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 1061: A statement that appears to say something opposite to common sense or the truth, but which may contain a truth is Options:
  A) an oxymoron
  B) a parable
  C) an irony
  D) an inversion
  E) a paradox.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1062:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  For a play to be successful on stage, it must not be short of

  Options:
  A) audiences
  B) speeches
  C) actions
  D) characters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1063:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'It was not the apple that tempted Eve, but this grapefruit; thus did maren revise the tale of Paradise Lost, and even Chris, shocked as he was at such blasphemy,confessed himself tempted to agree whenever maren returned from raiding the Principal's compound, with a shirtful of booty to share, especially on a hot afternoon.'

  Wole Soyinka: Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir

  The passage above achieves a mock-heroic effect through the use of

  Options:
  A) meiosis
  B) epigram
  C) allusion
  D) symbolism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1064:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A satire employs

  Options:
  A) comedy with the intent to amuse
  B) farce to comment on societal conduct
  C) irony to mock at situations
  D) sarcasm and humour for social criticism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1065:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

  Options:
  A) noble character with hubris
  B) lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortunes
  C) king with deep affection for his subjects
  D) central character after whom the play is named
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1066: 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 concern of the poet in Serenade is to Options:
  A) boast about the lover's wealth
  B) appeal to the lady in question
  C) examine the gloomy side of marriage
  D) express the lady's sense of grief
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1067:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Brother Jero displays an act of ingratitude to his master by

  Options:
  A) enticing the French Jehovah witnesses
  B) dispossessing him of his piece of land
  C) conniving with the Cherubims and Seraphims
  D) organizing a deceitful dancing competition
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1068:

  Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________

  Options:
  A) opposite
  B) similar
  C) symbolic
  D) repetitive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1069: This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.Brother Chume as a member of Jero's congregation is Options:
  A) an informed disciple
  B) a messenger to Brother Jero
  C) a loyalist and a good husband
  D) a disgruntled and gullible follower
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1070: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.The relationships of Nnaife family are Options:
  A) humiliation and disagreement
  B) sickness and joblessness
  C) poverty and hunger
  D) togetherness and happiness
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  The correct answer is C .