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 1011: 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 1012: Caricature is used to Options:
  A) ridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features
  B) censure an individual by emphasizing his weakness
  C) expose the folly in literature
  D) elicit the artistic potential of dramatists.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1013: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; 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 and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
  In Brutus'A Troubadour I Traverse, the poet juxtaposes Options:
  A) love with hatred
  B) defiance with submission
  C) suffering with pleasure
  D) safety with danger
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1014:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'You Kiss her on the cheek

  As white people do,

  You Kiss her open-sore lips

  As white people do,

  You suck slimy saliva

  From each other's mouths,

  As white people do.'

  Okot p' Bitek 'Song of Lawino'

  The writer of the lines above uses repetition

  Options:
  A) for emphasis
  B) to underscore disapproval
  C) to enhance irony
  D) for imitation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1015: This question is based on Faceless by Amma DarkoWhat is the reason that caused Odarley's mother to send him away from home? Options:
  A) she chose to go to the street
  B) her mother remarried
  C) she steals her mother things
  D) she wants to poison her boyfriend
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1016:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.

  '.... So tedious is this day

  As is the night before some festival

  To an important child that hath them.

  New robes and may not wear.

  The literary device used in the excerpt is

  Options:
  A) simile
  B) metaphor
  C) Oxymoron
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1017:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste,

  Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

  Options:
  A) fragility
  B) pleasure
  C) comedy
  D) romance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1018:

  The theme that runs through Hallowell's Dining Table is that of________

  Options:
  A) Conflict
  B) Brutality
  C) Poverty
  D) Loneliness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1019: These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.In Owonibi's Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars Options:
  A) are concerned with their daily needs
  B) always worry about heaven
  C) rarely sleep and dream
  D) attend conferences in towns
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1020: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.The poet persona in Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is willing to praise the ladies eyes for Options:
  A) six decades
  B) two centuries
  C) a century
  D) thirty thousand years
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  The correct answer is D .