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 111:

  This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

  That the rescue ship was attracted not by a fire made for the purpose but by one aimed at smoking Ralph out for destruction is a case of

  Options:
  A) oxymoron
  B) paradox
  C) irony
  D) catastrophe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 112:

  These question are based on literary Appreciation.''Blood was to prove no solace to the king. The rejection he had suffered at Idama's hands pushed his spirit into a comfortless hole in which,alone with himself,he searched in vain for ways to run from his inner emptiness.'

  Ayi Kwei Armah: Two Thousand Seasons.

  The narrator's attitude to the king is one of

  Options:
  A) envy
  B) suspicion
  C) contempt
  D) sympathy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 113:

  'Now the bells are tolling

  A year is dead.

  And my heart is slowly beating

  The Nunc Dimittis

  To all my hopes and mute

  Yearnings of a year

  And ghost hover round

  Dream beyond dream'.For this poet, the passing year has

  Options:
  A) been one of satisfaction and fulfilment
  B) has nothing to do with his personal life
  C) brought death to his relatives
  D) meant unrealized hopes
  E) brought changes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 114:

  These questions are based on Literary Appreciation.

  Use the quotation below to answer these two questions

  'Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?

  Wole Soyinka: King BaabuFrom the tone of the speech above the speaker is obviously

  Options:
  A) lackadaisical
  B) elated
  C) happy
  D) enraged
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 115:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the

  Options:
  A) lopsided resolution of conflicts
  B) manipulation of appearance and reality
  C) contrived misrepresentation of characters
  D) match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 116:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.

  Sweet smile in time of snari gives pride in spite of sneer sing, rid this world of despair and save a snared heart from cascading stream of strife.The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) rhyme
  B) alliteration
  C) repetition
  D) onomatopoeia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 117: This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.In the novel, the foil to Lahab's character is Options:
  A) Tanko
  B) AI-Amin
  C) Sagiir
  D) Saahir
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 118:

  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 119: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'The huge sacrifice that ward off death The big offering that prevents diseases......
  Femi Osofisan: Morountodun
  The poem above can best be described as
  Options:
  A) epic
  B) heroic
  C) praise
  D) quatrain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 120: what is the subject of Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth? Options:
  A) The size of the universe
  B) The immensity of Nature
  C) Death
  D) Growth
  E) A long journey
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  The correct answer is C .