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 361:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea

  Santiago loses his catch to the sharks because

  Options:
  A) the blood attracts them
  B) he does not sail home early
  C) the sharks are predators
  D) it is too dark
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 362:

  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.

  The villains in this poem by Osundara are

  Options:
  A) the beggars sprawled in gutters
  B) those who squander the wealth of the earth
  C) the thousands buried alive
  D) the people who die in abandon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 363:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A melodramatic play is based on

  Options:
  A) a melodious manipulation of events
  B) ingredients that mllow down events
  C) sensational plot and characters
  D) the playwright's didactic overtones
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 364: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as Options:
  A) climax
  B) tragic flaw
  C) comic relief
  D) terse
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 365: The tragedy in Romeo and Juliet occurs as a result of Options:
  A) a flaw in the character of Romeo
  B) a flaw in the character of Juliet
  C) Friar Lawrence's advice
  D) circumstances rather than flaws in character.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 366: A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept must be a Options:
  A) noble character with hubris
  B) lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortune
  C) king with deep affection for his subjects
  D) central character after whom the play is named
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 367:

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

  The lesson learnt from 'The Fulani Creation Story' is that Doondari cannot tolerate

  Options:
  A) man
  B) blindness
  C) sleep
  D) pride
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 368:

  A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as _________?

  Options:
  A) characteristics
  B) allegory
  C) metaphor
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 369:

  These question are based on literary Appreciation.The wood decay,the woods decay and fall,

  The vapour weep their burthen to the ground,Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,And after many a summer dies the swan.

  The subject matter of the line above is

  Options:
  A) death
  B) famine
  C) storm
  D) rainfall
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 370:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

  '''I wish the boy was here...'''

  The old man's cry demonstrates

  Options:
  A) a desperation for productivity
  B) bitterness
  C) humiliation
  D) a yearning for human brotherhood
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  The correct answer is C .