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 901: This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.Laye learns early in life that his society respects Options:
  A) spirits and ghosts
  B) human beings and spirits
  C) animals and witches
  D) gold and magicians
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 902:

  This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

  'I thought as much. I know what all these hide-and-seek games that have been going on will one day come to light'.\The speaker of the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) Ogeyi
  B) Alice
  C) Ayo
  D) Mrs Obi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 903:

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

  The lesson which emerges from the fate of Ezeulu is that

  Options:
  A) the will of the priest is the will of his god
  B) Christianity is superior to traditional religion
  C) no man ever won judgement against his clan
  D) Captain Winterbottom was right afterall
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 904: This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.In the play, social change is achieved through Options:
  A) collectivism
  B) sectionalism
  C) individual
  D) communism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 905: The factor which led to the collapse of the Benin Empire was Options:
  A) tribalism
  B) betrayal
  C) imperialism
  D) cheiftaincy title
  E) rivalry
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 906:

  Mock-heroic poetry elevates

  Options:
  A) the important tales of heroes of the past era
  B) trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
  C) the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
  D) the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 907:

  This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

  Form the viewpoint of the British government, the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate is

  Options:
  A) one of superiority
  B) a war of attrition
  C) one of vengeance
  D) a jihad
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 908:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the

  Options:
  A) role of spirits in a carnival
  B) preparation for a carnival
  C) role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
  D) role of sycophancy and bad leadership
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 909:

  Peter Abraham's Mine Boy can be described as a

  Options:
  A) regional novel
  B) detective novel
  C) romatic novel
  D) novel of social critism
  E) historical novel.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 910: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Ona on her dying bed appeals to Agbadi to Options:
  A) give her a befitting burial
  B) take good care of her children
  C) take another wife
  D) allow Nnu Ego marry a man of her choice
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  The correct answer is D .