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 961: 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 962: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
  The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is Options:
  A) optimistic
  B) pessimistic
  C) romantic
  D) sarcastic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 963: This question is based on S.I Osammor''s The Triumph of the Water Lily.The metaphor of the Water Lily'' in the novel is indicative of Options:
  A) the tragic demise of Odibe
  B) death as the finality of man''s experience
  C) victory over tribulation
  D) the tragic demise of Nkem
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 964: The allusion in Hughe's The Negro Speaks of Rivers is mainly Options:
  A) literacy
  B) bibilical
  C) historical
  D) classical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 965:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

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

  According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by

  Options:
  A) the idea of love
  B) the food of love
  C) music
  D) entertainment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 966:

  Empathy is achieved when the audience

  Options:
  A) feels betrayed by the director
  B) vicariously participates in the stage experience
  C) attacks the character foil
  D) denounces and humiliates the protagonist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 967:

  Pick out the odd item

  Options:
  A) a Raisin in the Sun
  B) Twelfth Night
  C) Ozidi
  D) The Concubine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 968:

  A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is

  Options:
  A) Episodic
  B) Simple
  C) Linear
  D) Convoluted
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 969:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  The play is built on

  Options:
  A) mistaken identities
  B) sentiments and realities
  C) comedy of errors
  D) conttrasts of characters and ideas
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 970:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Mock-heroic poetry elevates

  Options:
  A) the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
  B) trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
  C) the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
  D) the important tales of heroes of the past era
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  The correct answer is B .