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 871:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Ocol rejects the old type.

  He is in love with a modern woman

  He is in love with a beautiful girl

  Who speaks English.'

  Okot p'Bitek, 'Song of Lawino'

  The writer of the lines above

  Options:
  A) ridicules Ocol's value judgment
  B) is critical of the modern woman
  C) appraises people who speak English
  D) shuns the old type of woman
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 872:

  A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________

  Options:
  A) Suspense
  B) Nemesis
  C) Agon
  D) Interlude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 873:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  In literary work, setting refers to the

  Options:
  A) starting point of the story
  B) sum total of physical, social and historical circumstances
  C) orderly arrangement of episodes
  D) point at which the fortunes of the hero begin to decline
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 874:

  This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.

  The old man's experience is a lesson in

  Options:
  A) endurance and hardwork
  B) happiness and reliance
  C) indolence and regret
  D) achievement and celebration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 875:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .

  'He did it like an operatic tenor. A regular handsome fellow, with flashing eyes and lovely moustache, shouting his war-cry and charging like Don Quixote at the windmills...'

  This account of an important battle in the play carries a tone of

  Options:
  A) admiration
  B) mockery
  C) bitterness
  D) alarm
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 876: These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.Lawrence's Bat opens with the description of the Options:
  A) bats
  B) scenery
  C) scene
  D) creatures
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 877:

  'Oshor:...Winds howl forth-howl forth,

  Hold back hold back-is the time- oh

  Endless time-slung in oblivion,

  Make minced meat of your prey.'

  Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon.

  The mood captured in the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) fear
  B) happiness
  C) indifference
  D) joy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 878: The epilogue in a play refers to the Options:
  A) conflict in the play
  B) tail-piece
  C) opening chorus
  D) dramatic action.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 879:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A character who remains unchanged in a work of art is called

  Options:
  A) a stereotypic character
  B) a flat character
  C) a round character
  D) an illusive character
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 880:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation."Busy old fool

  Unruly sun

  Why dost thou thus

  Through windows

  And through curtains

  Call on us?" J. Donne: The Sun RisingThe figure of speech involved in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) epigram
  B) pun
  C) simile
  D) personification
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  The correct answer is D .