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 251: In Kongi's Harvest, Wole Soyinka dramatizes Options:
  A) the fall of a great man
  B) the rise of a carpenters brigade
  C) the tragedy of Seyi
  D) the growth and development of political tyranny
  E) the distruction of a great African country
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 252:

  'Will college make you a better Olokun priest?
  Will it make you serve our ancestors better?
  Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-hearted priest of Olokun.
  Did I go to college?
  Gracy Osifo:Dizzy Angel

  The literary device used in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) onomatopoeia
  B) parallelism
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 253: Kaunda's reminiscences of his boyhood in Lubwa were Options:
  A) completely happy
  B) a mixture in Lubwa and hatred of his playmates
  C) dominated by entirely painful incidents
  D) a mixture od sad and happy expiriences
  E) a combination of regret and hatred of the teachers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 254: An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is Options:
  A) pyrrhic
  B) props
  C) pathos
  D) parody
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 255:

  "He considers also a little fragile,because artistic:

  I need to be cared for, like a potted plant. A little

  Pruning, a little watering, a little weeding and

  Straightening up to bring out the best in me."Based on Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, the "me" in the above passage is seen as

  Options:
  A) dynamic, to be cherished
  B) an object to be protected
  C) an ornament to be admired
  D) something to be tended
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 256:

  'I am informed the day recycles itself today

  When I slept in the Lord in February

  I blame no one for an untimely death

  I bless Good for a noble departure-His words

  The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days

  The persona in the poem appears happy to have died

  Options:
  A) a noble death
  B) during the day
  C) at an old age
  D) an untimely death
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 257: There is a devil in me that wants things i cannot get' The speaker in the novel Mine boy' is Options:
  A) Lena
  B) Drunk Liz
  C) Malsey
  D) Paddy
  E) Eliza.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 258:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The overall design of a drama to which all other components relate is its

  Options:
  A) catharsis
  B) exposition
  C) structure
  D) symbol
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 259: The main idea suggests in Kalu Uka's poem 'Earth To Earth Options:
  A) death and burial
  B) man's mortality
  C) the changes in seasons
  D) the propitiation of ancestors
  E) the falling od dew-drops.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 260:

  'A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire - whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth'.

  The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of

  Options:
  A) hearing
  B) sight
  C) touch
  D) smell.
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  The correct answer is B .