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 231:
  From the novel; Harvest of Corruption

  Asides being a satire, Ogodo's "Harvest of Corruption" may also be regarded as a________

  Options:
  A) parody
  B) travelogue
  C) tragedy
  D) tragicomedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 232: Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital lettersJudiciary Options:
  A) judiciaRY
  B) JUdiciary
  C) judiCIAry
  D) juDIciary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 233:

  A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

  Options:
  A) allegory
  B) novella
  C) fable
  D) epistle
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 234: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  My heart leaps up when I behold
  A rainbow in the sky:
  So was it when my life began
  So be it now I am a man;
  So be it when I shall grow old,
  Or let me die!
  And I could wish my day to be
  Bound each to each by natural piety'.
  My heart leaps up by W. Worthsworth.
  The above poem essentially deals with the theme of Options:
  A) old age
  B) childhood innocence
  C) beauty of the rainbow
  D) fatherhood
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 235:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  What is an epic?

  Options:
  A) A story that exalts a historical character
  B) An epoch-making event
  C) A descriptive poem celebrating the achievements of a character
  D) A narrative prose describing a character
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 236:

  THIS QUESTION IS BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM WOLE SOYINKA (ED) POEMS OF BLACK AFRICA, E.K. SENANU AND T. VINCENT (EDS.) SELECTION OF AFRICAN POETRY AND E.W. PARKER (ED.) A PAGEANT OF LONGER POEMS.The effect of the repetition of the words

  'There where' in Lenne Peters' The Fence' is that

  Options:
  A) a mood of bitterness is created
  B) the poet easily reveals his anger
  C) it captures the poet's desperation
  D) it underscores the poet's sense of fulfilment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 237: Which of the following statement is NOT true of the two 'Abiku' poems by J.P Clark and Wole Soyinka? Options:
  A) in each of the two poems, the voice of the Abiku is heard
  B) while the tone of Clark's poem is conciliatory, that of Soyinka is defiant
  C) it would appear that making body marks on the two Abiku has not served the customary purpose of stopping them from coming again
  D) as the two poet portray them, Clark's Abiku can choose to stay or not to stay, but Soyinka's Abiku cannot.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 238:

  Fatalism is crucial element in_________

  Options:
  A) melodrama
  B) tragi-comedy
  C) tragedy
  D) comedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 239: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, The little money Nnaife makes after returning from Fernando PO is used for Options:
  A) expanding Nnu Ego's business
  B) taking care of his framily
  C) sending his children to school
  D) getting more wives
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 240:

  The writer of a poem is called__________?

  Options:
  A) Author
  B) Poet
  C) Writer
  D) Narrator
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  The correct answer is B .