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 521:
  From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

  The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

  The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winstons dreams of________?

  Options:
  A) internal security
  B) wealth and capitalism
  C) freedom and democracy
  D) sovereignty forestall reconciliation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 522:

  This question is based on Literary Principles

  ''She wanted to spit herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go You known I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this, ...'she slapped the Samson and Deliah.'''

  Festus lyayi: Violence

  In the passage above, the speaker can described as

  Options:
  A) domineering
  B) tyreacherous
  C) friendly
  D) hungry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 523:

  This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.

  'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ....

  The traditional o4rder in the play is represented by

  Options:
  A) Hannah
  B) Aaron and Maanan
  C) Aunt
  D) Mrs. B
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 524:
  From the novel; Witnesses to Tears

  This question isbased on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

  In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are dormed by

  Options:
  A) a premonition of his death
  B) Lahab's doubtful morality
  C) Hussaina's immaturity
  D) his fear of loneliness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 525:

  'Oshor:...Winds howl forth-howl forth,

  Hold back hold back-is the time- oh

  Endless time-slung in oblivion,

  Make minced meat of your prey.'

  Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon.

  The mood captured in the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) fear
  B) happiness
  C) indifference
  D) joy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 526:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

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

  The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

  Options:
  A) fragility
  B) pleasure
  C) comedy
  D) romance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 527: A close reading of The Victims reveals that Ogugua's pr-marital and extra-marital affairs are a reflection of her Options:
  A) innate promiscuity
  B) love of public scandals
  C) defiance of social norms
  D) self-hate.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 528: Miss Havisham grooms Estella the way she does so as to make Estella Options:
  A) a model lady
  B) a good wife to Pip
  C) a dependable character
  D) unattractive to men
  E) a means of torturing menfolk.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 529:

  This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  The phrase 'location indifferent' in 'Telephone Conversation' conveys Wole Soyinka's

  Options:
  A) non-concern for space
  B) willingness to take an apartment anywhere
  C) critical need for accommodation
  D) awareness of the reluctance ofthe landlady
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 530:

  A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____

  Options:
  A) An Epigram
  B) A Limerick
  C) An Ode
  D) A Lyric
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  The correct answer is A .