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 151: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  An autobiography becomes a literary work when Options:
  A) it is a faithful account of the author's
  B) it underlines the salient events in the author's life
  C) it relates the author's life to the major events of the day
  D) its value resides principally in its style
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 152:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.

  This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.

  The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

  Options:
  A) largely confusing
  B) very difficult
  C) quite appropriate
  D) drawn from hunting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 153: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Caliban's intention to rape Miranda is born out of the desire to Options:
  A) marry her
  B) destroy the island
  C) compete with Ferdinand
  D) populate the island with Calibans
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 154:

  These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's. The old Man and the Medal.

  The disagreement between Mvondo and Nti centres on the latter's claim to have

  Options:
  A) eaten the entire entrails of sheep
  B) eate more than his share of the food
  C) been in a whiteman's office
  D) assisted Meka in getting the medal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 155:

  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 recurrent nightmares in Ojaide's 'The Owl Wakes Us' suggest

  Options:
  A) a dreamful existence
  B) anxieties destroying peaceful sleep
  C) repression in governance
  D) broken promises
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 156:

  This question is based on Literary Principles

  'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle'.

  Cynthia James: Drumology

  The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

  Options:
  A) olfactory and visual
  B) olfactory and tactile
  C) auditory and visual
  D) tactile and auditory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 157:

  Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________

  Options:
  A) opposite
  B) similar
  C) symbolic
  D) repetitive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 158: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the image in Adeoti's Naked Soles change from Options:
  A) inaction to action
  B) pain to grief
  C) sorrow to joy
  D) joy to excitement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 159:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The three main unities in drama are those of

  Options:
  A) action, time and place
  B) time, space and action
  C) place, time and space
  D) space, action and time
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 160:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes

  Options:
  A) stops the main story to narrate other events
  B) creates a lot of funny episodes
  C) puts too many difficulties in Adans way
  D) shows that Francis is weaks
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  The correct answer is B .