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 181: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
  Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of Options:
  A) family conflict
  B) British oppression
  C) family tradition
  D) socitetal intrigue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 182: This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with Options:
  A) indifference
  B) suspicion
  C) elation
  D) anger
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 183:

  ...... is also called a dynamic character

  Options:
  A) Protagonist
  B) Round character
  C) Flat character
  D) Foil
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 184: In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by Options:
  A) usurpation in a typical Ijekun manner
  B) deserting the poeple of Ikolu whose army he led
  C) divulging the war secrets of Ikolu to Kutuje
  D) leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 185: Which of the following adjectives best describes the character of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart? Options:
  A) Gentle
  B) Quick tempered
  C) Considerate
  D) Meek
  E) Wicked
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 186:

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

  'You forget that I have a heart, a mind, that I am not an object to be passed from hand to hand.

  You don't know what marriage means to me....'These words by Ramatoulaye are addressed to

  Options:
  A) Mawdo
  B) her mother-in-law
  C) Daouda Dieng
  D) Tamsir
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 187: 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.As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the image in Adeoti's Naked Soles change from Options:
  A) inaction to action
  B) pain to grief
  C) sorrow to joy
  D) joy to excitement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 188:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a

  Options:
  A) diary
  B) novel
  C) novella
  D) short story
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 189:

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

  The lesson which emerges from the fate of Ezeulu is that

  Options:
  A) the will of the priest is the will of his god
  B) Christianity is superior to traditional religion
  C) no man ever won judgement against his clan
  D) Captain Winterbottom was right afterall
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 190:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by

  Options:
  A) the idea of love
  B) the food of love
  C) music
  D) entertainment
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  The correct answer is A .