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:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'It was not the apple that tempted Eve, but this grapefruit; thus did maren revise the tale of Paradise Lost, and even Chris, shocked as he was at such blasphemy,confessed himself tempted to agree whenever maren returned from raiding the Principal's compound, with a shirtful of booty to share, especially on a hot afternoon.'

  Wole Soyinka: Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir

  The passage above achieves a mock-heroic effect through the use of

  Options:
  A) meiosis
  B) epigram
  C) allusion
  D) symbolism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12:

  'I am become a name;

  For always roaming with a hungry heart

  Much have i seen and known; cities of men

  And manners, climates, council, governments'

  These line fairly represent the attitude of Ulysses' life. This attitude may be described as

  Options:
  A) complaining continually about life
  B) unwillingness to agree and work with others.
  C) ceaseless labour and search for challenges
  D) dislike of one's country or home
  E) roaming and idling.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 13: "Of o cam fastem nut one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already. He'll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistress' dog..." Shakespeare, Othello
  From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is Options:
  A) disobedient
  B) quarrelsome
  C) drunkard
  D) scheming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14: Kenneth Kaunda's Zambia Shall Be Free is a non-fictional work because Options:
  A) it is about politics
  B) it has no characters
  C) it evokes no feelings
  D) it is not written by a novelist
  E) it deals with real life events
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 15:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'In the cold hands of death...

  His mouth was cotton filled, his brain on scales-was this a trick to prove fore-knowledge after death ?

  Wole Soyinka: Post Mortem'

  These two stanzas capture the

  Options:
  A) fear of death
  B) ugliness of death
  C) mystery of death
  D) knowledge of death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 16:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

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

  The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

  Options:
  A) fragility
  B) pleasure
  C) comedy
  D) romance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 17: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a Options:
  A) saga
  B) discourse
  C) monologue
  D) harangue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 18: This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
  Characterization in the play comprises three major groups of Options:
  A) counsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers
  B) court officeials, British soldiers and beggars
  C) court officials, British official and people
  D) people soldiers and beggars
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 19: This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because Options:
  A) It only occurs in Ghana
  B) It could be found only in Africa
  C) It is common to almost all nations of the world
  D) the novel is read in all parts of the world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 20:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is

  Options:
  A) censure
  B) aesthetics
  C) philosophy
  D) philology
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  The correct answer is B .