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 131: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and DaughtersA brother to Aaron and Maanan is Options:
  A) George
  B) Awere
  C) Hannah
  D) Awao
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 132: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.Nnu Ego's Second Marriage as to Nnaife, a man who works in Lagos as the washer for Options:
  A) Nwakusor
  B) Dr. and Mrs. Meers
  C) Nwaeze
  D) Ngozi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 133:

  The dominant mood in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that of___________

  Options:
  A) Acceptance
  B) Anxiety
  C) Uncertainty
  D) Readiness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 134:

  This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

  "Many years on wheels" The reference to "wheels" exemplifies the use of ___ in the poem.

  Options:
  A) climax
  B) personification
  C) metonymy
  D) synecdoche
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 135:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A melodramatic play isbased on

  Options:
  A) a melodious manipulation of events
  B) ingredients that mellow down events
  C) sensational plot and characters
  D) the playwright's didactic overtones
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 136: In 'Ode to a nightingale' Keats celebrates the beauty of Options:
  A) a particular immortal Bird
  B) all nightingales
  C) artistic expression
  D) philosophical statement
  E) the nightingale Ruth heard
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 137: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'From the sky suspended the strings of tattered pants marched on trembling feet under stone heavy-kits marched, on their breast scared, monogram of skulls and bones'
  Ossie Enekwe:Mass for the Dead
  The subject matter of the extract above is Options:
  A) wastage
  B) war
  C) love
  D) hatred
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 138: A play is a Tragedy when Options:
  A) the autor presents life as a hopeless adventure
  B) the main chracter dies before the play ends
  C) there is much blood shed in the play
  D) the main character is a wicked person
  E) a weakness in the main character leads to his downfall.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 139:

  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 140:

  'If i could have put u in my heart,

  If but i could have wrapped you in myself

  How glad i should have been!

  And now the chart

  Of memory unrolls again to me

  The course of our journey here, here where we part....'

  An appropriate title for these lines is.....

  Options:
  A) The end
  B) a lover's Hope
  C) Joy's of being in love
  D) The journey of life
  E) Glad lover
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  The correct answer is A .