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 1281:

  This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.

  'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ......

  The speaker above is referring to

  Options:
  A) Hannah and George
  B) Aaron and Maanan
  C) Lawyer B and Mrs. B
  D) Fosuwa and Maidservant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1282: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  A short narrative or lyrical poem intended to be sung is a Options:
  A) leich
  B) lay
  C) lauda
  D) letrilla
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1283: In Soyinka's 'Abiku', the statement, 'The ripest fruit was saddest', is an example of Options:
  A) metaphysical conceit
  B) equivocation
  C) slasng
  D) a paradox
  E) a proverb
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1284:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

  Options:
  A) quick resolution of conflicts
  B) hilarious ending
  C) contest between the hero and the villan
  D) close rapport between players and spectators.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1285:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The theme of a literary work is the

  Options:
  A) dominant pre-occupation of the work
  B) interesting issues raised in the work
  C) different views on a particular topic
  D) psychological issues in the work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1286: The word 'Fence' in peter's poem 'The Fence'symbolizes Options:
  A) racial prejudice
  B) falsehood
  C) truth
  D) moral indecision
  E) social classes.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1287: 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 1288:

  These question are based on literary Appreciation.I have said too much unto a heart of stone,And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is that That is but mocks reproof.'

  William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

  A heart of stone in the line above is an example of

  Options:
  A) metonymy
  B) assonance
  C) metaphor
  D) litotes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1289: 'Political languages is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure minds.'The writer here suggesting that political language is Options:
  A) convincing
  B) deceptive
  C) interesting
  D) destructive
  E) commendable.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1290:

  This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):

  A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.Piano and Drums according to Okara's Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________

  Options:
  A) contradictory tunes
  B) complementary tunes
  C) different cultural milieus
  D) different rhythmic appeals
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  The correct answer is C .