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 571: 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 572: _______ In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work Options:
  A) Cast
  B) Summary
  C) Flaw
  D) Plot
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 573:

  This question is based on UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN.
  How did Mama Orojo meetTom Monday.

  Options:
  A) she met him on her trip to Ghana
  B) she met him on an evangelism trip
  C) she met him during the religious riot
  D) she met him at the restaurant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 574: This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.The cap-picking ceremony is to Options:
  A) break the strong will of Yaremi
  B) make Yaremi remarry
  C) establish that she is wicked
  D) prove that Ajumobi is not the best
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 575:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  This thing you are doing is too heavy for you' he said . I went to school only a little, but I have killed many many more years in this world than you have,'

  Gabriel Okara: The Voice

  It can be inferred from the passage above that the

  Options:
  A) listener is a porter
  B) listener is wise
  C) speaker is a murderer
  D) speaker is more experienced
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 576: This question is based on selected poem 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
  The end of Give Me The Minstrel's seatseems to suggest that one needs the Options:
  A) support of others
  B) complete command of one's wives
  C) support of one's kinsmen
  D) aid of pots
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 577:

  In Angira'sExpelled,the poet persona laments the

  Options:
  A) Loss of his property
  B) Harrowing experiences from the stranger's visit
  C) presence of the strangers
  D) Problem of his family and their economic implications
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 578:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The flat character in a literary work

  Options:
  A) is the same as the round character
  B) cannot be found in an allegory
  C) is capable of growing
  D) always embodies a quality
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 579:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

  'When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it, I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose.

  I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor.'

  Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.

  The reaction in the passage above is that of

  Options:
  A) rejection
  B) anger
  C) protest
  D) nausea
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 580: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'Today's my last day here. I'm done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I don't know why they really hired me. They're talking to dad behind my back. Begging for favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tendersKen Kamoche: A fragile HopeThe technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is Options:
  A) flashback
  B) stream of consciousness
  C) foreshadowing
  D) play-within-the-play
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  The correct answer is B .