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 1901:

  'The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night's rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.'

  The dominant literary device in this passage is

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) oxymoron
  C) synecdoche
  D) personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1902:

  What structure is poetry written in?

  Options:
  A) sentences and paragraphs
  B) sentences and stanzas
  C) lines and paragraphs
  D) lines and stanzas
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1903: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary work that teaches moral is said to be Options:
  A) instructive
  B) corrective
  C) impressive
  D) didactic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1904:

  'He was a living example of the astonishing results that can occur when Western hypocrisy and commercial materialism are grafted on to a first rate African intelligence.'

  The character described in the passage is the father of

  Options:
  A) Niam
  B) Endongolo
  C) Zambo
  D) Medza
  E) Duckfoot Johnny
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1905:

  'But now as he climbed the steep path leading to his home, his courage started to lag behind. His conscience lagged behind. His weak body and hungry stomach pushed him expectantly up the path towards home, where rest and satisfaction awaited him...'

  The literary device predominantly used in this passage is

  Options:
  A) hendiadys
  B) onomatopoeia
  C) metonymy
  D) simile
  E) personification.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1906:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is

  Options:
  A) a copyright
  B) an authority to write
  C) an author's right
  D) a constitional provision
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1907:

  'Vanished. Transported. Utterly transmuted.

  I knew it. i knew i stood in the presence of God...

  This statement of Ecstasy was made in The Trials Of Brother Jero by

  Options:
  A) Brother Jero
  B) Chume
  C) the old prophet
  D) the unnamed penitent woman
  E) the unnamed member of parliament.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1908: This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
  How does Lugard describe the battle between the white man and the Sokoto Caliphate? Options:
  A) One between superior and inferior powers
  B) One of life and death
  C) One between Christians and Muslims
  D) One of the superiority of wills
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1909: In the poem 'The Vultures', David Diop expresses his Options:
  A) hope that African will triumph over colonialism
  B) hatred of Africans
  C) affections of the colonial masters
  D) love of forced romances
  E) hatred of women.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1910:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'He always thought of the sea as a la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman'.

  Hemingway, 'The Old Man and the Sea'

  In the passage above, the sea is

  Options:
  A) romanticised
  B) personified
  C) criticised
  D) praised
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  The correct answer is B .