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 1051:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  Mrs. Newson refuses to reward the furmity seller for disclosing the whereabout of Henchard because she

  Options:
  A) has little money for her
  B) condisers the trade in furmity unscrupulous
  C) thinks it is not respectable to talk to the old women
  D) has learned what she wanted from the old woman
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1052: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
  ''look at me jubilant for being given another opportunity to live longer, and see this foolish woman eager to end her own life when her maker is not yet ready for her...''
  The opportunity referred to in the extract above is Options:
  A) the misunderstanding between Nnaife and his wife
  B) narrowly escaping being knocked down
  C) the driver's encounter with Nnu Ego
  D) ominous visit of Agunwa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1053:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  'You just wait, I'll tell you more

  But let me first sell my tomatoes'.

  These two lines from Theo Luzuka's 'The Motoka'

  Reveal the poet's true state of

  Options:
  A) delight
  B) reality
  C) fear
  D) dream
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1054: When Mr. Jagger''s told Joe Gargery to ''bear in mind, that Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better'', what he meant was that Options:
  A) Holdfast was a better dog when compared to Brag
  B) it was better to hold fast on one''s beliefs than to brag about them
  C) a faithful, steadfast dog was better than a dog that gives one cause to bragof its beauty
  D) Joe Gargery should keep his mouth shut.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1055:
  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 1056:
  From the novel; Morountodun

  This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as

  Options:
  A) dramatic epilogue
  B) dramatic monologue
  C) role-playing
  D) flashback
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1057:

  'The fair breeze blew
  The white foam flew
  The furrow followed free
  We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.'

  The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) repetition
  B) alliteration
  C) paradox
  D) rhyme scheme
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1058: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.IN THE PLAY, THE TWO REVENGE PLOTS REVOLVE AROUND Options:
  A) Hamlet against Polonius and Laertes against Claudius
  B) Hamlet against Claudius and Laertes gainst Hamlet
  C) Claudius against Hamlet and Laertes against Gertrude
  D) Ophelia against Hamlet and Laertes against Hamlet
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1059:

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

  When he came back from Operi I went to his house and he talked like a sane man. I reminded him of saying that a man must dance the dance prevailing in his time...'

  The above statement was made by Ofoka about

  Options:
  A) Nwaka
  B) Akuebue
  C) Ezeulu
  D) Obika
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1060: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  The atmosphere of tragedy in the play is created through the use of Options:
  A) dreams and foreboding
  B) fights and quarrels
  C) wars and hatred
  D) ideas and dramatization
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  The correct answer is B .