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 21:

  A trilogy is the

  Options:
  A) set of three one-act drama written by related authors
  B) series of related stories divided into three equal parts
  C) sequence of three plays written by the same author
  D) collection of three poems of equal length
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 22: In 'The Sea Eats Our Land' the word 'sea' symbolizes Options:
  A) flood
  B) ancestor
  C) modernity
  D) sacrifise
  E) golden girl
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 23:

  Use the extract below to answer questions

  Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
  Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
  Line 3: so was it when my life began
  Line 4: so is it now
  Line 5: so is it when I have grown
  Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

  
  The literary device used in line 1 is ________

  Options:
  A) Simile
  B) Alliteration
  C) Litotes
  D) Personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 24:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.

  This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.

  The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

  Options:
  A) largely confusing
  B) very difficult
  C) quite appropriate
  D) drawn from hunting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 25:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called

  Options:
  A) deus ex machina
  B) endnote
  C) climax
  D) denouement
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 26: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
  In the society of Nwokocha Agbadi, a man's social rating is determined by his Options:
  A) oratorical power
  B) physical prowess
  C) gentle mien
  D) altruistic actions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

  The subject matter of Senghor's I will Pronounce Your Name is

  Options:
  A) Elissa
  B) Naett
  C) love
  D) a nameless girl
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 28:

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

  'This is the words of women. At this moment our star sits in the center of the sky

  We are supreme.'

  These words were spoken by

  Options:
  A) The favourite
  B) Sadiku
  C) Sidi
  D) the third girl
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 29: "If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle"Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that Options:
  A) Maanan is trying to compromise
  B) Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan
  C) James sees Awere as a bad influence
  D) Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her husband
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 30:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation.The body perishes, the heart stays young.

  The platter wears away with serving food.

  No log retains its bark when old,

  No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.From the poem above, "No lover peaceful while the rival weeps" means that

  Options:
  A) the pain of one lover is felt by the other
  B) there is no permanent love
  C) there is true and permanent love
  D) the two lovers weep together
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  The correct answer is A .