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:

  "She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
  Festus Iyayi; Violence

  In the passage above, the speaker can be described as

  Options:
  A) hungry
  B) domineering
  C) friendly
  D) treacherous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 52:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  The novel is an expose of the

  Options:
  A) pre-eminent position of boys in lgboland
  B) experiences of Adah's mother in the police cell
  C) travalls of the girl-child
  D) marriage customs of the lgbo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 53: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  The main concern of Winston in the novel is to Options:
  A) take power for himself
  B) acquire wealth
  C) overthrow the party
  D) bring social change
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 54:

  "If

  A provoked houseboy

  Cannot match his

  Wicked master

  Strength with strength,

  He maims the master's favorite

  Goat!"Obaruduagbon employs this proverb to explain why

  Options:
  A) the Oba should be placated
  B) he and Esasoyen were arrested
  C) Uwangue Egiebo was murdered
  D) he was rude to the Oba
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 55:

  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.

  Who are they that 'live that the earth may die'in Nyi Osundare's ''They Too Are The Earth''?

  Options:
  A) the beggars sprawled in gutters
  B) The millions who hew wood
  C) People who fritter the forest and harry the hills
  D) Those who hurl water
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56:

  This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

  "I shall booze and zoom" contains a device called

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) imagery
  C) onomatopoeia
  D) hyperbole
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 57: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, According to the novel Nnaife becomes frustrated when Options:
  A) his wife gives birth to female twins
  B) he is recruited into the army
  C) Oshiaju secures a scholarship to study abroad
  D) he is arrested and charged for attempted murder of his inlaw
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 58: These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.Launko's End of the War portrays the Options:
  A) silence of battlefield
  B) irony of life
  C) arrangement of war
  D) usefulness of praise singers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 59:

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

  X: I am told he's a man of an excellent understanding

  Y: Is he?

  X: Very generous.

  Y: I believe I shall like him.

  X: Young and brave.

  Y: I'm sure I shall like him.

  X: And very handsome.

  Y:....,I'll have him.

  Who are the speakers X and Y and about whom are they speaking ?

  Options:
  A) Neville and Kate about Hastings
  B) Kate and her mother about Marlow
  C) Miss Hardcastle and Mr. Hardcastle about Tony
  D) Mr. Hardcastle and Kate about Marlow
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 60: these questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.The constant companion of Nnaife's family are Options:
  A) poverty and hunger
  B) sickness and joblessness
  C) disagreemnt and humiliation
  D) togetherness and happiness
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  The correct answer is A .