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 621: 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 622:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears

  In the novel, Serah dies of

  Options:
  A) haemorrhoids
  B) gunshot wounds
  C) asthma
  D) asphyxiation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 623: I am alone
  And the murmur of my lips carry song and tears homewards from a plain away from home
  Okogbule Wonodi. "Lament for Shola".
  The poet-persona here expresses a feeling of Options:
  A) love
  B) anger
  C) nostalgia
  D) sorrow
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 624: The sufferings of the protagonist in Birago Diop's 'vanity' are Options:
  A) caused by circumstance
  B) self-inflicted
  C) imposed on them by enemies
  D) the act of fate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 625:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'El - Hadji Abdou Kader Beye was received in princely style at the girl's home. The food was exquisite and the scent of incense filled N'Gone's small wooden room. Nothing was omitted in the careful process of conditioning the man.'

  Sembane Ousmane, 'Xala'

  The writer suggests in the passage above that El-Hadji is

  Options:
  A) a prince
  B) a food lover
  C) being entertained
  D) being manipulated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 626: These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.Vandermayer's attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the church's Options:
  A) despondency
  B) infuriation
  C) hypocrisy
  D) suspicion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 627:

  This question is based on BAT.

  Use the excerpt to answer this question.
  "Where light pushes through;
  A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.
  A dip to the water.
  And you think:
  "The swallows are flying so late!"
  Swallows?"

  The dominant poetic device in the excerpt is___

  Options:
  A) Rhetorical question
  B) imagery
  C) Alliteration
  D) Paradox
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 628:

  A situation where an actor addresses the audience without the other actors hearing him is called

  Options:
  A) Soliloquy
  B) Chorus
  C) Aside
  D) Solo
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 629: In Mine Boy Peter Abraham's is of the view that in South Africa Options:
  A) a black and white should live and develop separately
  B) racial harmony is desirable and possible
  C) black should never cooperate with white
  D) racial harmony is merewishful thinking
  E) the conflict between black and white can never end.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 630:

  When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

  Options:
  A) a symbol
  B) an irony
  C) a subject
  D) an epigram
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  The correct answer is A .