elegant, sophistication, and Nigerian costume with charm. her every movement stimulated a flow of poetry from Francois and an ebb of embarrassment from her. she called him "My mad French lover".'

  The tone of this passage is

  Options:
  A) sensual
  B) detached
  C) playful
  D) stimulating.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1715:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

  The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by

  Options:
  A) a famale prophet
  B) Desdemona's maid
  C) Othello's mother
  D) Othello's lover.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1716: THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.In the play, the dramatic significance of Mercutio's character is to Options:
  A) serve as a constract to Romeo's
  B) aid and abet Romeo's passion
  C) annoy Tybalt
  D) persuade Romeo to forget Rosaline.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1717:
  From the novel; Witnesses to Tears

  This question isbased on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

  The witnesses to the tears in the novelare

  Options:
  A) Saahir and Lahab
  B) Lahab and Hussaina
  C) Lahab and Sagiir
  D) Al-Amin and Hussaina
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1718: In Shakespeare''s Macbeth, the central character-Macbeth-is Options:
  A) a Russhian general
  B) a Scottish general
  C) a Finnish general
  D) an English general
  E) a German general
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1719: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The movement in Adeoti's Naked Soles is characterized by Options:
  A) hope and agreement
  B) freedom and self-determination
  C) pricks and tears
  D) dissapointed and disarray
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1720: Leah was finally arrested by the police because she Options:
  A) was betrayed by an enemy
  B) was outwitted by the Fox
  C) did not offer a big enough bribe to the police
  D) bribed the wrong person
  E) became too militant.
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  The correct answer is B .