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 1861:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.

  The epilogue of the play deals with the impermanence of

  Options:
  A) nature
  B) friendship
  C) womanhood
  D) love
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1862:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  For her act of child neglect, Adah's mother was forced by the police to

  Options:
  A) taste raw and black pepper
  B) sleep in solitary cell
  C) drink a bowl of garri
  D) pay a fine of ten shillings
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1863: 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.In Lawrence's Bat, the poet compares bats with Options:
  A) sparrows
  B) swans
  C) swallows
  D) crows
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1864:

  This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.'Ordaley ignored the two young women plating their hair because she didn't want to generate another war with a simple greeting'

  The image depicted in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) ironic
  B) personification
  C) hyperbolic
  D) metaphoric
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1865: 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.One of the dominant themes if Rubadin's An African Thunderstorm is the Options:
  A) relationship between man and woman
  B) activities of man during rainy seasons
  C) effect of rain on women and children
  D) problem of climate change
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1866:

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

  'A repulsive game, nonetheless. Majority participation in a voice doesn't turn it into a virtue,no matter the social standing of the participants.

  The game referred to in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) graft
  B) gambling
  C) draught
  D) scrambling
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1867: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'Tonderal was assisted by the villagers in placing his trunck box into the back of the car and he got into the passenger side of the truck. Initially, he was a bit nervous and clearly uncomfortable. His young mind was asking how someone whom, he had almost caused a serious accident could be his benefactor.'
  Daniel T.Manyika: Two World Apart
  The narrative point of view used in the extract above can best be described as Options:
  A) omniscient
  B) subjective
  C) panoramic
  D) scenic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1868:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation.Will no one tell me what she sings

  Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

  For old, unhappy, far off things

  And battles long ago.

  Or is it some more humble lay,

  Familiar matter of today?The lines above shows that the persona

  Options:
  A) so hates the words of the girl
  B) understands the girl's songs
  C) does not understand the girl's language
  D) is so much in love with the girl
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1869: The hero of The Trials of Brother Jero is Options:
  A) Amope
  B) the Old Prophet
  C) the politician
  D) Brother Chume
  E) Brother Jero
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1870:

  This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  The two major pervasive sources of social problems in the community of the stillborn are

  Options:
  A) ignorance and poverty
  B) modrnization and foreign culture
  C) Christianity and the quest for wealth
  D) witchcraft and Christianity
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  The correct answer is A .