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 1201:

  The subject matter of a literary work is the

  Options:
  A) plot
  B) setting
  C) theme
  D) structure
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1202:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

  The arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of

  Options:
  A) reinforcement
  B) enjambment
  C) contrast
  D) amplification
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1203:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  Which of the following events marks the climax of the novel ?

  Options:
  A) Susan Henchard's sale
  B) The return of susan Henchard
  C) The skimmity-ride
  D) The disclosure of Elizabeth-Jane's identity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1204:

  This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

  "I shall booze and zoom" contains a device called

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) imagery
  C) onomatopoeia
  D) hyperbole
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1205:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  Okigbo's 'Hurrah for Thunder'is a prophetic poem because it

  Options:
  A) correctly predicts the end of those who abuse power
  B) predicts the coming of military rulers
  C) pictures the return of politicians to the scene
  D) picture the poet going to hell
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1206:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  Motivation in any work is the

  Options:
  A) special figure of speech that is used in the work
  B) ovation encountered in the work
  C) difficult expression found in the work
  D) explanation of the behaviour of the characters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1207:

  A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

  Options:
  A) tetrametre
  B) rhythm
  C) caesura
  D) assonance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1208:

  The phrase living death in a literary work is an example_____________

  Options:
  A) Synecdoche
  B) Prose
  C) Oxymoron
  D) Aside
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1209: In Great Expectations, Pip's reaction to the news that his fortune had been bestowed on him by Magwitch was Options:
  A) a sense of disillusionment
  B) a feeling of utter shame
  C) anger of disgust
  D) one of excitement.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1210: These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and Options:
  A) height
  B) illiteracy
  C) wealth
  D) treachery
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  The correct answer is C .