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 1471: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
  In Odia Ofeimuun's We must Learn Again to Fly, the use of 'we' gives the poem a Options:
  A) universal appeal
  B) personifying effect
  C) symbolic undertone
  D) dramatic sensation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1472: The 'Settings in a novel refers to Options:
  A) the point in the story where we first encounter the main character
  B) the overall social and physical background of the main events in the novel
  C) the home country of the hero or heroine
  D) the location where the main event in the novel takes place
  E) all the various places mentioned in the novel.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1473:

  "The all seeing sun

  Ne'er saw match since first the world begun."Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The lines above were spoken by

  Options:
  A) Count Paris in praise of Juliet
  B) Romeo in praise of Juliet
  C) Romeo in praise of Roseline
  D) Lady Capulet in praise of Roseline
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1474:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
  In the play, the jewel of Ilujinle is____

  Options:
  A) Sadiku
  B) Baroka
  C) Lakunle
  D) Sidi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1475:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  In which of the following genres is the term 'soliloquy' generally used?

  Options:
  A) Novel
  B) Drama
  C) Epic
  D) Poetry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1476: In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because Options:
  A) Pip had in a haste forgotten to pack those old shoes of his
  B) they wanted to play a practical joke on Pip for the last time
  C) Pip had made them angry by his joy to leave home
  D) they believede that the act would bring him good luck.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1477:

  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 1478:

  "But everything does have a beginning, and so if I

  Am to tell this story I must begin. Yet i do not know

  The starting point of my tale."Based on Nawal El Saadaw's The Circling Song,the speaker of the above statement is the

  Options:
  A) first person narrator
  B) protagonist
  C) antagonist
  D) omniscient narrator
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1479: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.The author successfully conveys his message through Options:
  A) interior monologue
  B) comedy of manners
  C) satirical performances
  D) comedy of errors
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1480:

  The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

  Options:
  A) sympathy
  B) terror
  C) horror
  D) frustration
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  The correct answer is B .