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: Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,the Chichidodo is hypocritical because it hates Options:
  A) shit
  B) maggots
  C) maggots but eats shit
  D) shit but eats maggots
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1352:

  This question is based on CAGED BIRD.

  Read this excerpt from the poem and answer questions .

  "The free bird thinks of another
  breeze / and the trade winds
  soft through the sighing trees"

  What is the effect of the trees sighing in this verse?

  Options:
  A) It shows where the bird sleeps
  B) It shows the tree is sleeping
  C) It indicates that the bird is carefree
  D) It indicates that it is still early in the day
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1353:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  What does the protagonist do in a picaresque novel?

  Options:
  A) He embarks on a journey
  B) He slows down the narration
  C) He draws illustrative pictures
  D) He becomes an artist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1354: What distinguishes poetry from other forms of literature is its Options:
  A) emotion and feeling
  B) ungrammatical expressions
  C) irony and paradox
  D) rhyme and verse
  E) rhyme and metaphor.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1355:

  Fights by the book of arithmetic

  The figure of speech in the line above is

  Options:
  A) litotes
  B) innuendo
  C) hyperbole
  D) euphemism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1356:

  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.

  In Browning's 'My Last Duchess', the Duke complains that his wife is

  Options:
  A) a snob
  B) a coquette
  C) a spendthrift
  D) disrespectful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1357: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.The play reaches reaches the point of denouement Options:
  A) at the family feast
  B) at the reconciliation of the feuding families
  C) when Romeo is informed of Juliet's death
  D) when Romeo kills Paris at the tomb
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1358:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  What is the source of Aissatou's success in life?

  Options:
  A) Vengeance
  B) Feminine courage
  C) Social connections
  D) Luck
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1359: This question is based on General Literary Principles.In the theater, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called Options:
  A) aside
  B) soliloquy
  C) accoustic
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1360:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES'REVOLT.

  In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?

  Options:
  A) Cure cross-piece
  B) Hurt their husbands
  C) Forestall reconciliation
  D) Seeks peace
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  The correct answer is B .