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 91: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.' This speaker of the lines above is Options:
  A) lago
  B) Cassio
  C) Desdemona
  D) Emilia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 92:

  A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________

  Options:
  A) Suspense
  B) Nemesis
  C) Agon
  D) Interlude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 93:

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

  Options:
  A) hero
  B) opposition
  C) villain
  D) heroine
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 94:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Mock-heroic poetry elevates

  Options:
  A) the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
  B) trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
  C) the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
  D) the important tales of heroes of the past era
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 95:

  'Chini was breathing with a love ripeness in her eye. She was elegant, sophistication, and Nigerian costume with charm. her every movement stimulated a flow of poetry from Francois and an ebb of embarrassment from her. she called him "My mad French lover".'

  The tone of this passage is

  Options:
  A) sensual
  B) detached
  C) playful
  D) stimulating.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 96:

  This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

  The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

  Options:
  A) lkaki
  B) Ekpe
  C) Udje
  D) Etiyeri
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 97:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'.

  Georgina Hammick, Habits

  The passage above suggests

  Options:
  A) haste
  B) lack of organization
  C) controlled movement
  D) untidiness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 98:

  This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt

  Imagery in the play is

  Options:
  A) always sexual and licentious
  B) sometimes sexual but not licentious
  C) always sexual but not licentious
  D) sometimes sexual and licentious
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 99: These question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.The subject matter of the novel is Options:
  A) exploitation and cruelty
  B) retributive justice
  C) class segregation
  D) totalitarian dictatorship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 100:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'So Children,

  If per chance you see a here that roars

  Or an ape perched in a palanquin,

  Look on in silence..'

  'Africa by David Diop

  This excerpt exemplifies

  Options:
  A) poetic climax
  B) rhetorics
  C) paradox
  D) conflict
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  The correct answer is B .