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 231:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'

  Jose Saramago: All the Names

  What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?

  Options:
  A) she runs away
  B) she is awake
  C) she falls asleep
  D) she is dead
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 232: Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Balogun Kusa is killed by a Options:
  A) soldier
  B) god
  C) herbalist
  D) lunatic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 233: ''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degreesHer rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s Options:
  A) sensuous description
  B) meticulous attension to matters concerning women
  C) mastery of the Spenserian stanza
  D) sensual feelings and emotions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 234:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  'Idoto' in Okigbo's 'The Passage' is the name of

  Options:
  A) the poet's mother
  B) the poet's village
  C) a village shrine
  D) a village stream
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 235:

  The process of creating characters and endowing them with certain attitude is ......

  Options:
  A) Action
  B) Character
  C) Characterization
  D) Dramatis personae
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 236:

  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 Clark's Agbor Dancer, the drum is central to the message because it

  Options:
  A) portrays the drummer as an expert
  B) reminds the poet of his cultural roots
  C) provides the rhythm for the dancer
  D) draws the spectators to the dancing arena
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 237:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  'See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand;

  O! that I wore a glove upon that hand

  That predominant figure of speech in these lines is

  Options:
  A) conceit
  B) apostrophe
  C) caricature
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 238: Based on the novel "Piggy''s", towards the end of the novel, the boys can best be described as Options:
  A) brave and resourceful
  B) frightened and beastly
  C) religious and orderly
  D) anarchic and savage
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 239:

  Adeoti's "Ambush" ends on a note of___________

  Options:
  A) despair
  B) bright aspirations
  C) courage
  D) uncertainty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 240: Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters:From the play, George is a Options:
  A) laboratory assistant
  B) pharmacist
  C) nurse
  D) medical doctor
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  The correct answer is D .