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 341:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  J.P Clak's 'Streamside Exchange, depicts an interplay of

  Options:
  A) anxiety and passion
  B) anxiety and ignorance
  C) excitement and passion
  D) ignorance and wisdom
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 342: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  A poetic device in which an idea in a line runs into another is called Options:
  A) rhyme scheme
  B) enjambment
  C) end rhyme
  D) pathos
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 343:

  This Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

  The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is to

  Options:
  A) take to prostition
  B) carry out the nude act
  C) abando their husbands
  D) abadon their children
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 344: This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
  What is Dan Magaji's advice on the war with the white man? Options:
  A) Caliph should go into exile
  B) The war should start immediately
  C) the palace should be vacated
  D) Caliph should seek support from neighbours
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 345:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  Melodrama is a theatrical performance in which

  Options:
  A) the serious is treated in a satirical way
  B) subordination of characterization to plot occurs
  C) music and dance predominate
  D) evil triumphs over good
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 346: In his judgement over the elders,Ovonramwen reveals his preference for Options:
  A) diplomacy
  B) intimidation
  C) loyalty
  D) consensus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 347:

  The combination of two or more metaphors is called

  Options:
  A) Monometaphor
  B) Dymetaphor
  C) Mixed metaphor
  D) Combined metaphor
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 348: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  Biokun: I did it for her!Let theme laugh!
  Let them condemn me. I who have always derided superstition. I have gone back to the shrine of Olokun. At least if he dies, Oroki will know I tried everything.
  Femi Osofisan:No More the Wasted Breed
  Biokun's mood in this passage is one of
  Options:
  A) desperation
  B) frustration
  C) anger
  D) anxiety
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 349:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called

  Options:
  A) an oratorio
  B) a motet
  C) an opera
  D) a concert
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 350: In The World is Too Much With Us', Wordsworth wishes that people could Options:
  A) become pagans
  B) appreciate the beauty of Nature more
  C) go to see Proteus and Triton
  D) become part of Nation
  E) give their 'hearts aways
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  The correct answer is B .