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 1751:

  Which character made the following statement in Macbeth?:

  This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself

  Unto our gentle senses'

  Options:
  A) Macbeth
  B) Duncan
  C) Lady Macbeth
  D) Macduff
  E) Lennox
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1752: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African VerseThe use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the Options:
  A) anger of the peasants
  B) beauty of the poem
  C) distressed mood of the persona
  D) arrangement of the stanzas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1753: "The madman has entered our house with violence
  Defiling our sacred grounds
  Claiming the single truth of the universe
  Bending down our priest with iron".
  Mazzizi Kunnene's progress
  The imagery of the line above captures the idea of Options:
  A) coercion
  B) truth
  C) religiosity
  D) persuasion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1754:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  In the poem 'The Prodigals' the line 'their heads are claimed by clouds' means that the military leaders

  Options:
  A) travel a lot by air
  B) are haughty
  C) love sunny weather
  D) dislike clouds
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1755: The dominant mood in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of Options:
  A) indignation
  B) sorrow
  C) joy
  D) optimism.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1756:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'As soon as the fellows were departed, the lawyer,

  Who had, it seems, a case of pistols in the seat of the coach, informed the company, that if it had been daylight, and he could have submitted to the robbery; he likewise set forth that he had often met highwaymen when he travelled on horseback, but none ever durst attack him; concluding, that if he had not been more afraid for the lady than for himself, he should not have now parted with his money so easily.'

  Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

  It can be inferred that the lawyer mentioned above is a

  Options:
  A) brave man
  B) law-enforcement agent allowed to carry pistols
  C) coward
  D) gallant man who always protects ladies
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1757:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. 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; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

  Brutus'A Troubadour I Traverse paints the picture of

  Options:
  A) peace amidst pestilence
  B) love in a hostile environment
  C) hatred inspired by state terror
  D) hunger in the midst of plenty
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1758:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES'REVOLT.

  In the play the central idea is that gender equity_______?

  Options:
  A) both undesirable and unattainable
  B) desirable and unattainable
  C) attainable and desirable
  D) obnoxious and desirable
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1759: To be complete, a play MUST have Options:
  A) a prologue
  B) an epilogue
  C) dramatic irony
  D) a conflict
  E) several soliloquies.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1760:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

  From the tragedy of Tess, it can be said that Thomas Hardy is concerned with the evils of

  Options:
  A) modernization
  B) industrialization
  C) democratization
  D) colonization
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  The correct answer is B .