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 81: These questions is based on Ferdinand Oyono's. The old Man and the Medal.Meka can best be described as Options:
  A) a simple hearted old man
  B) an impulsive old man
  C) an old religious bigot
  D) an egocentric old man
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 82:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  Jibunoh was simply a difficult man.He was relation. He all his neighbours and deserted by his relations policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for decency or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friend. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning.'The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes

  Options:
  A) wickedness
  B) insanity
  C) lawlessness
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 83:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  A statement whose meaning is contrary to that openly expressed is an example of

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) oxymoron
  C) irony
  D) personification
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 84:

  A trade, Sir, that, i hope, i may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, Sir, a mender of bad soles.

  The passage is referring to a

  Options:
  A) religious preacher who saves sinful souls
  B) physician who cures diseases of the sole
  C) workman who repears shoes
  D) trader who prevents bad sales
  E) trader who cheats customers during sales.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 85: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.'The lines above from Acqah's In the Navel of the Soul depict Options:
  A) contradiction
  B) inevitability
  C) progress
  D) awareness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 86:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea

  The skeleton of the marlin implies the

  Options:
  A) sharks' predatory inclination
  B) futility of human struggle
  C) old man's lack of faith
  D) old man's incompetence in fishing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 87: This question is based on General Literary Principles.In the theater, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called Options:
  A) aside
  B) soliloquy
  C) accoustic
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 88:

  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 ......

  The speaker above is referring to

  Options:
  A) Hannah and George
  B) Aaron and Maanan
  C) Lawyer B and Mrs. B
  D) Fosuwa and Maidservant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 89:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.

  This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.

  The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

  Options:
  A) largely confusing
  B) very difficult
  C) quite appropriate
  D) drawn from hunting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 90: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'She even thinks that up in heaven Her class lies late and shores While poor black cherubs rise at seven To do celestial chores.'Countee Cullen: For a Lady I KnowThe tone of the poem above is Options:
  A) satiric
  B) affectionate
  C) indifferent
  D) sympathetic
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  The correct answer is A .