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 1991: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.Launko's End of War suggests that war brings about Options:
  A) ultimate solution to all problems
  B) partial solution to problems
  C) multifaceted problems
  D) only temporary relief
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1992: The antagonist in a tragedy is ________ Options:
  A) any character in the tragedy
  B) the wife of the protagonist
  C) the character who provides comic relief
  D) the character set in opposition to the main character
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1993:

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

  One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the

  Options:
  A) lopsided resolution of conflicts
  B) manipulation of appearance and reality
  C) contrived misrepresentation of characters
  D) match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1994: This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbirdge. What makes the novel a tragedy? Options:
  A) The poetic justice in Henchard''s punishment
  B) All the character in the novel are failures
  C) A mixture of individual and circumstantial misfortune
  D) Thomas Hardy is a romantic and rustic pessimist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1995:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  The Bala is symbolically referred to as a fox because of his

  Options:
  A) mental powess
  B) sexual powess
  C) physical powess
  D) royalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1996:

  What structure is poetry written in?

  Options:
  A) sentences and paragraphs
  B) sentences and stanzas
  C) lines and paragraphs
  D) lines and stanzas
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1997: These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of Options:
  A) anecdote
  B) aside
  C) apostrophe
  D) allusion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1998: One of themes of As You Like It Is Options:
  A) life in the forest
  B) wrestling matches
  C) disguise
  D) the meaning of true love
  E) banishment.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1999:

  This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

  In the play the general picture depicted is that of

  Options:
  A) lower-class degeneracy
  B) succeefully arranged marriages
  C) chaotic value systems
  D) claerly focused personalities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2000: These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.The dominant image in Adeoti's Hard Lines is Options:
  A) tactile
  B) auditory
  C) gustatory
  D) visual
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  The correct answer is C .