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 1211:

  In Herbert's "The Pulley", God's supremacy is exemplified through______

  Options:
  A) His withholding of the gift of rest
  B) the insatiable nature of man's needs
  C) His unending love for mankind
  D) His blessings of man with many gifts
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1212:

  The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is

  Options:
  A) concept
  B) myth
  C) ritual
  D) motif
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1213: These question is based on General Literary Principles.The speech made by a character to himself on stage is Options:
  A) aside
  B) soliloquy
  C) monologue
  D) epilogue
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1214:

  _______ is used to describe the situation where a character recognize his mistake

  Options:
  A) Tragic flaw
  B) Hubris
  C) Denouement
  D) Anagnorisis
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1215:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. '

  Golding, Lord of the Flies.

  In the passage above, the conch symbolises

  Options:
  A) bestiality
  B) authority
  C) dictatorship
  D) civilization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1216: Dramatic irony entails Options:
  A) a statement that means more than is evident to its maker
  B) a hilarious statement
  C) satirical comment
  D) a sarcastic announcement
  E) praise of the audience.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1217:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

  The play is pre occupied with

  Options:
  A) the fight by women to keep their goats
  B) the evil that oil money breeds
  C) women liberation from males domination
  D) Women's protest against men's wickedness
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1218: An ode is best described as a Options:
  A) story told in poetic from
  B) poetic composition of fourteen lines
  C) narration about nature and natural objects
  D) lyrical poem addressed to some persons things
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1219:

  A woman cried out.The policeman who was edging nearer had been joined by another.Both were edging nearer.Carefully and slowly.But it was not that that had made the woman cry out.She had seen one of the men's hand slip.He was now holding on by one hand only.The crowd was tense.This was the Kill.Automatically they moved forward in a body.The doctor was in the lead.

  The author of this passage creates in the reader

  Options:
  A) disbelief
  B) a feeling of nostalgia
  C) a feeling of light hearted relaxation
  D) suspense
  E) unconcern
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1220:

  'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall

  Share with me this little bed, And awake me, from

  My sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from

  My poor head...' Mbure:To a Bed-Bug

  The lines above are an example of a

  Options:
  A) light verse
  B) light opera
  C) limerick
  D) lampoon
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  The correct answer is A .