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 611: This question is based on Literary.Our third jailer made little or me. He was one of the many struggled in order to feed their families. Be seemed to be very much controlled by the other two. Elechi Amadi Sunset in BiafraThe speaker's attitude towards the jailer in the passage above is that of Options:
  A) admiration
  B) condemnation
  C) spite
  D) respect
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 612:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeare's OTHELLO

  "O heaven; How got she out?
  O treason of the blood!
  Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
  By what you see them act. Is there not charms
  By which the property of youth and maid-hood
  May be abused?

  The speaker of the excerpt above is________

  Options:
  A) Brabantio
  B) Othello
  C) Gratiano
  D) Roderigo
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 613:

  The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

  Options:
  A) nemesis
  B) catharsis
  C) hubris
  D) tragedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 614: This question is based on General Literary Principles.Romantic poetry emphasizes Options:
  A) the beauty of nature
  B) intimate relationships
  C) the love in human nature
  D) the romance in human aspirations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 615: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm, says that during thunderstorm in the village Options:
  A) children play in the rain
  B) children are delighted while women move in and out
  C) both women and children are delighted
  D) women cook their food
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 616: These question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.The party seeks power for Options:
  A) its own sake
  B) its members
  C) people's sake
  D) the nation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 617:

  "...Lying down in the melting snow.

  There were times we regretted

  The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,

  And the silken girls bringing sherbert."The emotion evoked in this passage from "Journey of the Magi" is that of

  Options:
  A) romance
  B) nostalgia
  C) sorrow
  D) fear
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 618: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  The central conflict in the play is Options:
  A) religious
  B) romantic
  C) generational
  D) communal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 619:

  This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

  The Major issues at hand in the Sons and Daughters play is that

  Options:
  A) Laboratory attendant is trying to act as a nurse
  B) The medical doctor is in love with Maanan
  C) James sees Awere as a bad influence
  D) Lawyer B is trying to Kiss Maanan.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 620: "Kwarshiorkor", "grave", "ravage", "wreck", "funeral", "piles" and fearful". These words from J.P. Clarks "The Casualties" connote Options:
  A) war
  B) burial
  C) casualty
  D) disaster
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  The correct answer is D .