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: 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.In Owonibi's Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars Options:
  A) are concerned with their daily needs
  B) always worry about heaven
  C) rarely sleep and dream
  D) attend conferences in towns
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 322:

  From Madza's behavior after his return to Kala

  It can be deduced that the most important lesson he learned from his sojourn in Kala is that

  Options:
  A) the secret of happiness is to be found among unsophisticated Africans
  B) every man is free to set his own goals and chart his own course in life
  C) formal education is the ideal way to true wisdom
  D) it is highly rewarding to abide scrupulously by the mores of one's own community.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 323: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; 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 and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
  The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is Options:
  A) optimistic
  B) pessimistic
  C) romantic
  D) sarcastic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 324:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse........Their eyes recede from tomorrow.

  No sense of mission sustains them.'

  These lines from Odia Of Ofeimun's 'The Prodigals express

  Options:
  A) a longing for the past
  B) a lack of grogress
  C) the weight of tradition
  D) an impatient attitude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 325:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  The setting in pastoral poetry is usually

  Options:
  A) oceanic
  B) urban
  C) encumenical
  D) idyllic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 326: 'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.''And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as Options:
  A) smart
  B) sick
  C) weak
  D) strong
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 327: In addition to describing scenes of an African village night, Senghor's poem, 'Nuit de Sine' makes a definite statement about Options:
  A) black soldiers killed in Europe
  B) fishermen diving in the sea
  C) technological development in Africa
  D) population movement fron rural to urban centres
  E) communicating with dead ancestors.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 328: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as Options:
  A) circular
  B) episodic
  C) orgaanic
  D) open-ended
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 329: When Kofi's grandparents in The Narrow Path learnt that Nani wanted to marry Edzi, they Options:
  A) did not approve
  B) made her change her religion
  C) congratulated him
  D) welcomed Edzi with open arms
  E) disowned him
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 330:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  The immediate cause of the war between Umuaro and Okperi was the

  Options:
  A) land dispute
  B) murder of Akukalia
  C) intervention of Captain Winterbottom
  D) siting of the colonial adminstrative headquarters at Okperi
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  The correct answer is A .