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 1001:

  THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

  'See what a scourage is laid upon your hate

  That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.

  And I, for winking at your discords too,

  Have lost a brace of kinsmen...'

  The speaker of these lines is

  Options:
  A) Capulet
  B) prince Escalus
  C) Mountague
  D) Friar Lawrence.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1002: Alliteration is Options:
  A) the use of figures of speech to achieve poetic effect
  B) the repetition of two or more words having the same initial consonant sound
  C) usually employed to set the scene for a conflict
  D) All of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1003: According tp Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is Options:
  A) poor
  B) religious
  C) hopeful
  D) frustrated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1004:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.

  When he came back from Operi I went to his house and he talked like a sane man. I reminded him of saying that a man must dance the dance prevailing in his time...'

  The above statement was made by Ofoka about

  Options:
  A) Nwaka
  B) Akuebue
  C) Ezeulu
  D) Obika
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1005:

  A narrative poem must

  Options:
  A) preach a sermon
  B) tell a story
  C) describe natural scenery
  D) argue a question
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1006:

  A band of singers and dancers in drama who acts as a link between the play and the audience is the

  Options:
  A) Chorus
  B) Clown
  C) Playwright
  D) Cast
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1007: This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
  James Ofosu's desire is to see Maanan trained as Options:
  A) a choreographer
  B) an attorney
  C) an accountant
  D) a surgeon
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1008: Artistically, Okonkwo's seven years' exile is a device used by Achebe to Options:
  A) to introduce comic relief
  B) keep Okonkwo at a distance from the movement of the mind of Umuofia
  C) serve as a warning to other members of the Umuofia community
  D) shows that wilful crime does not pay
  E) de-emphizes the role of Okonkwo in the novel
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1009:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.

  My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.

  My poor brother in immaculate evening dress

  Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.

  Diop: The Renegade

  The poet's attitude here is

  Options:
  A) paradoxical
  B) envious
  C) ironical
  D) sarcastic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1010:

  "Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of___________?

  Options:
  A) Alliteration
  B) Rhyme
  C) Satire
  D) Digression
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  The correct answer is A .