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 71:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  MR.BOROFO: I heartily curse the day my wife decided to go to

  England. Ever since then,I have had nothing but we must do this because it is done in England, we mustn't do that, because it is not done by English people and so on ad nauseam.

  The subject matter of the passage above is the

  Options:
  A) uncritical acceptance of European values
  B) woes of English marriage
  C) adventures in England
  D) intransigence of an African wife
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 72: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'My song is the root touching other roots in a covenant below the crust...
  Niyi Osundara: Waiting Laughters
  The imagery used in the second line of the extract above is Options:
  A) olfactory
  B) visual
  C) tactile
  D) auditory
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 73: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Ariel is identified as Options:
  A) assistant to Sycorax
  B) leader of the spirits
  C) Prospero's daughter
  D) Alonso's wife
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 74:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is

  Options:
  A) submissive
  B) inciting
  C) diplomatic
  D) imploring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 75: 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 youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning due..."The excerpt above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of Options:
  A) simile
  B) anaphora
  C) paradox
  D) onomatopia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 76:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes

  Options:
  A) stops the main story to narrate other events
  B) creates a lot of funny episodes
  C) puts too many difficulties in Adans way
  D) shows that Francis is weaks
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 77:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The technique found in drama in which the audience knows what the actor does not know is called

  Options:
  A) stage direction
  B) dramatic irony
  C) setting
  D) improvisation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 78: An antagonist is a character in a narrative who Options:
  A) uses abusive language to antagonize other characters
  B) works against the interest the interests of the protagonist
  C) works against the interests of other characters
  D) champions the cause of the protagonist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 79:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A farce refers to a drama that has elements of the

  Options:
  A) serious
  B) comic
  C) satiric
  D) tragic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 80: This question is based on Ademiluyi's Options:
  A) As soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
  B) Shortly before the beggars strike
  C) As soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
  D) After their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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  The correct answer is C .