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 281: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.__________decides that Juliet should marry a young man named Paris, who has been asking for her hand Options:
  A) Friar Laurence
  B) Lord Capulet
  C) Balthasar
  D) Friar John
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 282:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  In literary work, setting refers to the

  Options:
  A) starting point of the story
  B) sum total of physical, social and historical circumstances
  C) orderly arrangement of episodes
  D) point at which the fortunes of the hero begin to decline
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 283:

  This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

  The Major issues at hand in the Sons and Daughters play is that

  Options:
  A) Laboratory attendant is trying to act as a nurse
  B) The medical doctor is in love with Maanan
  C) James sees Awere as a bad influence
  D) Lawyer B is trying to Kiss Maanan.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 284: These questions are based on general Literary principlesA ballad is meant to be Options:
  A) acted
  B) discussed
  C) read
  D) sung
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 285: 'In Germany, under the law, everything is prohibited except that which is permitted, in the Soviet Union, everything is prohibited, including that which is permitted'. The last sentence is an example of Options:
  A) innuendo
  B) paradox
  C) euphemism
  D) allusion.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 286: This question is based on General Literary Principles.The main aim of of caricature is to Options:
  A) describe
  B) expose
  C) emphasize
  D) ridicule
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 287: In The Victims, the two old women play the role of Options:
  A) guardians of tradition
  B) eavesdroppers
  C) witches
  D) chorus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 288:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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 Browning's 'My Last Duchess', the Duke complains that his wife is

  Options:
  A) a snob
  B) a coquette
  C) a spendthrift
  D) disrespectful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 289:

  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.

  Dzogbesa Lisa in Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' can be equated to

  Options:
  A) salvation
  B) despondence
  C) poverty
  D) fate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 290:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'Having finished the paper, a second cup of coffee and a roll and butter, he rose; shook a crumb or two from his waist coat, and expanding his broad chest, smiled happily, not because he felt particularly light-hearted his happy smile was simply the result of a good digestion.

  The character referred to in this passage

  Options:
  A) is excited by the news in the paper
  B) is lonely and unhappy
  C) has spent a long time over his food
  D) is pleased with himself after a good meal
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  The correct answer is D .