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 1151:

  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 1152:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Ibadan,

  Running splash of rust

  And gold - flung and scattered

  Among seven hills like broken

  China in the sun.'

  J.P Clark, 'Ibadan'

  The poem above is memorable for its

  Options:
  A) pun
  B) heroism
  C) metaphor
  D) lyricism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1153:

  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.

  Arthur Nortje's Nightfall is written against the backdrop of

  Options:
  A) apartheid
  B) revolution
  C) celebration
  D) violence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1154: In David Diop's 'The Vultures', the statement 'And the monotonous rhythm of the paternoster Drowned the howing on the plantations,' suggests that Options:
  A) music was more important than work
  B) boredom received more attention than suffering
  C) music was more pleasant than cries
  D) religion received more attention than the suffering slaves.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1155: This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because Options:
  A) It only occurs in Ghana
  B) It could be found only in Africa
  C) It is common to almost all nations of the world
  D) the novel is read in all parts of the world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1156: This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of CorruptionWho impregnated Aloho? Options:
  A) The Commissioner
  B) Chief Haladu
  C) Justice Odili
  D) Inspector Inaku
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1157:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  "Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew No more of

  Options:
  A) Travelling
  B) Sick
  C) Dying
  D) Eloping
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1158:

  Use the lines below to answer these two questions.A cursing rogue with a merry fảrce,

  A bundle of rags upon a crutch,

  Stumbled upon that windy place

  Called cruachan, and it was as much.

  The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

  Options:
  A) abab
  B) bbaa
  C) abba
  D) aabb
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1159:

  He put himself in uniform, made one for

  His five-year-old son, and marched with

  The infant from dawn till noon every

  Market day, on the main road singing

  'Kayiwawa beturi...The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

  Options:
  A) a soldier
  B) abnormal
  C) energetic
  D) a policeman
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1160:

  This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.

  'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ......

  The speaker above is referring to

  Options:
  A) Hannah and George
  B) Aaron and Maanan
  C) Lawyer B and Mrs. B
  D) Fosuwa and Maidservant
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  The correct answer is B .