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 111:

  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 112: This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
  Which of the following characters fight against vague idealism in life? Options:
  A) major Petkoff
  B) Captain Bluntschli
  C) Catherine
  D) Raina
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 113: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of Options:
  A) being more educated
  B) accommodation
  C) good job
  D) the rights to vote
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 114:

  A structural arrangement of unit of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

  Options:
  A) repetition
  B) paradox
  C) refrain
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 115: This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
  James Ofosu's desire is to see Maanan trained as Options:
  A) a choreographer
  B) an attorney
  C) an accountant
  D) a surgeon
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 116:

  ''When the frog in front falls in a pit, others behind takes caution... When crocodiles eat their own eggs, what will they will they not do to the flesh of a frog?''

  In the context of The Gods Are Not To Blame, the person who made this statement is alleging that king Adetusa

  Options:
  A) died falling in to a pit
  B) fell victim to man eating crocodiles
  C) was killed by the people of Kutuje
  D) was killed by the Ijekun people.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 117:

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

  'Thereafter, any yam harvest in the fields was harvested in the name of the son'

  The 'son' referred to in the above quotation is

  Options:
  A) Ezeulu's dead son, Obika
  B) Ezeulu's Christian son, Oduche
  C) Mr. Good Country's son
  D) Jesus Christ
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 118: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if Options:
  A) Juliet is prepared
  B) Roseline is prepared
  C) the corpse is ready
  D) the birde is dressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 119: This question is based on Literary AppreciationIf I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice... Is meal Heron:Pardon me.The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of Options:
  A) plagiarism
  B) anaphora
  C) paralipsis
  D) alliteration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 120:

  "I hate brave cowards like you" is an example of

  Options:
  A) Irony
  B) Antithesis
  C) Eulogy
  D) Oxymoron
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  The correct answer is D .