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 11: In Zambia Shall Be Free Kaunda's 'wandering day's resulted from his Options:
  A) desire to visit other territories
  B) need to assert himself by being on his own
  C) disagreement with the members of his family
  D) need to join other political parties
  E) disagreement eith his employers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  In the plot of a novel emphasis should be placed on

  Options:
  A) showing casual connection of incidents
  B) the vivid presentation of incidents
  C) the accurate presentation of incidents
  D) narrating the truth of incidents
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'El - Hadji Abdou Kader Beye was received in princely style at the girl's home. The food was exquisite and the scent of incense filled N'Gone's small wooden room. Nothing was omitted in the careful process of conditioning the man.'

  Sembane Ousmane, 'Xala'

  The writer suggests in the passage above that El-Hadji is

  Options:
  A) a prince
  B) a food lover
  C) being entertained
  D) being manipulated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14: An antagonist is a character in a narrative who Options:
  A) uses abusive language to antagonize other characters
  B) works against the interest the interests of the protagonist
  C) works against the interests of other characters
  D) champions the cause of the protagonist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 15:

  'Contrition twines me like a snake

  Each time i come upon the wake

  Of your clan,...'

  In this passage 'contrition' is

  Options:
  A) personified
  B) satirized
  C) exaggerated
  D) modified
  E) emphasized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16:

  'The celebration is now ended

  But the echoes are all around

  Whirling like a harmattan

  Whirl-wind throwing dust around

  And hands cover faces and feet grope'There are strong suggestions in the last lines that the occasion celebrated

  Options:
  A) brought peace to the land
  B) did not kead to joyful times
  C) did not recieve general approval
  D) produced more merriment
  E) affected climate conditions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17: This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  The play opens with a conversation between Aaron and Awere about Options:
  A) Aaron's choice of course
  B) Maanan's encounter with the lawyer
  C) George qnd Kofi
  D) Hannah and George
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 18:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  Which of the following BEST describes a balled?

  Options:
  A) Short literary song
  B) Short literary story
  C) Short story that contains a song
  D) Short song that tells a story
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 19: This question is based on General Literary Principles.An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is Options:
  A) pathos
  B) parody
  C) pyrrhic
  D) props
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 20:

  This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

  In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is

  Options:
  A) both undersirable and unattainable
  B) attainable and desirable
  C) obnoxious but desirable
  D) desirable but unattainable
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  The correct answer is D .