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 1441: ''His mouth was such a post-office of a month that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling''.This description in Great expectations refers to Options:
  A) Mr. Punblechoo
  B) Mr. Wemmick
  C) Mr. Drummle.
  D) Mr. Brown
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1442: Reversal of fortune as used in the criticism of a literary work describes the Options:
  A) rise to fame of the central character
  B) success of the hero or heroine
  C) reward of the hero
  D) sudden change in the fate of the central character.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1443: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.'The lines above from Acqah's In the Navel of the Soul depict Options:
  A) contradiction
  B) inevitability
  C) progress
  D) awareness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1444: This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
  The time has come when I can fool myself no more I am no man Sadiku My manhood Ended near a week ago'.In the light of subsequent happenings, these word reveal that the speaker Options:
  A) abhors polygamy
  B) has become impotent
  C) is a crafty seducer
  D) is disgusted with life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1445:

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

  The Major issues at hand in the Sons and Daughters play is that

  Options:
  A) Laboratory attendant is trying to act as a nurse
  B) The medical doctor is in love with Maanan
  C) James sees Awere as a bad influence
  D) Lawyer B is trying to Kiss Maanan.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1446:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because

  Options:
  A) Marlow is not fit to be Kate's husband
  B) Young Marlow is more demanding than Hasting
  C) he is fed up with Marlow annoying behaviour
  D) Kate objects to being betrothed in absentia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1447:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  'I'll do my best
  To woo your lady.'
  What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

  Options:
  A) That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
  B) That her best is good enough to win affection
  C) That she herself becomes the beloved
  D) That she herself wins the love
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1448: These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and Options:
  A) height
  B) illiteracy
  C) wealth
  D) treachery
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1449:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun

  My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;

  But swear by thyself, that at my death thy sun

  Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;

  And, having done that, thou hast done,

  I fear no more.'

  These lines from John Donne's 'Hymn to God the Father' contain examples of

  Options:
  A) pun
  B) personification
  C) hyperbole
  D) quibble
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1450:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

  The hypocritical character in the play is

  Options:
  A) Montano
  B) lago
  C) Cassio
  D) Roderigo
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  The correct answer is B .