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 871:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

  Options:
  A) subjective narrator
  B) objective narrator
  C) omniscient narrator
  D) participatory narrator
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 872:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'The eyes of the house dog sprawled between my legs followed, full envy, piece after piece of fish down the throat of his master, my host.'

  Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy

  The dog in the passage

  Options:
  A) followed his master about
  B) ran after his master's fish
  C) caught the fish between the legs
  D) watched as his master ate the fish
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 873:

  This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

  The play is essentially about the

  Options:
  A) theft of Mis Neville's trinket box
  B) comedy of errors of one night
  C) incompatibility of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
  D) love affair between Kate and Marlow
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 874: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native SonThe story is narrated using the Options:
  A) Omniscient
  B) limited omniscient
  C) objective
  D) first person
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 875:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Brother Jero displays an act of ingratitude to his master by

  Options:
  A) enticing the French Jehovah witnesses
  B) dispossessing him of his piece of land
  C) conniving with the Cherubims and Seraphims
  D) organizing a deceitful dancing competition
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 876:

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

  Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may

  see he's consumptive.

  Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of

  the symptoms.

  Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,

  Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way

  Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.

  Hard: And truly so am I;...

  What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?

  Options:
  A) Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit
  B) Tony walks across the stage
  C) There is a knocking at the door
  D) Kate enters begging for calm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 877: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary work that teaches moral is said to be Options:
  A) instructive
  B) corrective
  C) impressive
  D) didactic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 878: The main purpose of drama is to Options:
  A) tell the story of dead people
  B) teach us how to write
  C) educate us
  D) entertain us
  E) both educate and entertain us.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 879: In the early days of the Durrell's sojourn on the island of Corfu, Gerry's most constant companion was Options:
  A) Christaki
  B) Roger
  C) Spiro
  D) Yani
  E) Larry
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 880:

  We can take you where he is, and perhaps your men will help us.

  In the above sentence taken from Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the pronoun he refers to

  Options:
  A) Obierika
  B) Okoli
  C) Odukwe
  D) Okonkwo
  E) Ezenwa.
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  The correct answer is D .