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: Kenneth Kaunda's Zambia Shall Be Free is a non-fictional work because Options:
  A) it is about politics
  B) it has no characters
  C) it evokes no feelings
  D) it is not written by a novelist
  E) it deals with real life events
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2:

  "A time to sow,
  A time to reap,
  A time to born,
  A time to die"
  This exemplies the use of ...

  Options:
  A) hendiadys
  B) chiasmus
  C) anaphora
  D) anadiplosis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  He would like some good Fufu, but without a lot of meat, street Fufu is miserable food, and with meat the cost will crucify a man completely.

  The man in this passage is obviously

  Options:
  A) a rich man
  B) a poor man
  C) an ignorant man
  D) a rich ignorant man
  E) a poor unthinking man
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.

  Arthur Nortje's Nightfall is written against the backdrop of

  Options:
  A) apartheid
  B) revolution
  C) celebration
  D) violence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'

  Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being

  Options:
  A) paradoxical
  B) anttithetical
  C) illogical
  D) tautological
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; 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 and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

  In Robert Frost's 'Wild Grapes', the girl's brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to

  Options:
  A) make his sister have her fill
  B) allow himself time-in-between to eat
  C) make his sister desire to climb the tree
  D) allow hinself to have some fun
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'The old Squire was an implacable man: he made resolutions in violent anger, but he was not moved from them after his anger subsided as fiery as volcanic matters cool and harden into rock

  George Eliot, Silas Marner

  In the statement above, the Squire is portrayed as a

  Options:
  A) kind and generous friend
  B) father to everyone in the community
  C) miserly and ungracious ruler
  D) quick tempered and adamant man
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  In which of the following genres is the term 'soliloquy' generally used?

  Options:
  A) Novel
  B) Drama
  C) Epic
  D) Poetry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  An expression that signifies a whole through its significant parts is Options:
  A) synaesthesia
  B) synecdoche
  C) metonymy
  D) allegory
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village.

  The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.

  Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?

  Options:
  A) Pessimistic
  B) Optimistic
  C) Nonchanlant
  D) Cynical
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  The correct answer is B .