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 ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S

  THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME ''If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good''.

  Odewale says this because

  Options:
  A) Aderopo is a skilful drummer
  B) he believes that Aderopo is plotting his overthrow
  C) he thinks that Aderopo is mad
  D) Aderopo has not learnt how to drum well.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12:

  A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

  Options:
  A) allegory
  B) novella
  C) fable
  D) epistle
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13: 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.The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is Options:
  A) art of poetry
  B) adventure
  C) contempt for literature
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 14:

  'The all-seeing sun

  Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun'

  The above lines were spoken in Romeo and Juliet by

  Options:
  A) count Paris in praise of juliet
  B) Romeo in praise of Juliet
  C) Romeo in praise of Rosaline
  D) Lady Capuiet in praise of Rosaline.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  The leaves are withered. Roses fold and shrink

  Dog, the panting athlete shows his tongue A dwarled shadow flees. Hides under legs. Nuts

  Wrinkle and crack

  'Poems in Four Parts' by W.Kamera

  One dominant image presented in the poem above is that of

  Options:
  A) spent life
  B) summer
  C) death
  D) tiredness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16:

  When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

  Options:
  A) a symbol
  B) an irony
  C) a subject
  D) an epigram
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 17:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up a long hill...He prayed again ''Father, look after her. Give her peace...Take away my peace forever, but give her peace'' Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.

  The man's reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is

  Options:
  A) tolerant
  B) compassionate
  C) prayerful
  D) loving
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 18:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

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

  'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes

  Options:
  A) Maria
  B) Olivia
  C) Roderigo
  D) Viola
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 19: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  The use of gestures to communicate in drama is known as Options:
  A) mime
  B) melodrama
  C) soliloquy
  D) burlesque
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 20:

  'O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

  It seems she hangs upon the check of night

  As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'

  Romeo and JulietIn these lines Juliet's beauty is presented

  Options:
  A) in contrast to the dark night
  B) as a source of envy to all
  C) in terms of riches
  D) as being unparalleled in the kingdom.
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  The correct answer is A .