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 41:

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

  A major irony in the Henchard-Farfrae relationship is that

  Options:
  A) Farfrae's arrival spells Henchard's doom
  B) they employ each other
  C) they disagree over Abel Whittle
  D) the friendship ends too soon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 42:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go.

  Whilst some of their sad friends do say '' The breath goes now', and some say ''No''

  The tone of this poem is generally

  Options:
  A) appreciative
  B) serious
  C) imaginative
  D) conversational
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 43: Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, two minutes hate is a programme designed for Options:
  A) parents
  B) thought police
  C) the community
  D) children
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 44:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  In literature, a round character is associated with

  Options:
  A) change and growth
  B) stability and determination
  C) simplicity and modesty
  D) running down other characters
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 45: David Diop's poem 'The Vultures', ends in a Options:
  A) denunciation of colonialism
  B) resignation to oppression
  C) vindication of apartheid
  D) renunciation of African culture
  E) proclamanation of hope.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 46:

  This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  The major concern of the novel is the

  Options:
  A) promotion of simple, rural existence
  B) need for women to assert themselves
  C) clash of the old and the new
  D) corrupt nature of urban life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 47:

  Use the extract below to answer questions

  Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
  Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
  Line 3: so was it when my life began
  Line 4: so is it now
  Line 5: so is it when I have grown
  Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

  
  The literary device used in line 1 is ________

  Options:
  A) Simile
  B) Alliteration
  C) Litotes
  D) Personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 48: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.In a narrative poem,the poet attempts to Options:
  A) describe a place
  B) preach a sermon
  C) tell a story
  D) summarize a story
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 49:

  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.

  In 'Hurrah for Thunder', Christopher Okigbo celebrates

  Options:
  A) thunder
  B) destruction
  C) change
  D) hunters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 50: This question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary genre which directly imitates human action is Options:
  A) drama
  B) comedy
  C) prose
  D) poetry
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  The correct answer is A .