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 1171:

  "The sudden throb of pain" in Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Old' signifies the_________

  Options:
  A) negative impacts of aging
  B) difficulties of life
  C) youthful age
  D) uncertainties of life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1172:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Empathy is achieved when the audience

  Options:
  A) feels betrayed bythe director
  B) denounces and humiliates the protagonist
  C) vicariously participates in the stage experience
  D) attacks the character foil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1173: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  In the novel, Orwell attempts to Options:
  A) satirize the artificiality of a machine controlled society
  B) eulogize the beauty of the socialist system
  C) condemn the disgusting hypocrisy of all communist systems
  D) laud the boundless possibilities of the human intellect
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1174:

  'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall

  Share with me this little bed, And awake me, from

  My sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from

  My poor head...' Mbure:To a Bed-BugThe most dominant figure of speech in the excerpts above is

  Options:
  A) personification
  B) hyperbole
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1175: The dominant mood in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of Options:
  A) indignation
  B) sorrow
  C) joy
  D) optimism.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1176:

  "He considers also a little fragile,because artistic:

  I need to be cared for, like a potted plant. A little

  Pruning, a little watering, a little weeding and

  Straightening up to bring out the best in me."Based on Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, the "me" in the above passage is seen as

  Options:
  A) dynamic, to be cherished
  B) an object to be protected
  C) an ornament to be admired
  D) something to be tended
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1177:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  Though we knew that something was wrong with our society, we made no attempt to assess it.

  Trinidad was too unimportant and we could never be convinced of the value of reading the history of a place which was, as everyone said, only a dot on the map of the world.

  The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul

  The writer here maintains that Trinidad

  Options:
  A) was too insignificant to have a history
  B) was so small that its people did not value its history
  C) was a mere dot and did not therefore attract people's attention
  D) lacked historical significance bcause it could not compete with the rest of the world.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1178:

  "She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
  Festus Iyayi; Violence

  In the passage above, the speaker can be described as

  Options:
  A) hungry
  B) domineering
  C) friendly
  D) treacherous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1179:

  These questions are based on general Literary principles'Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others... When you induce opponent to come to you,then their force is always empty,like attacking emptiness with fulness is throwing stones on eggs.'

  Zhang Yu: The Art of War

  The theme of the passage above is

  Options:
  A) folly of soldiers
  B) spurring people to action
  C) war
  D) inspiration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1180:

  A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

  Options:
  A) harrangue
  B) discourse
  C) monologue
  D) saga
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  The correct answer is D .