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 291: Joe Gargery is important in Great Expectations mainly because he Options:
  A) is used as a foil to Pip
  B) provides the comedy in the story
  C) helped to bring Pip up by hand
  D) nursed Pip when he was sick in London.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 292: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'The hoe is her barber'
  The line above is an example of Options:
  A) mtaphor
  B) hyperbole
  C) personification
  D) litotes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 293:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

  The image of Beelzebub in the novel effectively captures the character of

  Options:
  A) Simon
  B) Ralph
  C) Bill
  D) Jack
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 294: This question is based on General Literary Principles.The sides of a stage are called Options:
  A) the ways
  B) both sides
  C) the pits
  D) the wings
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 295:

  A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____

  Options:
  A) An Epigram
  B) A Limerick
  C) An Ode
  D) A Lyric
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 296:

  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 .
• Question 297: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.This novel can be described as Options:
  A) satirical
  B) metaphysical
  C) paradoxical
  D) allegorical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 298: Part of the meaning of Kongi's Harvest lies in the fact that Kongi's final harvest is Options:
  A) a big yam
  B) respect
  C) disaster
  D) honour
  E) fame
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 299:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

  The struggle between the old man and the fish symbolizes

  Options:
  A) the blood thirsty nature of sharks
  B) man's refusal to grow old
  C) man's struggle for survival in a harsh world
  D) the uncertainty of life in a cruel world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 300: Which of the following is a correct definition of the balled? Options:
  A) A climatic episode
  B) An impersonal dramatic piece
  C) An allusive dialogue
  D) A love story told by balled singer
  E) A poem that tells a folk story
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  The correct answer is E .