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 851:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A humorous play based on an unrealistic situation is considered in drama as

  Options:
  A) comedy
  B) tragdy
  C) farce
  D) burlesque
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 852:
  From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

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

  The novel can be described as__________?

  Options:
  A) optimistic
  B) antagonistic
  C) persuasive
  D) pessimistic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 853:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  'Hurrah for Thunder'by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to

  Options:
  A) beware of the animals in the jungle
  B) beware of the effects of thunder
  C) condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
  D) be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 854:

  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.

  In 'Hurrah for Thunder', Christopher Okigbo celebrates

  Options:
  A) thunder
  B) destruction
  C) change
  D) hunters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 855:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The most important concepts in poetry are:

  Options:
  A) story and action
  B) plot and rhythm
  C) rhythm and imagery
  D) plot and character
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 856:

  This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER.
  What were the other businesses Jimmy porter had tried apart from the sweet stall business?

  Options:
  A) farming, teaching and advertising
  B) Teaching, painting and trumpeting
  C) Journalism, faming and teaching.
  D) Journalism, advertising, and vacuum cleaning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 857:

  A novel written in form of a letter is said to be_______

  Options:
  A) gothic
  B) biographical
  C) epistolary
  D) autobiographical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 858:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  In literary work, setting refers to the

  Options:
  A) starting point of the story
  B) sum total of physical, social and historical circumstances
  C) orderly arrangement of episodes
  D) point at which the fortunes of the hero begin to decline
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 859:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
  In the play, the jewel of Ilujinle is____

  Options:
  A) Sadiku
  B) Baroka
  C) Lakunle
  D) Sidi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 860:

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

  The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can be interpreted as Gimba's

  Options:
  A) sentimental attachment to money
  B) approbation of stealing
  C) condemnaton of social injustice
  D) justification of social vices
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  The correct answer is C .