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 681:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the triumvirate that ran the farm was composed of

  Options:
  A) Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
  B) Jessie Napoleon and Bluebell
  C) Boxer,Old Major and Napoleon
  D) Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 682:

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

  Li got more accustomed to her home because she

  Options:
  A) grew a little more religious
  B) had greater hold on her stern father
  C) found greater solace in an outside relationship
  D) became closer to tradition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 683:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?

  Options:
  A) He is a man of God
  B) He distributes gifts to his followers
  C) He foretells their future
  D) He manipulates them
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 684:

  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.

  What is the dominant poetic device used in Christopher Okigbo's 'Hurrah for Thunder?

  Options:
  A) Irony
  B) Symbolism
  C) Parallelism
  D) Rhythm
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 685:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  What is represented by the characters of Henchard and Farfrae in the novel is the

  Options:
  A) contrast between the old and the new
  B) conflict between belief and unbelief
  C) conflict between a tragic and a comic hero
  D) conflict between foolhardiness and kindness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 686: This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
  Abbas' money which is stone from his bag is Options:
  A) his inheritance from his uncle
  B) his inheritance from his father
  C) the proceeds from the goods he sells
  D) the money his friend gives him
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 687:

  This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
  What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?

  Options:
  A) A bridle for her horse
  B) A fiddle
  C) Fruit
  D) A set of paints
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 688: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  'Created half to rise, and half to fal;
  Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
  Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled;
  The glory, jest, and riddle of the world'.
  These lines from Alexander Pope's 'Essay on
  Man' show a skilful exploitation of the rhetorical device of Options:
  A) zeugma
  B) oxymoron
  C) antithesis
  D) conceit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 689: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.The news of Juliet's death is broken to Romeo in Mantua by Options:
  A) Balthasar
  B) Boy C
  C) Friar John
  D) Friar Lawrence
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 690: The protagonist of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations is Options:
  A) Drummle
  B) Magwitch
  C) Miss Havishman
  D) Pip.
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  The correct answer is D .