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 1681:

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

  Nwaka's hostility to Ezeulu is attributable to

  Options:
  A) his great wealth and sense of importance
  B) the rivalry between Umuneora and Umuachala
  C) the instigation of Ezidemili
  D) his jealousy of Ezeulu's mysterious powers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1682:

  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.

  In Mtshalis 'The Washerwoman's Prayer' the condition of the woman is portrayed through

  Options:
  A) irony
  B) juxtaposition
  C) comparison
  D) metaphor
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1683: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  A conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is Options:
  A) performance
  B) mockery
  C) mimesis
  D) parody
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1684: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
  Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of Options:
  A) family conflict
  B) British oppression
  C) family tradition
  D) socitetal intrigue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1685: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  The main concern of Winston in the novel is to Options:
  A) take power for himself
  B) acquire wealth
  C) overthrow the party
  D) bring social change
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1686:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  The novel is a mixture of

  Options:
  A) fiction and fantasy
  B) the objective and the absurd
  C) pessimism and optimism
  D) the real and the supermatural
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1687:
  From the novel; Morountodun

  This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  The stage direction at the end of the play reveals

  Options:
  A) the actors in a changing room
  B) Mama Kayode raising the song of hope
  C) Moremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight
  D) the Director making a farewell speech
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1688:

  Use the extract below to answer questions

  Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
  Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
  Line 3: so was it when my life began
  Line 4: so is it now
  Line 5: so is it when I have grown
  Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

  
  The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________

  Options:
  A) acbcca
  B) abccdc
  C) abcdcc
  D) abacbc
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1689: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, 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: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The casualties in Launko's End of the War Options:
  A) women
  B) children
  C) men
  D) soldiers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1690:

  'The fair breeze blew
  The white foam flew
  The furrow followed free
  We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.'

  The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) repetition
  B) alliteration
  C) paradox
  D) rhyme scheme
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  The correct answer is D .