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 431: This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi''sThe New ManIn terms of religion, the people of Ipaja can be described as Options:
  A) conformists
  B) liberals
  C) fanatics
  D) puritans
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 432:

  THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.

  'But what wakeful of man,

  Made of the mud of this earth,

  Can stare at the touch of sleep

  The stable vehicle of dream

  Which indeed is the look of your eyes?'

  These lines from J.P. Clark's 'Olokun' suggests that Olokun eyes

  Options:
  A) hypnotize
  B) cause sleeplessness
  C) terrify
  D) prevent dreams
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 433:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

  The dominant images in the novel are those of

  Options:
  A) death and time
  B) filth and time
  C) death and decay
  D) filth and decay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 434:

  'For i have known them all already, known them all.

  Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,

  I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'.

  The tone in these lines suggest

  Options:
  A) the authors desire to accomplish more in life
  B) anxiety and tension
  C) tediousness and boredom
  D) anger and exasperation.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 435: Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, in the Achike family,the character who is central to the theme is Options:
  A) Jaja
  B) Kambili
  C) Mama
  D) Sisi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 436:

  A fable is a story in which________?

  Options:
  A) allegations are made about characters
  B) animal is or things are used as characters
  C) there is an important setting
  D) the story is told in poetic form
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 437:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The Christs

  Are still in performing miracles

  In the market places

  Heroding the masses with imperatives

  Feeding the hungry

  With 21-gun salutes

  For victories that are yet to be won.'

  Odia Ofeimun, 'The Messiahs'

  The attitude of the poet to his subject in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) ironic
  B) sarcastic
  C) benevolent
  D) explosive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 438:

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

  The poet's mood in Gabriel Okara's 'The Fisherman's invocation' is characterized by

  Options:
  A) dissatisfaction
  B) anxiety
  C) contentment
  D) self-doubt
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 439:

  Characterisation in a novel refers to the _____?

  Options:
  A) writer's opinion of the characters
  B) way the characters are revealed to the reader
  C) characters and the way they behave
  D) reader's opinion of the character
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 440:

  A trilogy is the

  Options:
  A) set of three one-act drama written by related authors
  B) series of related stories divided into three equal parts
  C) sequence of three plays written by the same author
  D) collection of three poems of equal length
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  The correct answer is C .