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 1421:

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

  One of the enriching features of the play is the

  Options:
  A) matchmaking attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
  B) manipulation of appearance and reality
  C) use of rural and urban settings
  D) lopsided resolution of conflicts
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1422:

  'The fair breeze blew
  The white foam flew
  The furrow followed free
  We were the first that ever burst
  Into that silent sea.'

  The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) repetition
  C) paradox
  D) rhyme scheme
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1423: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
  But, O, what from of prayer can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul murder!
  That cannot be; since I am still possess'd of those effects for which I did the murder
  Those effects which Claudius is still possessed of from the excerpt above are Options:
  A) Hamlet's orchard and his crown
  B) young Hamlet and Gertrude
  C) the crown and the queen
  D) Norway and young fortinbras
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1424:

  These elements are sections of text within a chapter, they are separated and contain dialogue_____________

  Options:
  A) Syncopation
  B) Free Verse
  C) Paragraphs
  D) Euphony
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1425: Nani's sternness and frequent use of the cane Options:
  A) was responsible for his transfers
  B) exacted obedience from his wife
  C) fiiled his children with fear and pain
  D) gave him a very good reputation
  E) made his teacher rebel against him
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1426:

  A literary device in which parts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction Is known as__________

  Options:
  A) Simile
  B) Aside
  C) Parallelism
  D) Irony
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1427:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  An insincere literary work is known as

  Options:
  A) parody
  B) paradox
  C) satire
  D) pathos
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1428:

  This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt

  'But those are the hags and witches we wanted out of town.

  The expression hags and witches refers to

  Options:
  A) old unmarried girls and wives retired home from their husbands
  B) the three women who turned into goats
  C) all the women in the play
  D) handmaids, headwives, most favoured wives nursing mothers and pregnant wives
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1429:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the triumvirate that ran the farm was composed of

  Options:
  A) Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
  B) Jessie Napoleon and Bluebell
  C) Boxer,Old Major and Napoleon
  D) Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1430: The dominant mood in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of Options:
  A) indignation
  B) sorrow
  C) joy
  D) optimism.
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  The correct answer is C .