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 211:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Soyinka's depiction of Brother Jero in the play is

  Options:
  A) literal
  B) graphic
  C) sentimental
  D) symbolic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 212:

  "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

  A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life..."Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the lines above suggests that the tragedy in the play

  Options:
  A) could have been averted
  B) is predestined
  C) is brought on enmity
  D) brought misfortune on the lovers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 213:

  This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  In his reaction to his friend's death, the mood of the poet, in 'For CHristopher Okigbo' is that of

  Options:
  A) shock
  B) disbelief
  C) acceptance
  D) grief
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 214: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  The central conflict in the play is Options:
  A) religious
  B) romantic
  C) generational
  D) communal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 215:

  This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

  'I thought as much. I know what all these hide-and-seek games that have been going on will one day come to light'.\The speaker of the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) Ogeyi
  B) Alice
  C) Ayo
  D) Mrs Obi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 216: The night is significant in 'Nightfall in Soweto' because Options:
  A) people stay in their houses
  B) crimes are committed at night
  C) the people can rest their tired bones at night
  D) black people are persecuted even in their own homes at night
  E) night brings alot of enjoyment
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 217: Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The play shares the feature of classical tragedy through the use of Options:
  A) violence on stage
  B) chorus
  C) comic relief
  D) flashback
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 218:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'You Kiss her on the cheek

  As white people do,

  You Kiss her open-sore lips

  As white people do,

  You suck slimy saliva

  From each other's mouths,

  As white people do.'

  Okot p' Bitek 'Song of Lawino'

  The writer of the lines above uses repetition

  Options:
  A) for emphasis
  B) to underscore disapproval
  C) to enhance irony
  D) for imitation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 219:

  THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S

  THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME What is the significance of Alaka and Gbonka to the plot of the play ?

  Options:
  A) They are major figures in the drama
  B) They only held the vital clues for revealing the identity of Odewale
  C) The y were friends of the late Ogundele
  D) Their meeting with Odewale would help assuage his sorrow.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 220: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.Life, though a vanity Yet, not purpose full in drawling resignation Life's spice is in striveFrom the extract above, the poet suggests that Options:
  A) life is full of care
  B) there can't be life without stive
  C) life is worthwhile without care
  D) strive makes life worth living
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  The correct answer is B .