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 121:

  "Thou loosest labour

  As easy may'st thou the in trenchant air

  With thy keen sword impress,..."Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the confidence above derives from the fact that

  Options:
  A) the air cannot be cut
  B) it is futile to cut the air with a sword
  C) no man born of a woman can hurt Macbeth
  D) Macduff wastes his efforts fighting Macbeth
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 122: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.In a narrative poem,the poet attempts to Options:
  A) describe a place
  B) preach a sermon
  C) tell a story
  D) summarize a story
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 123:

  This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt

  'But those are the hags and witches we wanted out of town.

  The expression hags and witches refers to

  Options:
  A) old unmarried girls and wives retired home from their husbands
  B) the three women who turned into goats
  C) all the women in the play
  D) handmaids, headwives, most favoured wives nursing mothers and pregnant wives
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 124: Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital lettersJudiciary Options:
  A) judiciaRY
  B) JUdiciary
  C) judiCIAry
  D) juDIciary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 125:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  The Duke's precious gift to the Duchess in Browning's 'My Last Duchess 'is

  Options:
  A) his family name
  B) a wedding ring
  C) his aristocratic class
  D) the title of a Duchess
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 126:

  This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.

  The old man's experience is a lesson in

  Options:
  A) endurance and hardwork
  B) happiness and reliance
  C) indolence and regret
  D) achievement and celebration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 127:

  This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  'BEHOLD her, single in the field,

  You solitary Highland Lass!

  Reaping and singing by herself;...

  O listen! for the Vale profound

  Is overflowing with the sound.'

  The lines above from William Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' constitute

  Options:
  A) a soliloguy
  B) an aside
  C) an apostrophe
  D) an interior monologue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 128:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Aesthetics in literature has to do with the creation of

  Options:
  A) imagery
  B) lines
  C) beauty
  D) themes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 129:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village.

  The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.

  Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?

  Options:
  A) Pessimistic
  B) Optimistic
  C) Nonchanlant
  D) Cynical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 130: 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 Milton's On His Blindness, the poet's attitude towards his blindness is one of Options:
  A) anger
  B) sorrow
  C) fortitude
  D) apathy
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  The correct answer is C .