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 391:

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

  The statement 'the new religion was like a leper' means that

  Options:
  A) the new religion, if welcomed, will overshadow the traditional religions
  B) the Europeans who brought the new religion were lepers
  C) all those who join the new religion would become lepers
  D) religion invites diseases
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 392: The word which when applied describes the posture of the speaker in "The Fence" is Options:
  A) action
  B) inertia
  C) nostalgia
  D) cowardice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 393:

  This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.

  'Th old man was dreaming about the lions suggests that he is

  Options:
  A) going to hunt lions
  B) still determined and hopefu
  C) afraid of future struggle
  D) about to enter new jungles
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 394:

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

  In the poem 'Night' Neto suggests that the oppressed

  Options:
  A) do not believe in victory
  B) are never willing to fight for their rights
  C) are no longer willing to fight for their right
  D) are determined to give meaning to their life
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 395: Orlando addressed the banished duke and his men roughly because Options:
  A) he was hungry
  B) he was greedy
  C) he was afraid
  D) he thought they were wild
  E) they refuse to give him food.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 396:

  'From forth the fatal lions of these two foes

  A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...'

  These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the

  Options:
  A) tragedy could have been averted
  B) tragedy was predestined
  C) tragedy was brought on by enmity
  D) lovers brought misfortune on themselves.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 397: These question is based on General Literary Principles.Action without speech in a play is Options:
  A) epilogue
  B) mime
  C) soliloquy
  D) aside
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 398: The Yoruba incantatory poem, 'When a Strainer Takes in Water', is meant to be recited in order to Options:
  A) excape capture
  B) promote sales
  C) ensure good harvest
  D) escape retribution
  E) prevent road mishaps
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 399:

  "...Let the greying day grow,

  ...let the evening horns blow,

  ...let the melting mountains go...'The repetition of these lines from Atukwei Okai's

  "Sunset Sonata"

  Options:
  A) is for emphasis for the main ideas
  B) imbues the poem with lyrical qualities
  C) summarizes the major themes of the poem
  D) shows that the poem is truly a dirge.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 400:

  The gurgling drums

  Echo the stars

  The forest howls

  And between the tress

  The dark sun appears.

  The dominant figure of speech in the above lines from Lenrie Peter's 'We Have Come Home' is

  Options:
  A) synecdoche
  B) simile
  C) metaphor
  D) personification.
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  The correct answer is D .