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 1871:

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

  In the novel, Faku deserts Garba for

  Options:
  A) prostitution
  B) survival
  C) city life
  D) vengeance
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1872: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called Options:
  A) epanalepsis
  B) antithesis
  C) envoi
  D) irony
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1873: As a literary from the short story is most closely related to Options:
  A) poetry
  B) the discourse
  C) tregedy
  D) the novel
  E) drama.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1874: 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.The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.'The lines above from Acqah's In the Navel of the Soul depict Options:
  A) contradiction
  B) inevitability
  C) progress
  D) awareness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1875:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  An elegy is a poem that mourns for the

  Options:
  A) deceased
  B) bereaved
  C) accused
  D) king
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1876:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  'Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.'J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The BoatFrom the excerpt above, the speaker is

  Options:
  A) bereaved
  B) homeless
  C) recovering from an illness
  D) a trained nurse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1877:

  A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________

  Options:
  A) Suspense
  B) Nemesis
  C) Agon
  D) Interlude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1878:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Hyperbole refers specifically to

  Options:
  A) exaggeration for adornment
  B) exaggeration for emphasis
  C) understatement of ideas
  D) restatement of ideas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1879: This question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary genre which directly imitates human action is Options:
  A) drama
  B) comedy
  C) prose
  D) poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1880: Farce can be described as a dramatic piece marked by ________ Options:
  A) movement from serious to the light-hearted mood
  B) comic and exaggerated actions
  C) actions devoid of meaning
  D) gloomy actions with momentary reliefs
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  The correct answer is B .