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 1621: This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
  What is Dan Magaji's advice on the war with the white man? Options:
  A) Caliph should go into exile
  B) The war should start immediately
  C) the palace should be vacated
  D) Caliph should seek support from neighbours
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1622:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  'I'll do my best
  To woo your lady.'
  What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

  Options:
  A) That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
  B) That her best is good enough to win affection
  C) That she herself becomes the beloved
  D) That she herself wins the love
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1623:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.;....I am in blood

  Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er'.

  Who spoke these words?

  Options:
  A) Lady Macbeth
  B) The fiest murderer
  C) Macbeth
  D) THE SECOND NURDERER
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1624: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is Options:
  A) rhythm
  B) mimics
  C) lyric
  D) metonymy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1625:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Ibadan,

  Running splash of rust

  And gold - flung and scattered

  Among seven hills like broken

  China in the sun.'

  J.P Clark, 'Ibadan'

  The poem above is memorable for its

  Options:
  A) pun
  B) heroism
  C) metaphor
  D) lyricism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1626:

  'Oshor:...Winds howl forth-howl forth,

  Hold back hold back-is the time- oh

  Endless time-slung in oblivion,

  Make minced meat of your prey.'

  Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon.

  The literary device used is

  Options:
  A) parallelism
  B) irony
  C) onomatopoeia
  D) repetition
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1627:

  "....Put up thy sword

  Or manage it to part these men with me."Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speech above was made when

  Options:
  A) Romeo and Paris engaged themselves in a fight
  B) Benvolio tries to separate the servants of the feuding families
  C) Tybalt challenges Romeo to duel
  D) Prince Escalus arrives to make peace between the families
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1628:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue who does not change much in the course of the story is

  Options:
  A) romanesque
  B) grotesque
  C) picaresque
  D) burlesque
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1629:

  A Literary work that ridicules the shortcomings of people or ideas is ......

  Options:
  A) a satire
  B) a masque
  C) a fable
  D) an irony
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1630:

  '...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 .