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 81:

  A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

  Options:
  A) harrangue
  B) discourse
  C) monologue
  D) saga
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 82: This question is based on General Literary principleMyths differ from legend inn that myths Options:
  A) have more of the historical background and less of the supernatural
  B) are less concerned with moral didacticism
  C) are more concerned with moral didactism
  D) have less of historical background and more of the supernatural
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 83:

  Use excerpt below to answer questions

  "Now, by yond marble
  heaven,
  In the due reverence of a sacred vow
  I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)

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  What incident ignited the excerpt above?

  Options:
  A) the taking of a vow of revenge
  B) Othello's rage about Desdemona's betrayal
  C) Iago's conspiracy with Brabantio to kill Othello
  D) Desdemona and Emilia's discussion on the lost handkerchief
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 84: Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus? Options:
  A) Cassio
  B) Lago
  C) Montano
  D) Gratiano
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 85:

  A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

  Options:
  A) tetrametre
  B) rhythm
  C) caesura
  D) assonance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 86: In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because Options:
  A) Pip had in a haste forgotten to pack those old shoes of his
  B) they wanted to play a practical joke on Pip for the last time
  C) Pip had made them angry by his joy to leave home
  D) they believede that the act would bring him good luck.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 87: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only Options:
  A) on condition of infidelity
  B) where there there are no children
  C) in situation of irreconcilable differences
  D) on the death of one of the couples
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 88:

  At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.

  The setting is best described as

  Options:
  A) bracing
  B) dismal
  C) exhilarating
  D) delightful
  E) pleasant.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 89: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.At the end of Ovonramwen's discussion with Gallway and Hutton, one can conclude that Ovonramwen is Options:
  A) fascinated by their gifts
  B) eager to sign the trade treaty presented
  C) suspicious about their real intentions
  D) ready to welcome them
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 90:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Standing on the veranda, I see my sons Alioune and Malick arriving in tears. They are in a pitiable state; torn clothes, bodies covered in dust from a fall, knees bleeding beneath the shorts. There is a larg hole in the right sleeve of Malick's sweater; the arm on the same side hangs down limply. One of the boys supporting him explained to me:

  'A motorcyclist knocked down Malick and Alioune.

  We were playing football'''

  Mariama Ba, 'So Long a Letter'

  The use of the present tense in the passage

  Options:
  A) makes it dramatic
  B) heightens its objectivity
  C) captures the narrator's anger
  D) makes it farcical
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  The correct answer is A .