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 171:

  A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is

  Options:
  A) Episodic
  B) Simple
  C) Linear
  D) Convoluted
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 172:

  Ahero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called?

  Options:
  A) Deuteragonist
  B) Periaktos
  C) Tragic hero
  D) Tragic flow
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 173:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the

  Options:
  A) lopsided resolution of conflicts
  B) manipulation of appearance and reality
  C) contrived misrepresentation of characters
  D) match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 174:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Cast in a play refers to

  Options:
  A) all the actors
  B) three of the actors
  C) a few of the actors
  D) an exclusive social class in the play
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 175: In 'Salute to the Elephant', the poet Options:
  A) warns about the danger of elephants
  B) tells the story of Elephants
  C) describes the attributes of the elephants
  D) shows where to find elephants
  E) wants the destructions of elephants
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 176:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.

  'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?

  According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was

  Options:
  A) an irrepressible Casanovan trait
  B) a chronic baromial temperament
  C) a hard boiled classical disposition
  D) an incurably romantic disposition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 177:

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

  The atmosphere of Birago Diop's 'Vanity' is dominated by

  Options:
  A) joy
  B) hate
  C) love
  D) sadness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 178:
  From the novel; Animal farm

  This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of

  Options:
  A) Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
  B) Jesse, Napoleon and Bluebell
  C) Boxer, Old Major and Napoleon
  D) Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 179:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  When a character in a literary work exists primarily to enhance, through contrast, the portrayal of the personal traits of another character is a

  Options:
  A) protagonist
  B) antagonist
  C) mirror character
  D) foil
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 180: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
  In the novel, Africanness is achieved in both Options:
  A) setting and characterization
  B) narration and style
  C) diction and syntax
  D) pun and style
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  The correct answer is A .