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 251: This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of CorruptionThe Two dominant themes of the play are Options:
  A) honesty and decency
  B) immorality and greed
  C) poverty and education
  D) weeding and planting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 252:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  '''I, Michael Henchard, on this morning;..., do take an oath before God here in this Solemn place...

  And this I swear upon the book before me;... !''

  The oath above is taken when

  Options:
  A) Henchard gets married to Susan
  B) Henchard collects five guineas as the prize for Susan
  C) Henchard swears to stop taking strong liquros
  D) Newson returns Susan to Henchard
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 253:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.'The reception for this third marriage was being held at the home of the young girl's parents. In this, ancient custom was being more tan just respected, it was revived. The house had been invaded since early morning.

  Male female griots welcomed guests'.

  Sembene Ousmane, 'Xala'

  The atmosphere captured in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) solemn and gay
  B) joyful and gloomy
  C) grandiose and joyful
  D) gracious and solemn
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 254: Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite Options:
  A) warm and friendly
  B) cautious and skeptical
  C) hostile and callous
  D) careless and indifferent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 255: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Prospero is portrayed as a man who is Options:
  A) eager to conquer the world
  B) full of mistrust for everybody
  C) more interested in studying than in governance
  D) dependent on the spirits of his survival
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 256: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.This novel can be described as Options:
  A) satirical
  B) metaphysical
  C) paradoxical
  D) allegorical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 257: This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ” In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are Options:
  A) lascivious
  B) petty
  C) pretentious
  D) thieves
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 258:

  This question is based on THE SONG OF THE WOMEN OF MY LAND.

  Use the excerpt to answer this question

  "they sang in the forlorn fields
  about their lives; songs
  of how they ploughed the terrain of their landscape
  for memories of lyrics lost in the vast void of time,
  in those days when a song beheld their lives;
  when servitude cuffed the ankles of their soul,
  and dereliction decapitated the epic of their lives."

  The theme of this excerpt is____

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) the oppression of women
  C) Joys of motherhood
  D) colonization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 259: Which of the following best describes the speakers attitude to mother Idoto in Okigbo's poem 'Idoto'? Options:
  A) Obsequious
  B) Defiant
  C) Arrogant
  D) Submissive.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 260:

  THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

  'Wisely and slow. The stumble that run fast'.

  This note of caution comes from

  Options:
  A) Benvolio to Mercutio
  B) Capulet to Paris
  C) Friar to Romeo
  D) Nurse to Juliet.
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  The correct answer is C .