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 771:

  Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters:

  Who is the paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan?

  Options:
  A) Mrs Bonu
  B) Hannah
  C) Fosuwa
  D) Adwao
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 772:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

  The play reaches a turning point when

  Options:
  A) Macduff's wife and children are murdered
  B) Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
  C) Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
  D) Macbeth sees the witches a scond time
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 773:

  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 notion dominates Oswald Mtshali's 'The washerwoman's Prayer'?

  Options:
  A) Piety
  B) Ageing
  C) Indifference
  D) Inequality
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 774:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Jero is aptly described in the play as

  Options:
  A) neat
  B) suave
  C) polished
  D) lofty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 775: 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.The casualties in Launko's End of the War Options:
  A) women
  B) children
  C) men
  D) soldiers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 776: The substitution of mild and pleasant expression for harsh and blunt one is called Options:
  A) ambiguity
  B) climax
  C) peripety
  D) euphemism.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 777:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  The spotlight on the dark stage in the opening of the reveals

  Options:
  A) Amope
  B) the prophet
  C) Jero's house
  D) Chume
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 778:

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

  The message of the novel is that

  Options:
  A) capitalism is as bad as communism
  B) humanism isis better than aniamalism
  C) communism is better than capitalism
  D) no society exists where everyon is equal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 779:

  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 780:

  A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____

  Options:
  A) An Epigram
  B) A Limerick
  C) An Ode
  D) A Lyric
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  The correct answer is A .