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 1741: ''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degreesHer rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s Options:
  A) sensuous description
  B) meticulous attension to matters concerning women
  C) mastery of the Spenserian stanza
  D) sensual feelings and emotions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1742:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  '' The road was endless. One road led to a thousand others. Which in turn fed into paths, which fed into dirt tracks, which become streets, which ended in avenues and cul-de-sacs''

  The Famished Road by Ben Okri.

  The description above suggests

  Options:
  A) urban disorder
  B) a labyrinth
  C) clutter
  D) disharmony
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1743:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.

  Sweet smile in time of snari gives pride in spite of sneer sing, rid this world of despair and save a snared heart from cascading stream of strife.The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) rhyme
  B) alliteration
  C) repetition
  D) onomatopoeia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1744:

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

  In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to

  Options:
  A) forestall reconciliation
  B) seek peace
  C) cure cross-piece
  D) hurt their husbands
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1745: This question is based on General Literary Principles.The continuation of meaning without pause, from one line to the next is Options:
  A) synecdoche
  B) melodrama
  C) enjambment
  D) alliteration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1746: In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by Options:
  A) usurpation in a typical Ijekun manner
  B) deserting the poeple of Ikolu whose army he led
  C) divulging the war secrets of Ikolu to Kutuje
  D) leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1747: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm appeals to the readers' sense of Options:
  A) sight and taste
  B) feeling and sight
  C) smell, taste and hearing
  D) sight, smell and hearing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1748:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  Aunty Nabou's subtle influence over young Nabou was developed and effected through

  Options:
  A) formal education
  B) family ties
  C) oral education
  D) maternal authority
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1749: Most of the information in the Trial of Brother Jero is conveyed when Brother Jero speaks to himself in dramatic monologues otherwise known as a Options:
  A) stream of consciousness technique
  B) personal conversation
  C) dialogue
  D) narration
  E) soliloquy.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1750:

  "I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands".The above lines is an example of a

  Options:
  A) Aspotrophe
  B) Alliteration
  C) Repetitiion
  D) Assonance
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  The correct answer is C .