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 1771:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  '''I, Michael Henchard, on this morning;..., do take an oath before God here in this Solemn place...

  And this I swear upon the book before me;... !''

  The oath above is taken when

  Options:
  A) Henchard gets married to Susan
  B) Henchard collects five guineas as the prize for Susan
  C) Henchard swears to stop taking strong liquros
  D) Newson returns Susan to Henchard
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1772:

  'He says

  The medicine gourds are filthy,

  And the herb

  Are drunk from unhygienic cups'

  Okot p Bitek: Song of LawinoThe poet in the lines is saying that

  Options:
  A) the speaker is very hygienic
  B) the person referred to takes Western medicine
  C) herbal medicine is dangerous
  D) the speaker prefers Western medicine
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1773:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  Which of the following BEST describes Ezeulu's mood when he was locked up in Okperi by the white administrator?

  Options:
  A) Indifference
  B) Despair
  C) Apathy
  D) Nobility of mind
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1774: Which of the following was not written by Wole Soyinka? Options:
  A) The interpreters
  B) The Lion and the jewel
  C) The Trials of Brother Jero
  D) Kongi's Harvest
  E) The Strong Breed.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1775: This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations. A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______? Options:
  A) elergy
  B) epic
  C) dirge
  D) sonnet
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1776: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  In the character of Mrs. Pocket, Dickens satirizes Options:
  A) cruelty to servants
  B) aristocratic snobbery
  C) gossiping females
  D) over-indulgent parents
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1777:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becauses

  Options:
  A) an irony
  B) a symbol
  C) a subject
  D) an epigram
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1778:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.

  The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____

  Options:
  A) dance and songs
  B) flashback.
  C) foreshadowing
  D) irony
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1779: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only Options:
  A) on condition of infidelity
  B) where there there are no children
  C) in situation of irreconcilable differences
  D) on the death of one of the couples
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1780:

  These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.'yet in their finger upon Our navel

  The midwives of the spirit say

  They feel a foetal throb.

  The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs'in the Navel of the soul is

  Options:
  A) allegory
  B) enjambment
  C) rhythm
  D) epigram
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  The correct answer is D .