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 51: This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
  'Pregnant clouds
  Ride Safely on its back'
  pregnant clouds in Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm implies
  Options:
  A) uncertainty
  B) calmness
  C) disbelief
  D) fertility
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 52:

  A panegyric poem is composed to

  Options:
  A) condemn
  B) elaborate
  C) abuse
  D) praise
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 53:

  This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi'sThe New Man

  After listening to the soldiers' conversation, the convict decides to

  Options:
  A) get in touch with his relation immediately
  B) hide in the bush for one day and later contact Laoye Layeni
  C) hide in the bush for one week and later contact Sade
  D) contact his friends who arrange his movement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 54:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village.

  The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.

  Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?

  Options:
  A) Pessimistic
  B) Optimistic
  C) Nonchanlant
  D) Cynical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 55:

  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 56:

  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 57:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  In' Sunset Sonata', the description 'To stones that strangle the dawn,'is used

  Options:
  A) metaphorically
  B) literally
  C) imaginatively
  D) figuratively
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 58:

  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; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  'My bottom raven black-one moment madam!- sensing

  Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap

  The extract above from Wole Soyinka's

  Telephone Conversation' shows the friction between

  Options:
  A) madam and receiver
  B) tenant and telephone
  C) landlady and tenant
  D) receiver and thunderclap
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 59: Based on George Orwell's Ninety Eighty-Four, the Ministry of Love is concerned with Options:
  A) peace and freedom
  B) torture and pain
  C) joy and peace
  D) hatred and pain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 60:

  'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.

  The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is

  Options:
  A) zeugma
  B) oxymoron
  C) hyperbole
  D) onomotopoeia
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  The correct answer is D .