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 41:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  "Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew No more of

  Options:
  A) Travelling
  B) Sick
  C) Dying
  D) Eloping
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 42:

  THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

  'Wisely and slow. The stumble that run fast'.

  This note of caution comes from

  Options:
  A) Benvolio to Mercutio
  B) Capulet to Paris
  C) Friar to Romeo
  D) Nurse to Juliet.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 43: One of the differences between tragedy and comedy is Options:
  A) there is humour in comedy but not in tragedy
  B) there id suffering in tragedy but not in comedy
  C) there is feasting in comedy but not in tragedy
  D) there is a happy ending in comedy but not in tragedy
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 44:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.'The reception for this third marriage was being held at the home of the young girl's parents. In this, ancient custom was being more tan just respected, it was revived. The house had been invaded since early morning.

  Male female griots welcomed guests'.

  Sembene Ousmane, 'Xala'

  The atmosphere captured in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) solemn and gay
  B) joyful and gloomy
  C) grandiose and joyful
  D) gracious and solemn
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 45:

  'Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk...'

  In this passage, axe of intemperance means

  Options:
  A) hot temper
  B) cool temper
  C) evil mind
  D) recklessness.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 46: The line 'Ask them why they idle there' in Kofi Awoonor's Song of Sorrow' is a reference to Options:
  A) ancestors
  B) loafers
  C) vagabonds
  D) urchins
  E) ancestors
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 47:

  This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

  '....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in

  Options:
  A) front of the verandah of Okoro's house
  B) Okoro's front yard, downstage
  C) the direction of the kitchen, offstage
  D) the kitchen, upstage
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 48: What feeling dominates J.P Clark''s ''Song''? Options:
  A) Joy
  B) Optimism
  C) Cynicism
  D) Grief
  E) Uncertainty.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 49:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?

  Options:
  A) Love at first sight
  B) Unrequited love
  C) Lllusion and reality
  D) Humour and tragedy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 50:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  'The dum, dum of the drum' is a good example of

  Options:
  A) assonance
  B) onomatopoeia
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is B .