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 1381:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'The morning mist

  And chimney smoke

  Of White City Jabavu

  Flowed thick yellow

  As pus oozing

  From a gigantic sore'

  'An Abandoned Bundle' by Oswald M. Mtsha 'i

  The simile above gives rise to

  Options:
  A) a graphic description
  B) an abstract presentation
  C) a philosophical statement
  D) graffitti
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1382:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

  The struggle between the old man and the fish symbolizes

  Options:
  A) the blood thirsty nature of sharks
  B) man's refusal to grow old
  C) man's struggle for survival in a harsh world
  D) the uncertainty of life in a cruel world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1383:

  A character whose action or qualities serve to heighten those of the hero through contrast is__________

  Options:
  A) an antagonist
  B) a foil
  C) an adversary
  D) a protagonist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1384: These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.The final harassment of Maanan takes place in Options:
  A) Ofosu's office
  B) Lawyer B's chamber
  C) Ofosu's house
  D) Lawyer B's house
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1385:

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

  In the play, most characters act in ignorance while the audience is aware of the true situation. This is an example of

  Options:
  A) dramatic monologue
  B) dramatic irony
  C) comic relief
  D) epilogue
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1386: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
  The death of Polornius can be partly blamed on Hamlet's Options:
  A) anger
  B) procrastination
  C) fear
  D) disendantment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1387:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

  '...How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come back to the children and despise international schools? And then Koomson comes, and the family sees Jesus Christ in him ...

  The statement above reveals a feeling of

  Options:
  A) despair
  B) envy
  C) alienation
  D) hope
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1388:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  'His round cheeks, his round nose, his round chin were a cool, healthy red. In the globe of his face and neatly circular as if drawn in bright crayon, his narrow long, tip tilted eyes, clear a pale blue water, seemed out of place, as if two incompatible strains had collided in making him.'

  The picture presented above of a particular individual has

  Options:
  A) photographic clarity
  B) satiric undertones
  C) elements of exaggeration
  D) derogatory connotations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1389: A couplet is a Options:
  A) succession of three rhyming lines
  B) succession of two rhyming lines
  C) poem of two stanzas
  D) poem of three stanzas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1390:

  THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.The following epithets:

  'The courageous captain of compliments...

  The very butcher of a silk button...

  A gentleman of the very first house...'

  Refer to

  Options:
  A) Tybalt
  B) Romeo
  C) Mercutio
  D) Benvolio.
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  The correct answer is D .