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 781: 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 782:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .

  What special function does Ramatoulaye's diary perform?

  Options:
  A) It is a record of her personal experiences
  B) It brings succour to her in distress
  C) It helps her understand current events
  D) It aids her memory of pst events
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 783:

  The dominant mood in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that of___________

  Options:
  A) Acceptance
  B) Anxiety
  C) Uncertainty
  D) Readiness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 784:

  THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.'Night, and Abiku sucks the oil

  From lamps'.

  Options:
  A) Abiku drinks oil
  B) For Abiku, oil is water
  C) while other babies suck the breast, Abiku sucks oil
  D) The lamp is kept burning all night on account of Abiku
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 785:

  Pick out the odd item

  Options:
  A) a Raisin in the Sun
  B) Twelfth Night
  C) Ozidi
  D) The Concubine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 786: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
  The only two sons of Meka die fighting for Options:
  A) independence
  B) the colonialists
  C) the church
  D) their people
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 787:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint in the play that she misses 'a month's polishing' refers to her

  Options:
  A) rusting away in the countryside
  B) need to get the latest fashions in London
  C) need to buy the best polish in London
  D) boring life in the countryside
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 788:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.

  Naana's attitude is one of

  Options:
  A) contempt
  B) neutrality
  C) fulfilment
  D) enthusiasm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 789:

  A chapter in a piece of drama is a

  Options:
  A) act
  B) scene
  C) setting
  D) dialogue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 790:

  'And for Mark Antony, think not of him;

  For he can do no more of caesar's arm

  When caesar's head is off'.

  This means that Mark Antony

  Options:
  A) will be assassinated with Caesar
  B) will become harmless once Caesar is dead
  C) is as powerless as Caesar's arm to control Caesar
  D) is as dangerous as Caesar's arm
  E) cannot do more harm as Caesar is capable of.
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  The correct answer is B .