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 191:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

  '...How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come back to the children and despise international schools? And then Koomson comes, and the family sees Jesus Christ in him ...

  The statement above reveals a feeling of

  Options:
  A) despair
  B) envy
  C) alienation
  D) hope
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 192:

  FIRST BODYGUARD: A madman wanting to see the king! The world, indeed, is mad OJUOLA: How do you know he is a madman?

  Which of the following is the answer given by the second bodyguard to Ojuola in The Gods Are Not To Blame?

  Options:
  A) everyone can see he is mad, your highness
  B) only a madman would want to see the king now, your highness
  C) we all know him very well, your highness
  D) he is not a man of our tribe, your highness.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 193: Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression? Options:
  A) Octet
  B) Lyric
  C) Sonnet
  D) Elegy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 194:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's

  The death of Prince can be said to

  Options:
  A) portray Tess as a fated character
  B) reveal the family's total dependence on the animal
  C) cause Tesas'misfortunes
  D) foreshadow Tess'ultimate fate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 195:
  From the novel; Harvest of Corruption

  Chief Ade Amaka portrays_______

  Options:
  A) betrayal of public trust
  B) fraud and misfortune
  C) lust and deceitfulness
  D) the evils of capitalism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 196:

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

  The novel is an expose of the

  Options:
  A) pre-eminent position of boys in lgboland
  B) experiences of Adah's mother in the police cell
  C) travalls of the girl-child
  D) marriage customs of the lgbo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 197: This question is based on General Literary Principles.Satire employs the use of Options:
  A) onomatopeia
  B) irony
  C) synecdoche
  D) melancholy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 198: The dominant mood in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of Options:
  A) indignation
  B) sorrow
  C) joy
  D) optimism.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 199:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; 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.): West African Verse.

  The dominant images in 'She Came in Silken Drapes' are

  Options:
  A) reverence
  B) contempt
  C) indifference
  D) awe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 200:

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

  Whom do you consider to be Ezeulu's closest friend and confidant in Umuaro?

  Options:
  A) Naka of Umuneora
  B) Ogbuefi Akuebue
  C) Nwokeke Nnaberi
  D) The priest of Idemili
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  The correct answer is B .