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 11: He is a faithful liarThe line above is an example of Options:
  A) epigram
  B) oxymoron
  C) euphemism
  D) antithesis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,

  The dominant technique in the book is

  Options:
  A) irony
  B) foreshadowing
  C) symbolism
  D) reminiscence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 13:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

  Options:
  A) terror
  B) horror
  C) frustration
  D) sympathy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 14: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm, says that during thunderstorm in the village Options:
  A) children play in the rain
  B) children are delighted while women move in and out
  C) both women and children are delighted
  D) women cook their food
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 15:

  This question is based on BAT.

  Use the excerpt to answer this question.
  "Where light pushes through;
  A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.
  A dip to the water.
  And you think:
  "The swallows are flying so late!"
  Swallows?"

  The dominant poetic device in the excerpt is___

  Options:
  A) Rhetorical question
  B) imagery
  C) Alliteration
  D) Paradox
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 16: The impression created of the rain in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of Options:
  A) an implacable destructive force
  B) an invading but paradoxically welcome force
  C) a welcome and benevolent force
  D) a sinister and ominous force.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  Which of the following divisions is used as`a technical device to denote the symbolic significance of certain events?

  Options:
  A) Day, morning and afternoon
  B) Morning, noon and night
  C) Morning, evening and midnight
  D) Mid-day, midnight and morning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 18: Chaucer presents The Franklin as Options:
  A) a great noble man
  B) a devout christain
  C) an apicurian in taste
  D) a jovial character
  E) an ambitious man
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  The most sensitive of Jero's disciples is

  Options:
  A) the Faithful Penitent
  B) Brother Chume
  C) the Old Couple
  D) the woman with the exposed thigh
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 20:

  'The fair breeze blew
  The white foam flew
  The furrow followed free
  We were the first that ever burst
  Into that silent sea.'

  The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) repitition
  B) alliteration
  C) paradox
  D) rhyme scheme
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  The correct answer is B .