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 1881:

  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 end in a literary device known as

  Options:
  A) Irony
  B) conceit
  C) transfered epithet
  D) rhetorical question
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1882:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  What is the source of Aissatou's success in life?

  Options:
  A) Vengeance
  B) Feminine courage
  C) Social connections
  D) Luck
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1883:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  Laye's stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a lot about

  Options:
  A) his unwillingness to stay with his parents
  B) his affection for his uncle
  C) the strength of communal living in Africa
  D) the irresponsibility of his parents
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1884: The speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called Options:
  A) a prologue
  B) an epilogue
  C) a dirge
  D) a monologue
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1885:

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

  The major thematic preoccupation of her play is

  Options:
  A) the constraintic on parental obligations
  B) the problems of class and English mannerisms
  C) the presentation of a mannerless society
  D) changing the traditional view about English comedy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1886: A sub-plot is Options:
  A) a major turn or complication in the main story
  B) the second part of the main plot
  C) a secondary plot dealing with a different theme
  D) an aspect of the main plot recited by a different narrator
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1887: THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
  In David Diop''s ''The Vultures'', the colonialist are portrayed as Options:
  A) hypocritical and oppressive
  B) interllecture and civilized
  C) humanitarian and sympathetic
  D) adventurous and daring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1888:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

  The hypocritical character in the play is

  Options:
  A) Montano
  B) lago
  C) Cassio
  D) Roderigo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1889:

  'From forth the fatal lions of these two foes

  A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...'

  These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the

  Options:
  A) tragedy could have been averted
  B) tragedy was predestined
  C) tragedy was brought on by enmity
  D) lovers brought misfortune on themselves.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1890: Which of the following illustrate the element of chance in Romeo and Juliet? Options:
  A) Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo
  B) Rosaline rejection of Romeo's love
  C) Juliet's confiding in her nurse
  D) The death of Lady Mountague.
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  The correct answer is A .