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 61: These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. From the play, the character of Aaron represents the Options:
  A) new generation
  B) old generation
  C) painters
  D) art work
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 62:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,

  your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,

  I think ....

  CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?

  JERO: You must take her home tonight...

  Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to

  Options:
  A) keep his secret secret
  B) get the beating out of the way quickly
  C) enable jero get into his house
  D) keep Chume's loyalty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 63:

  This question is based on THE GOOD MORROW.
  Use this excerpt to answer question

  "If ever any beauty I did see,
  Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee."

  The excerpt above evokes the use of ____

  Options:
  A) Olfactory imagery
  B) Tactile
  C) Auditory imagery
  D) Visual imagery
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 64:

  "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 65: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  Miss Havisham was a nasty, vindictive recluse because she was Options:
  A) born an eccentric
  B) cruelly ill-used by a man
  C) by nature nasty and shy of company
  D) badly brought up
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 66:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  'There was something very disturbing about his features today, there was something which suggested an untidiness of a sort rather like a cotton dress washed in salty water and worn until it reeks of human sweet. There was something very vulnerable about his looks, something quite restless.

  Nuruddin Farah, 'Sweet and Sour Milk'

  The passage above illustrates the use of

  Options:
  A) climax
  B) deus ex machina
  C) trance
  D) suspense
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 67:

  What is the narrator of a poem called?

  Options:
  A) author
  B) speaker
  C) narrator
  D) Voice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 68:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .

  What special function does Ramatoulaye's diary perform?

  Options:
  A) It is a record of her personal experiences
  B) It brings succour to her in distress
  C) It helps her understand current events
  D) It aids her memory of pst events
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 69:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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.

  In Rubadiri's 'Stanley Meets Mutesa' the king receives the explorer with

  Options:
  A) suspicion
  B) delight
  C) optimism
  D) relief
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 70: Tone and mood of a poem refers to Options:
  A) locale
  B) atmosphere
  C) setting
  D) space
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  The correct answer is B .