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 1351:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'You Kiss her on the cheek

  As white people do,

  You Kiss her open-sore lips

  As white people do,

  You suck slimy saliva

  From each other's mouths,

  As white people do.'

  Okot p' Bitek 'Song of Lawino'

  The writer of the lines above uses repetition

  Options:
  A) for emphasis
  B) to underscore disapproval
  C) to enhance irony
  D) for imitation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1352:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm

  The turn of events in the novel shows that the novelist is

  Options:
  A) iconoclastic
  B) fatalistic
  C) rhetorical
  D) optimistic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1353: This question is based on General Literary Principles.Satire employs the use of Options:
  A) onomatopeia
  B) irony
  C) synecdoche
  D) melancholy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1354:

  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 dominant images in 'She Came in Silken Drapes' are

  Options:
  A) reverence
  B) contempt
  C) indifference
  D) awe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1355: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is Options:
  A) eulogy
  B) anthology
  C) lampoon
  D) premiere
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1356:

  Fatalism is crucial element in_________

  Options:
  A) melodrama
  B) tragi-comedy
  C) tragedy
  D) comedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1357: The specific case cited by Antony in his funeral oration to show that Caesar was not as ambitious as Brutus made him out to be, was that Caesar had Options:
  A) refused to take ransom after his victory
  B) pardoned all his captives
  C) thrice refused the crown during theb feast of Luperical
  D) been a friend of the senators.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1358:

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

  Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint in the play that she misses 'a month's polishing' refers to her

  Options:
  A) rusting away in the countryside
  B) need to get the latest fashions in London
  C) need to buy the best polish in London
  D) boring life in the countryside
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1359: Which of the following adjectives best describes the character of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart? Options:
  A) Gentle
  B) Quick tempered
  C) Considerate
  D) Meek
  E) Wicked
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1360:

  "A time to sow,
  A time to reap,
  A time to born,
  A time to die"
  This exemplies the use of ...

  Options:
  A) hendiadys
  B) chiasmus
  C) anaphora
  D) anadiplosis
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  The correct answer is C .