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 1691:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  The call made on Hamlet to avenge his father's death makes him

  Options:
  A) purposeful
  B) impoverished
  C) confused
  D) amused
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1692: 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.The theme of the poem Give me The Minstrel's seat centres on Options:
  A) fortune
  B) marriage
  C) companionship
  D) divorce
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1693: Which of the following is a correct definition of the balled? Options:
  A) A climatic episode
  B) An impersonal dramatic piece
  C) An allusive dialogue
  D) A love story told by balled singer
  E) A poem that tells a folk story
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1694:

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

  Laye's stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a lot about

  Options:
  A) his unwillingness to stay with his parents
  B) his affection for his uncle
  C) the strength of communal living in Africa
  D) the irresponsibility of his parents
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1695:

  'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.

  The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is

  Options:
  A) zeugma
  B) oxymoron
  C) hyperbole
  D) onomotopoeia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1696:

  This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
  Who is Mr Cole?

  Options:
  A) a black tenant at the first apartment at England
  B) Adah's colleague at the Consulate
  C) Adah's nephew she's forced to live with after Pa's death
  D) Adah's elementary school teacher
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1697:

  '...Sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine.Lechery,

  Sir, it provokes:it provokes the

  Desire, but it takes away the performance.'Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the statement above can best be described as

  Options:
  A) equivocation
  B) allusion
  C) paradox
  D) monologue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1698:

  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 1699:

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

  '' This madness which they say you have must now begin to know its bounds. You are telling me to go and find cassava for you...''

  In view of the speaker's aim, this statement is

  Options:
  A) ambiguous
  B) hyperbolic
  C) ironic
  D) an understatement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1700:

  UZAZAKPO:

  In my madness, I served Oba Adolo, your

  Father. That same madness has helped me

  Keep my body in this palace as jester under

  Your full moon. If you will listen to me and my

  Madness, I will tell you frankly that the way you

  Talked to the chiefs was not the right way'

  The play above is basically a

  Options:
  A) tragi-comedy
  B) historical tragedy
  C) dramatic tragedy
  D) documentary
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  The correct answer is B .