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 1: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.The predominant device in Launko's End of war is Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) oxymoron
  C) paradox
  D) onomatopoeia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  "Rather than so, come fate, into the list,

  And champion me to the utterance!"Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Rather than so"in the quotation above refers to

  Options:
  A) Macbeth's fear of not being king
  B) Banqou's children becoming kings
  C) Macduff defeating Macbeth on the battle field
  D) Birnam wood coming to Dunsinane
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

  Options:
  A) an anagnorisis
  B) a tragic flaw
  C) a catharsis
  D) a catastrophe
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

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

  The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste,

  Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

  Options:
  A) fragility
  B) pleasure
  C) comedy
  D) romance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. 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 (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
  Thorn in Adeotiu's Naked Soles symbolizes Options:
  A) victory
  B) bleakness
  C) destruction
  D) suffering
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  Group of lines are called _____

  Options:
  A) Sentences
  B) Stanzas
  C) Danzas
  D) Line Grouping
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears

  The events in the novel span

  Options:
  A) forty days
  B) two days
  C) five days
  D) seven days
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8:

  Which one of the following does not relate to the tone in Diop's Vanity?

  Options:
  A) Sarcasm
  B) Condemnation
  C) Rejuvenation
  D) Concern
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Comic relief is

  Options:
  A) the use of humorous characters speeches or scenes in a tragic work
  B) a figure of speech used in comic theatre
  C) the use of hearty and wholesome laughter in plays
  D) a device used in the theatre where a play ends in marriage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'My first interview with the manager was curious...

  He was commonplace in complexion, in feature, in manners and in voice. He was of middle size and of ordinary build. His eyes, of the usual blue were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe'.

  Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

  In the passage above, the manager is described as being

  Options:
  A) determined
  B) warm
  C) sociable
  D) hostile
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  The correct answer is D .