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 191:

  'Just because i am an Ijebu man, and do not belong to your tribe, the sight of me as your king gnaws at your liver, and rips your heart asunder...'

  The speaker's statement is prompted by

  Options:
  A) guilty conscience
  B) oedipus complex
  C) delusive grandeur
  D) persecution complex
  E) patriotic fervour.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 192:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'.

  Georgina Hammick, Habits

  The passage above suggests

  Options:
  A) haste
  B) lack of organization
  C) controlled movement
  D) untidiness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 193:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to

  Options:
  A) the character of Sir Charles Marlow
  B) the prologue songs and the epilogue
  C) male characters
  D) female characters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 194:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with no trademan's matters nor women's matters, but withal- I am indeed, sir,a surgeon to ild shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.'William Shakespeare: Julius CaesarThe speaker in the excerpt above is a

  Options:
  A) surgeon
  B) meddler
  C) cobbler
  D) trader
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 195: This question is based on William Shakesphere's Othello."...Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?....." The speaker in the excerpt above addresses _______? Options:
  A) Othello
  B) Lago
  C) Brabantio
  D) Roderigo
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 196:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'You amble on

  We can no longer

  Wait for nature's course

  We must deliver

  You

  With

  Force'

  Amelia House, 'Our Sun Rises'

  The mood in the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) fear
  B) sorrow
  C) joy
  D) indignation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 197: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  In the novel, Big Brother metaphorizes a Options:
  A) totalitarian authority
  B) benevolent leader
  C) revolutionary leader
  D) party brotherhood
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 198: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  'On the rampage, Pip and off the rampage, rip; - such is Life!
  Joe summarized his wife's behaviour in this way after Mrs. Gergery's quarrel with Options:
  A) Pip
  B) Orlick
  C) Joe
  D) Biddy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 199: Which of the following characters was assassinated by an unknown assailant in 'Mine Boy' Options:
  A) Daddy
  B) Ma plank
  C) Dladla
  D) chris
  E) Johannes
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 200:

  Define rhyme?

  Options:
  A) comparing two things using “like” or “as”
  B) the repetition of a letter
  C) the repetition of an ending sound
  D) the repetition of vowel sounds
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  The correct answer is C .