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 321: The protagonist of a story is generally Options:
  A) the protest made by the principle character against his adversaries
  B) the principle character of the story
  C) the theme of the story
  D) one of the minor characters in the story
  E) the protest made by a character against the hero
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 322:

  This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.

  One thing that Obanua found in the bar which he is unlikely to get at home is

  Options:
  A) food
  B) job
  C) security
  D) power
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 323: "That that is why we must acc-c-cept the uni-versal d-d-dome, b-b-because ththere is no d-d-ddirection. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b-bridges d-don't jjjjust g-g-go from hhhere to the there; a bridge also faces backwards". Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
  The idiolectical feature of the character's speech is the Options:
  A) repetition of consonant sounds
  B) repetition of initial consonant sounds
  C) duplication of consonant sound clusters
  D) multiplication of diphthongs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 324: The 'curse' the old master put on Brother Jero is that he would Options:
  A) drown in water
  B) be killed by armed robbers
  C) come to ruin by women
  D) loss his prophetic visions
  E) die in a road mishap.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 325:
  From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

  The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

  Room 101 symbolises a place of________???

  Options:
  A) rest
  B) fun
  C) humiliation
  D) torture
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 326: In The World is Too Much With Us', Wordsworth wishes that people could Options:
  A) become pagans
  B) appreciate the beauty of Nature more
  C) go to see Proteus and Triton
  D) become part of Nation
  E) give their 'hearts aways
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 327: When the Franklin declares in the prologue to his tale that he has 'not slept on mount Parnassus' he meant that Options:
  A) his bed has always uncomfortable
  B) he has sleepless nights
  C) he has no literary pretensions
  D) he is well-versed in rhetorics
  E) he is a poor sleeper.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 328: Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression? Options:
  A) Octet
  B) Lyric
  C) Sonnet
  D) Elegy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 329: Nani's sternness and frequent use of the cane Options:
  A) was responsible for his transfers
  B) exacted obedience from his wife
  C) fiiled his children with fear and pain
  D) gave him a very good reputation
  E) made his teacher rebel against him
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 330:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  The novel is a mixture of

  Options:
  A) fiction and fantasy
  B) the objective and the absurd
  C) pessimism and optimism
  D) the real and the supermatural
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  The correct answer is D .