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 181: A speech or writing used to praise a person or a thing for past or present deeds is Options:
  A) eulogy
  B) synecdoche
  C) epigram
  D) epilogue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 182:

  In Mission to Kala When Medza encounters Edima,

  What strikes him about her is her

  Options:
  A) ability to speak well
  B) confidence in her self
  C) slender figure
  D) aggressiveness
  E) childlike innicence
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 183:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A farce refers to a drama that has elements of the

  Options:
  A) serious
  B) comic
  C) satiric
  D) tragic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 184: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'The device used in the line above is Options:
  A) pun
  B) personification
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 185: The literary device which uses ridicule to correct social ills is known as Options:
  A) satire
  B) paradox
  C) hyperbole
  D) epigram.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 186:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Farce thrives on

  Options:
  A) big events
  B) premonition
  C) absurdity
  D) incidents
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 187: This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.
  'Love and loveless hate' and 'Love lusterless word' in Lenrie Peters 'She Came in Silken Drapes ] suggest that Options:
  A) love is a meaningless word
  B) joy and sadness often mingle
  C) love is forever sweet
  D) love breeds hate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 188:

  Cast in a play refers to

  Options:
  A) three of the actors
  B) a few of the actors
  C) an exclusive social class in the play
  D) all the actors
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 189: In Animal Farm, the commandments originally drawn up by Snowball and Napoleon sought to declare Options:
  A) the supremacy of animal over man
  B) that animal shall in no way imitate human activities
  C) that man is infinitely superior
  D) that animal and men are equal
  E) that animal are inferior to humans.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 190: 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 Verse
  The concern of the poet in Serenade is to Options:
  A) boast about the lover's wealth
  B) appeal to the lady in question
  C) examine the gloomy side of marriage
  D) express the lady's sense of grief
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  The correct answer is B .