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 Literary Principles.

  'He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up a long hill...He prayed again ''Father, look after her. Give her peace...Take away my peace forever, but give her peace'' Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.

  The man's reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is

  Options:
  A) tolerant
  B) compassionate
  C) prayerful
  D) loving
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 52:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones time never shirking and never volunteering for extra either'.

  George Orwell: Animal Farm

  Form the passage above, the character being described is

  Options:
  A) enthusiastic
  B) altruistic
  C) cynical
  D) lazy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 53:

  What does the playwright do?

  Options:
  A) Writes a poem
  B) Writes a book
  C) Writes a play
  D) Directs a drama
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 54:

  "Rather than so, come fate, into the list,

  And champion me to the utterance!"Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Rather than so"in the quotation above refers to

  Options:
  A) Macbeth's fear of not being king
  B) Banqou's children becoming kings
  C) Macduff defeating Macbeth on the battle field
  D) Birnam wood coming to Dunsinane
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 55:

  In drama, the antagonist is_____________

  Options:
  A) the director of the drama
  B) the evil witch
  C) the character opposing the lead character
  D) the “harsh guy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 56: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.The play is about love Options:
  A) longing and ambition
  B) pretence and hatred
  C) loss and death
  D) commitment and marriage
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 57:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; 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 and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

  The dominant images in 'She Came in Silken Drapes' are

  Options:
  A) reverence
  B) contempt
  C) indifference
  D) awe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 58:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Persona refers to the

  Options:
  A) central character in a play
  B) voice of the character
  C) the image a character presents
  D) the personality of a character
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 59:

  This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

  '...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.'Those being ridiculed here are the

  Options:
  A) spinsters
  B) husbands
  C) wives
  D) old women
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 60: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.Romeo is evicted to__________because he__________ Options:
  A) Mantua, fights Tybalt in a street duel
  B) Capulet's party, kills Tybalt in a street duel
  C) Mantua, fights and kills Tybalt in a street duel
  D) Mantua, kills Paris in a street duel.
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  The correct answer is C .