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:

  This question is based on CAGED BIRD.
  "for the caged bird/sings of freedom.",

  The poetic device used in this expression is____

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) irony
  C) hyperbole
  D) paradox
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  In literary convention, 'aside' is used to

  Options:
  A) make a pointed remark
  B) emphasize scenes as different from acts
  C) distinguish between events
  D) gossip about other characters
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  A burlesque is

  Options:
  A) an exaggerated mockery of a literary work
  B) a sentimental comedy
  C) an account of a famous person's life
  D) a rhetorical device used for effect in poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 14:

  Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

  Options:
  A) Poetry
  B) Prose
  C) Aroma
  D) Drama
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 15:

  'I am become a name;

  For always roaming with a hungry heart

  Much have i seen and known; cities of men

  And manners, climates, council, governments'

  These line fairly represent the attitude of Ulysses' life. This attitude may be described as

  Options:
  A) complaining continually about life
  B) unwillingness to agree and work with others.
  C) ceaseless labour and search for challenges
  D) dislike of one's country or home
  E) roaming and idling.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 16:

  Don't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset...try to regain your composure.

  The speaker in the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) hopeless
  B) afraid
  C) confident
  D) uncertain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 17: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  Oxymoron is the use of two contrasting words that are Options:
  A) placed far apart
  B) different in meaning
  C) placed side by side
  D) similar in meaning
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.

  The initial reluctance of the Petkoff's family to accept Bluntschli's marriage proposition to Raina was on the account of his

  Options:
  A) Major Petkoff
  B) Captain Bluntschli
  C) Catherine
  D) Raina
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19:

  These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.

  In the novel the society puts high value on

  Options:
  A) male ascendancy
  B) procreation
  C) gender equity
  D) engalitarianism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 20: "That that is why we must acc-c-cept the uni-versal d-d-dome, b-b-because ththere is no d-d-ddirection. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b-bridges d-don't jjjjust g-g-go from hhhere to the there; a bridge also faces backwards". Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
  The idiolectical feature of the character's speech is the Options:
  A) repetition of consonant sounds
  B) repetition of initial consonant sounds
  C) duplication of consonant sound clusters
  D) multiplication of diphthongs
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  The correct answer is C .