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 1481: This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.In We must learn Again to Fly; Ofeimum exhorts the reader Options:
  A) not to lose hope in the face of adversity
  B) to enjoy his success
  C) to give up if he does not succeed
  D) to work harder even if he succeeds
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1482:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'I'm not going to be drawn into that old trap of an argument and be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a sewer;

  The speaker in the statement above is being

  Options:
  A) symbolical
  B) analogical
  C) metaphorical
  D) parabolical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1483:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

  Options:
  A) terror
  B) horror
  C) frustration
  D) sympathy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1484: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
  'I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious tale.'
  The statement above is in reference to the speaker's
  Options:
  A) retirement
  B) imminent death
  C) state of health
  D) short-tempered nature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1485:

  The mood of Diop's 'Vanity' is__________

  Options:
  A) expressed through rhetorical questions
  B) condemnation
  C) expressed through the use of innuendos
  D) concern
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1486:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

  The subject matter of Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is

  Options:
  A) the road
  B) death
  C) the vehicle
  D) the driver
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1487: This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
  "The drums overwhelmed the guns..." J.P Clark: CasualtiesThe poet in the excerpt above uses Options:
  A) litotes
  B) symbolism
  C) onomatopoeia
  D) alliteration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1488:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Soyinka's depiction of Brother Jero in the play is

  Options:
  A) literal
  B) graphic
  C) sentimental
  D) symbolic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1489: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is Options:
  A) a fictional character
  B) a stock character
  C) a rounded character
  D) an antagonist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1490:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.

  Henchard arranged a meeting with Susan that the Ring instead of in his house because

  Options:
  A) the Ring was a meeting-warden for lovers
  B) the Ring was a spot for appointments of furtive kind
  C) Susan was ashamed to come over to his house
  D) his reputation as the church-warden and mayor was at stake
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  The correct answer is D .