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 61: Kongi's Harvest Options:
  A) Kongi is a democratic ruler
  B) Kongi is a socialist
  C) Kongi is a dictator
  D) Kongi is a respecter of tradition
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 62:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.....How can i look at Oyo and say i

  Hate long shiny cars? How can i

  Come to the children and despise

  International schools?

  And Koomson comes, and the

  Family sees Jesus Christ in him....The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of

  Options:
  A) anger
  B) alienation
  C) hope
  D) despair
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 63: The feeding in the poem 'Nightfall in soweto' is one of Options:
  A) gratitude
  B) love
  C) hate
  D) joy
  E) safety
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 64: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only Options:
  A) on condition of infidelity
  B) where there there are no children
  C) in situation of irreconcilable differences
  D) on the death of one of the couples
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 65: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. Options:
  A) James agrees that Aaron and Maanan should study what they want
  B) Lawyer B harasses Maanan in his office
  C) Haanah, James' wife convinces him
  D) Aaron and Maanan agree to read the courses James chooses for them
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 66:
  From the novel; Othello

  The setting of Shakespeare's Othello is____________

  Options:
  A) Verona
  B) Venice
  C) the Faroe Islands
  D) Bulgaria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 67:

  This question is based on S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.

  The attitude of the narrator to religion in the novel is

  Options:
  A) fundamentalist
  B) liberal
  C) ambiguous
  D) fanatical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 68:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation.Will no one tell me what she sings

  Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

  For old, unhappy, far off things

  And battles long ago.

  Or is it some more humble lay,

  Familiar matter of today?The lines above shows that the persona

  Options:
  A) so hates the words of the girl
  B) understands the girl's songs
  C) does not understand the girl's language
  D) is so much in love with the girl
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 69:

  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 ......

  Where does the play takes place

  Options:
  A) In George's place
  B) In Aunt's place
  C) In Ofosu's place
  D) On the street
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 70: In a work of Literature, the hero is one Options:
  A) whose name is mentioned the greatest number of times in the text
  B) who is antagonistic to every one else
  C) whose experience provide the central conflict in the work
  D) who dies in the course of the story
  E) who performs brave and heroic deeds.
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  The correct answer is E .