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 1111:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

  Options:
  A) who has a superlative administrative style
  B) with a living conscience that torments him
  C) to whom past events have no significance
  D) with an admirable physical appearance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1112:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A system of plot development which creates the future through anticipation and the past through memory is

  Options:
  A) deja vu
  B) avant-garde
  C) medieval
  D) metaphysical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1113:

  'From forth the fatal lions of these two foes

  A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...'

  These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the

  Options:
  A) tragedy could have been averted
  B) tragedy was predestined
  C) tragedy was brought on by enmity
  D) lovers brought misfortune on themselves.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1114:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  To stop himself from cutting off the sound in anger the man turned and just watched the fan, only just then another feeble, useless movement would happen and blades would be drawn through another arc. Only a long hour later did the noise finally stop - 4:30p.m

  A.K Amah. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

  In this passage, the writer

  Options:
  A) creates a mood of suspense
  B) enhances an oppressive atmosphere
  C) describes the man's anger
  D) captures the man's habitual impatience
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1115: These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.Room 101 symbolizes a place oF Options:
  A) rest
  B) humiliation
  C) torture
  D) fun
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1116:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  'The dum, dum of the drum' is a good example of

  Options:
  A) assonance
  B) onomatopoeia
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1117: ''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degreesHer rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s Options:
  A) sensuous description
  B) meticulous attension to matters concerning women
  C) mastery of the Spenserian stanza
  D) sensual feelings and emotions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1118: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is Options:
  A) assonance
  B) onomatopoeia
  C) alliteration
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1119:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  'The gloom will give way to light

  And the thorny path cleared of pain

  The storms will bow to the prompting of peace

  Lost moments of glory will be restored

  And strangled opportunities reborn

  We shall yet regain the dawn

  The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of

  Options:
  A) anxiety and worry
  B) anticipation of positive change
  C) sorrow and dejection
  D) fear of change
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1120:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  The setting in pastoral poetry is usually

  Options:
  A) oceanic
  B) urban
  C) encumenical
  D) idyllic
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  The correct answer is D .