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 891:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Cast in a play refers to

  Options:
  A) all the actors
  B) three of the actors
  C) a few of the actors
  D) an exclusive social class in the play
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 892:

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

  One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the

  Options:
  A) lopsided resolution of conflicts
  B) manipulation of appearance and reality
  C) contrived misrepresentation of characters
  D) match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 893:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Flash back in a literary work help to

  Options:
  A) fill the missing link
  B) reveal the characters'mindsets
  C) place the story in proper perspective
  D) relate events that are extraneous to the story
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 894:

  Serrated Shadows, through dark leaves,
  Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dapped cells
  sensation pained me, faceless, silent as night thieves
  Wole Soyinka: "Night"

  The dominant mood in the lines above is one at____________

  Options:
  A) apprehension
  B) defiance
  C) joy
  D) indifference
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 895:
  From the novel; Animal farm

  This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  The execution of some of the animals on the orders of Napoleon is to

  Options:
  A) prevent Snowball from coming back to the farm
  B) make the pigs constitute themselves into a special class
  C) achieve the pigs' socialist goals without further delay
  D) pave way for Napoleon to become an absolute ruler
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 896:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up a long hill...He prayed again ''Father, look after her. Give her peace...Take away my peace forever, but give her peace'' Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.

  The man's reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is

  Options:
  A) tolerant
  B) compassionate
  C) prayerful
  D) loving
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 897:

  A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

  Options:
  A) opposition
  B) heroine
  C) villain
  D) hero
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 898: This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.
  'Love and loveless hate' and 'Love lusterless word' in Lenrie Peters 'She Came in Silken Drapes ] suggest that Options:
  A) love is a meaningless word
  B) joy and sadness often mingle
  C) love is forever sweet
  D) love breeds hate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 899:

  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.

  In Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through

  Options:
  A) scorching sun
  B) blooming thorns
  C) a cloudy atmosphere
  D) a dirty room
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 900: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The casualties in Launko's End of the War Options:
  A) women
  B) children
  C) men
  D) soldiers
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  The correct answer is D .