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 301:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  In Umuaro it is not our custom to refuse a call, although we may refuse to do what the caller asks.

  Ezeulu does not want to refuse the whiteman's call and so he is sending his son!

  Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God

  The lines above illustrate the use of

  Options:
  A) deep metaphor
  B) extended proverb
  C) traditional parable
  D) local colour
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 302: Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called Options:
  A) dialetic
  B) decadent
  C) definitive
  D) didactic.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 303:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'.

  Georgina Hammick, Habits

  The passage above suggests

  Options:
  A) haste
  B) lack of organization
  C) controlled movement
  D) untidiness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 304:

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

  The title, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born

  Implies that

  Options:
  A) there could still be an upright man within an amoral society
  B) there is a possibility of moral regeneration
  C) the teacher is not involved in corruption
  D) any corrupt government will be overthrown
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 305:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'El - Hadji Abdou Kader Beye was received in princely style at the girl's home. The food was exquisite and the scent of incense filled N'Gone's small wooden room. Nothing was omitted in the careful process of conditioning the man.'

  Sembane Ousmane, 'Xala'

  The writer suggests in the passage above that El-Hadji is

  Options:
  A) a prince
  B) a food lover
  C) being entertained
  D) being manipulated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 306:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; 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-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.

  David Diop's Loser of Everything can be seen as

  Options:
  A) a lamentation of the destruction of African values
  B) the suppression of an African village
  C) a celebration of African values
  D) an account of warfare between an African community and an invading force
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 307: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
  'Go tell Overami that he has nothing to fear from the white men in matter of fair play....'In the above statement, the White man expects Ovonramwen to Options:
  A) allow the Whiteman free access to Benin
  B) accept gifts from the Whiteman in exchange for land
  C) surrender himself to the whiteman
  D) surrender his chiefs who are in hiding
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 308:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.

  Miss Hardcastle is able to 'conquer' at the end of the play because of her

  Options:
  A) indiscretion
  B) beauty
  C) wit
  D) brawn
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 309:

  A dramatic type directed against an individual or a private institute with the intent to severely ridicule is called_________

  Options:
  A) satire
  B) burlesque
  C) caricature
  D) lampoon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 310: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  An autobiography becomes a literary work when Options:
  A) it is a faithful account of the author's
  B) it underlines the salient events in the author's life
  C) it relates the author's life to the major events of the day
  D) its value resides principally in its style
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  The correct answer is D .