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 731:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  '''It is good for a misfortune like this to happen once in a while,'he said, 'so that we can know the thoughts of our friends and neighbours. Unless the wind blows we do not see the fowl's rump.''

  The 'misfortune' referred to in this extract was the

  Options:
  A) misunderstanding between Akueke and her husand
  B) outrage which Oduche committed against the sacred python
  C) sending away of Ezeulu's sons to worship the whiteman's God
  D) ominous vist of Ezeulu's in-laws to his compound
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 732: A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept must be a Options:
  A) noble character with hubris
  B) lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortune
  C) king with deep affection for his subjects
  D) central character after whom the play is named
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 733: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
  '' We are here to die of rage! say die of rage because this time the uncircumcised have gone too far...''
  The word uncircumcised in the statement above by Nti refers to Options:
  A) Nua and Mvondo
  B) the whites
  C) the people of Doum
  D) the white farmers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 734: A sonnet is a poem of Options:
  A) fourteen lines
  B) ten lines
  C) seven stanzas
  D) six stanzas
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 735:

  This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

  '...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.

  Beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'

  This statement in the play refers to the

  Options:
  A) attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
  B) marital status of Queen Victoria
  C) hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
  D) Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 736:

  'They are as fearsome as they are fearless' is an example of______

  Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) pun
  C) oxymoron
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 737:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Catharsis is experienced

  Options:
  A) after one has written a play
  B) when a play is still being staged
  C) before watching a play
  D) after watching a play
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 738: Which of the following terms is exclusive to drama? Options:
  A) Dialogue
  B) Plot
  C) Protagonist
  D) Soliloguy.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 739:

  The idea of metre as used in a literary piece is

  Options:
  A) stanza
  B) rhythm
  C) rhyme
  D) verse
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 740: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.Elliot's The Journey of the Magi could be said to examine the issues of Options:
  A) three trees on the low sky
  B) empty wine-skins
  C) spiritual rebirth
  D) holy pilgrimage
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  The correct answer is C .