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 171: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as Options:
  A) circular
  B) episodic
  C) orgaanic
  D) open-ended
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 172: A short emphatic, witty saying, often involving antithesis or paradox is an Options:
  A) epithet
  B) epigram
  C) invective
  D) impression
  E) analogy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 173:

  The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

  Options:
  A) omniscient narrator
  B) participatory narrator
  C) objective narrator
  D) subjective narrator
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 174:

  This question is based on Literary Principles

  'If an eagle be imprisoned On the back of a coin And the coin is tossed into the sky

  That coin will flutter But the eagle will never fly.'

  Henry Dumas: America

  The poem above achieves its literary effect through the use of

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) parallelism
  C) repetition
  D) solecism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 175:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Jero is aptly described in the play as

  Options:
  A) neat
  B) suave
  C) polished
  D) lofty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 176:

  A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

  Options:
  A) central character after whom the play is named
  B) king with deep affection for his subjects
  C) noble character with hubris
  D) lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortunes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 177: From the poem itself, it is easy to tell that J.P. Clark's Abiku' is set in Options:
  A) ancient times
  B) a hut in a riverine village
  C) a modern city by the sea
  D) the only mansion in the village.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 178:

  THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S

  THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME Well it wasn't there anymore with him?

  Someone who survived? Someone who managed to come home and say what exactly happened, not even a rat?

  The lack of precise knowledge concerning the king''s fate as outlined in the passage above, arose as a result of the fact that

  Options:
  A) all the six bodyguards deserted the king
  B) ofof the seven bodyguards, only came back
  C) all the four bodyguards were killed
  D) of the five bodyguards, only one came.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 179:

  The theme that runs through Hallowell's Dining Table is that of________

  Options:
  A) Conflict
  B) Brutality
  C) Poverty
  D) Loneliness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 180:
  From the novel; Witnesses to Tears

  This question isbased on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

  The novel is largely set in

  Options:
  A) Futa Toro
  B) Sabonville city
  C) Alligator city
  D) Nuclear city
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  The correct answer is A .