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 Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  Which of the following character traits will apply to Lakunle?

  Options:
  A) Comic and absurd
  B) Stupid and simplistic
  C) Pompous and spontaneous
  D) Decisive and bold
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 52:

  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 53:

  In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the___________

  Options:
  A) fear of natural disasters
  B) uncertainties of life
  C) futility of war
  D) essence of mankind and nature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 54: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of Options:
  A) being more educated
  B) accommodation
  C) good job
  D) the rights to vote
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 55:

  These questions are based on Literary AppreciationDon't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset... try to regain you exposure.

  The speaker in the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) uncertain
  B) afraid
  C) confidant
  D) hopeless
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56: Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite Options:
  A) warm and friendly
  B) cautious and skeptical
  C) hostile and callous
  D) careless and indifferent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 57:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

  Options:
  A) quick resolution of conflicts
  B) hilarious ending
  C) contest between the hero and the villan
  D) close rapport between players and spectators.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 58:

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

  Like many other characters of her type, Li in the novel, is able to attain progress through her

  Options:
  A) prayers to God
  B) criticism of the system
  C) optimistic attitude
  D) dedication to duty
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 59:

  A struggle between opposing forces in a story/play is________

  Options:
  A) Denouement
  B) Conflict
  C) Comedy
  D) Tragedy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 60: A plot in a literary work is about Options:
  A) character delineation
  B) casual arrangement of events
  C) resolution of conflicts
  D) law of poetic justic
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  The correct answer is B .