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 1101:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Lineation refers to

  Options:
  A) tracing family descent of poeple in verse
  B) the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
  C) the arrangement of lines in verse from
  D) the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1102:

  Much madness is divinest sense

  To a discerning eye;

  Much sense is starkest madness.

  'This the majority

  In this, as all, prevails.

  Assent, and you are sane;

  Demur,-you're straightway dangerous,

  And handled with a chain.

  This poem reflects the

  Options:
  A) tyranny of the majority
  B) approval of the majority factor
  C) unhappiness that might is right
  D) great love for mad poeple.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1103: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  That quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is Options:
  A) pathopoeia
  B) pathos
  C) pataphysics
  D) patois
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1104:

  This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

  Abbas the beggar is a symbol of

  Options:
  A) the end justifying the means
  B) the rich also crying
  C) pride before perdition
  D) courage amidst adversity
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1105:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

  Options:
  A) quick resolution of conflicts
  B) hilarious ending
  C) contest between the hero and the villan
  D) close rapport between players and spectators.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1106:

  This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

  Kate could best be described as

  Options:
  A) s mild tempered heroine
  B) an unassuming aristocrat
  C) a hot-tempered aristocrat
  D) an acutely sensitive character
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1107: Odewale shifts the blame for his tragedy from the gods to himself and claims that his tragedy is a result of his own weakness. The weakness he claims is love of Options:
  A) power
  B) adventure
  C) his tribe
  D) divination.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1108:

  A travelogue is

  Options:
  A) a record of the writer's experience during a journey
  B) the account of the experiences of an individual during his lifeline
  C) the account of the travails of a character in a novel
  D) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1109: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'The device used in the line above is Options:
  A) pun
  B) personification
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1110:

  THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S

  THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME ''If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good''.

  Odewale says this because

  Options:
  A) Aderopo is a skilful drummer
  B) he believes that Aderopo is plotting his overthrow
  C) he thinks that Aderopo is mad
  D) Aderopo has not learnt how to drum well.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .