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 831:

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

  ''A wife must understand once and for all, and must forgive; she must not worry herself about 'betrayals of the flesh. The important thing is what there is in the heart.''

  These words are spoken by

  Options:
  A) Tamsir in breaking the news of Modou's second marriage to Ramatoulaye
  B) Modou in support of his relationship with Binetou
  C) Aunty Nabou in trying to convince Mawdo to marry her niece
  D) Mawdo Ba to justify his marrying Nabou out of a sense of duty
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 832:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.

  Twelfth Night is preoccupied with the juxtaposition of

  Options:
  A) death and disappointment
  B) appearance and reality
  C) life and disappointment
  D) love and death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 833:

  These question are based on literary Appreciation.I have said too much unto a heart of stone,And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is that That is but mocks reproof.'

  William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

  A heart of stone in the line above is an example of

  Options:
  A) metonymy
  B) assonance
  C) metaphor
  D) litotes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 834: This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  The play opens with a conversation between Aaron and Awere about Options:
  A) Aaron's choice of course
  B) Maanan's encounter with the lawyer
  C) George qnd Kofi
  D) Hannah and George
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 835: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.The play is about love Options:
  A) longing and ambition
  B) pretence and hatred
  C) loss and death
  D) commitment and marriage
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 836: Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite Options:
  A) warm and friendly
  B) cautious and skeptical
  C) hostile and callous
  D) careless and indifferent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 837:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.'The reception for this third marriage was being held at the home of the young girl's parents. In this, ancient custom was being more tan just respected, it was revived. The house had been invaded since early morning.

  Male female griots welcomed guests'.

  Sembene Ousmane, 'Xala'

  The atmosphere captured in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) solemn and gay
  B) joyful and gloomy
  C) grandiose and joyful
  D) gracious and solemn
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 838: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.In Romeo and Juliet, the major role of Mercutio is to Options:
  A) Count Paris in Praise of Juliet
  B) annoy Tybalt
  C) take another wife
  D) serve as an assistance to Romeo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 839: A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as Options:
  A) exclamation
  B) litotes
  C) metonymy
  D) hyperbole
  E) antonym.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 840:

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

  Nwaka's hostility to Ezeulu is attributable to

  Options:
  A) his great wealth and sense of importance
  B) the rivalry between Umuneora and Umuachala
  C) the instigation of Ezidemili
  D) his jealousy of Ezeulu's mysterious powers
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  The correct answer is C .