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 461: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
  The multiple deaths in the play serve as a punishment for Options:
  A) imposing life partner on children
  B) treating others with hatred
  C) disobeying one's own parents
  D) shedding kinsmen's blood
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 462:

  This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless

  The dominant tone of the novel is one of

  Options:
  A) bitterness
  B) hope
  C) fear
  D) joy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 463: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Ona on her dying bed appeals to Agbadi to Options:
  A) give her a befitting burial
  B) take good care of her children
  C) take another wife
  D) allow Nnu Ego marry a man of her choice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 464: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  A conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is Options:
  A) performance
  B) mockery
  C) mimesis
  D) parody
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 465: A plot in a literary work is about Options:
  A) character delineation
  B) casual arrangement of events
  C) resolution of conflicts
  D) law of poetic justic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 466: Brutus joined the conspiracy against Caesar because he Options:
  A) knew that Caesar was ambitious
  B) was a great lover of freedom
  C) was made to believe that Caesar was ambitious
  D) respected Casca and had a high opinion on Cassius
  E) was greatly loved by the Romans.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 467: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.The physical,historical or cultural background of a literary work is referred to as Options:
  A) plot
  B) time
  C) setting
  D) episode
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 468: 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
  In Senghor's I will pronounce Your Name, 'cinnamon'is significant for its Options:
  A) dramatic irony
  B) botanical allusion
  C) olfactory image
  D) extended metaphor
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 469:

  'Chini was breathing with a love ripeness in her eye. She was elegant, sophistication, and Nigerian costume with charm. her every movement stimulated a flow of poetry from Francois and an ebb of embarrassment from her. she called him "My mad French lover".'

  The tone of this passage is

  Options:
  A) sensual
  B) detached
  C) playful
  D) stimulating.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 470:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. 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 (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

  Milton's On His Blindness teaches human beings to

  Options:
  A) discountenance physical disabilities
  B) regard disabilities as enduring
  C) keep on struggling endlessly
  D) use their talents sparingly
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  The correct answer is A .