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 1161:

  "Why should I play the Roman fool, and die

  On mine own sword?"Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies

  Options:
  A) acting the part of a foolish Roman
  B) behaving like Brutus and Mark Anthony
  C) acting like foolish Romans who killed themselves with their own hands
  D) acting the Part of a Roman fool in a play
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1162: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  A dirge is a Options:
  A) romantic poem
  B) poem on nature
  C) poem of expectations
  D) poem of lament
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1163:

  'Have you got any hands today?

  'No, i am working alone. My helpers are on strike

  'Would you like to engage me? My fees are reasonable.'

  'No thank you'.

  In this brief dialogue, the first line contains the device known as

  Options:
  A) syncedoche
  B) paradox
  C) oxymoron
  D) hyperbole
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1164:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________

  Options:
  A) he prefers lago
  B) Othello is a moor
  C) Rodgerigo woos her first
  D) Desdemona is too young
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1165:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A careful choice of words dictated by a particular mood or an event refers to

  Options:
  A) regression
  B) cadence
  C) rhyme
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1166: Chaucer presents The Franklin as Options:
  A) a great noble man
  B) a devout christain
  C) an apicurian in taste
  D) a jovial character
  E) an ambitious man
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1167:
  From the novel; Othello

  Iago's hatred for Othello is deep rooted because__________

  Options:
  A) he accused Othello of stealing
  B) he loves Desdemona who is married to Othello
  C) Othello is a better warrior that he is
  D) Othello didn't make him the Lieutenant
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1168:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  The seeming shifty structure of the play is used to

  Options:
  A) assist in the development of the characters
  B) sustain the reader's interest
  C) reflect the emotional and psychological state of Hamlet
  D) slow down the pace of the plot development
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1169:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  The author makes the reader believe his story by using

  Options:
  A) a confessional style
  B) elements of humour
  C) detailed description
  D) another narrator
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1170: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is Options:
  A) art of poetry
  B) adventure
  C) contempt for literature
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is B .