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 1371:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of

  Options:
  A) ambiguity
  B) anecdotes
  C) prologue
  D) suspense
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1372:

  'He was a living example of the astonishing results that can occur when Western hypocrisy and commercial materialism are grafted on to a first rate African intelligence.'

  The character described in the passage is the father of

  Options:
  A) Niam
  B) Endongolo
  C) Zambo
  D) Medza
  E) Duckfoot Johnny
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1373:

  This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

  Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as

  Options:
  A) a flshback
  B) a prophecy
  C) foreshadowing
  D) a reverie
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1374:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

  Options:
  A) an anagnorisis
  B) a tragic flaw
  C) a catharsis
  D) a catastrophe
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1375:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  A burlesque is

  Options:
  A) an exaggerated mockery of a literary work
  B) a sentimental comedy
  C) an account of a famous person's life
  D) a rhetorical device used for effect in poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1376:

  '...He would be crown'd.

  How that may change his nature, there's the question

  It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

  And that craves wary walking...'

  According to this passage, the crowning of Julius Caesar is

  Options:
  A) extremely desirable
  B) bound to change Caesar's nature for the better
  C) bound to promote the breeding of adders
  D) something to be approached with great caution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1377: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'My song is the root touching other roots in a covenant below the crust...
  Niyi Osundara: Waiting Laughters
  The imagery used in the second line of the extract above is Options:
  A) olfactory
  B) visual
  C) tactile
  D) auditory
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1378: Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression Options:
  A) Sestet
  B) Lyric
  C) Sonnet
  D) Elegy.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1379:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

  Options:
  A) subjective narrator
  B) objective narrator
  C) omniscient narrator
  D) participatory narrator
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1380:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A creative process in which abstract entities such as virtues and vices are used with intended double meaning is called

  Options:
  A) tragedy
  B) fallacy
  C) allegory
  D) farce
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  The correct answer is A .