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 881:

  The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because_____

  Options:
  A) man by nature has the tendencies to be lazy
  B) of the need for human survival
  C) God wants man to feel less of himself
  D) of the space for God's worship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 882:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  ''....that no man however great was greater than his people; that no one ever won judgement against his clan.''

  Achebe's conclusion was that

  Options:
  A) the individual should submit his will to thatof the clan
  B) very few people have the ability to dictate to their clan
  C) a man should impose his judgement on the clan if he is strong enough to do so
  D) the clan generally ensures that the individual is reduced to weakness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 883:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  The author makes the reader believe his story by using

  Options:
  A) a confessional style
  B) elements of humour
  C) detailed description
  D) another narrator
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 884: These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.The tone of Cope's Sonnet VII is generally Options:
  A) persuasive
  B) optimistic
  C) mournful
  D) humorous
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 885: David Diop's poem 'The Vultures', ends in a Options:
  A) denunciation of colonialism
  B) resignation to oppression
  C) vindication of apartheid
  D) renunciation of African culture
  E) proclamanation of hope.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 886: ''Troubadour, I Traverse all my land exploring all her wide flung parts with zest probing in motion sweeter far than rest her secret thickets with an amorous hand''.The above lines from Brutus 'poem' A Troubadour l Traverse'indicate that the poet Options:
  A) is a traveller
  B) an explorer who collect things
  C) enjoys amorous adventures
  D) loves a woman
  E) has a deep-rooted love for his country
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 887:

  This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

  At one point in the novel, Jack paints his face

  This act can be interpreted to mean

  Options:
  A) regression into savagery
  B) that he is now fully ready for the dance
  C) an attempt to hide from the other children
  D) an attempt to hide from the animals he wishes to hunt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 888: In the novel "Piggy's" glasses symbolizes Options:
  A) arrogance
  B) childishness
  C) intellectualism
  D) ignorance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 889:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  The setting of The African Child is a kingdom with

  Options:
  A) Islamic and modern traditions
  B) pre-Islamic and Islamic traditions
  C) pre-Islamic traditions
  D) pre-Islamic and modern traditions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 890:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.

  The main themes in the play are best summed up by the phrase

  Options:
  A) military glory and romantic love
  B) heroism and marriage
  C) innocent women and brave men
  D) realism and romance
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  The correct answer is A .