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: From the poem itself, it is easy to tell that J.P. Clark's Abiku' is set in Options:
  A) ancient times
  B) a hut in a riverine village
  C) a modern city by the sea
  D) the only mansion in the village.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 62:

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

  Which of the following events marks the climax of the novel ?

  Options:
  A) Susan Henchard's sale
  B) The return of susan Henchard
  C) The skimmity-ride
  D) The disclosure of Elizabeth-Jane's identity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 63: The predominant use of the third person pronoun in a novel creates a Options:
  A) sense of detachment on the part of the writer
  B) sense of detachment on the part of the reader
  C) psychological affinity with the characters
  D) balance of opinion among the characters
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 64:

  "I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs.

  Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too."Based on the novel Piggy's, The split in the group of boys occurs with the departure of

  Options:
  A) Jack
  B) Ralph
  C) Roger
  D) Simon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 65:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A body of imaginative men and women of letters is generally referred to as

  Options:
  A) litterateur
  B) laureattes
  C) literaria
  D) literati
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 66: This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi's The New Man.In the novel, Asejire refers to a Options:
  A) river
  B) town
  C) farmer
  D) cleric
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 67:

  '' It was dawn, and the windows were dark except for the Workmen cafes. The sky was like a avast flat wall of cobalt, with roofs and spires of black paper pasted upon it. Drowsy men were sweeping the pavements with ten-foot brooms, and ragged families picking over the dustbins. Workmen and girls with piece of chocolate in one hand and bread in the other were pouring into the railway station.'

  The picture presented above is one of

  Options:
  A) poverty in urban areas
  B) monotony of the town life
  C) landscape at sunrise
  D) sordid industrial town.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 68:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

  The first character in the play to refers to Othello by name is

  Options:
  A) Brabantio
  B) Desdemona
  C) the Duke
  D) lago
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 69:

  A panegyric poem is composed to

  Options:
  A) condemn
  B) elaborate
  C) abuse
  D) praise
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 70:

  In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called_________?

  Options:
  A) aside
  B) soliloquy
  C) acoustic
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is A .