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 1831: 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 VerseThe use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the Options:
  A) anger of the peasants
  B) beauty of the poem
  C) distressed mood of the persona
  D) arrangement of the stanzas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1832:

  This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  Habu Adams ends up in the novel as a

  Options:
  A) married man
  B) repentant husband
  C) successful businessman
  D) lame lover
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1833:

  ________ are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

  Options:
  A) Referrals
  B) Chiasmus
  C) Metonymy
  D) Allusions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1834: These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. From the play, the character of Aaron represents the Options:
  A) new generation
  B) old generation
  C) painters
  D) art work
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1835: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if Options:
  A) Juliet is prepared
  B) Roseline is prepared
  C) the corpse is ready
  D) the birde is dressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1836:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called

  Options:
  A) a sonnet
  B) an epic
  C) a ballad
  D) a singer's story
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1837:

  This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.

  "To fly flags of joy" Two figures of speech used here are

  Options:
  A) alliteration and personification
  B) onomatopoeia and simile
  C) metaphor and alliteration
  D) simile and personification
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1838: In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare portrays the roman plebeians as Options:
  A) fickle-minded
  B) strong-willed
  C) compassionate
  D) machiavellian
  E) enterprising.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1839:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  'Come, 'said Donald quietly, 'a man o'your position should ken better, sir!It is tyrannical and no worthy of you.'

  Which of Henchard's actions is tyrannical?

  Options:
  A) He says Donald must not befriend Elizabeth - Jane
  B) He asks Abel Whittle to go to Blackmoor vale half naked
  C) He dismisses Jopp, his former manager
  D) He decides not to marry Lucetta on Susan's return.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1840: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  'Created half to rise, and half to fal;
  Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
  Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled;
  The glory, jest, and riddle of the world'.
  These lines from Alexander Pope's 'Essay on
  Man' show a skilful exploitation of the rhetorical device of Options:
  A) zeugma
  B) oxymoron
  C) antithesis
  D) conceit
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  The correct answer is C .