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 381:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

  It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the

  Options:
  A) orchard of Macbeth
  B) witches' enclave
  C) forest of Dunsinane
  D) death-place of King Duncan
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 382: This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.In the novel, the foil to Lahab's character is Options:
  A) Tanko
  B) AI-Amin
  C) Sagiir
  D) Saahir
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 383:

  This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
  Who is Mr Cole?

  Options:
  A) a black tenant at the first apartment at England
  B) Adah's colleague at the Consulate
  C) Adah's nephew she's forced to live with after Pa's death
  D) Adah's elementary school teacher
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 384:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation."Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth"

  Wole Soyinka:NightNight children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of

  Options:
  A) birds
  B) armed robbers
  C) animals
  D) spirit beings
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 385: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is Options:
  A) flashback
  B) foreshadowing
  C) interlude
  D) anti-climax
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 386:

  THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.The following epithets:

  'The courageous captain of compliments...

  The very butcher of a silk button...

  A gentleman of the very first house...'

  Refer to

  Options:
  A) Tybalt
  B) Romeo
  C) Mercutio
  D) Benvolio.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 387:

  A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

  Options:
  A) tetrametre
  B) rhythm
  C) caesura
  D) assonance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 388: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  One of the themes of the novel is Options:
  A) colonialism
  B) repression
  C) senility
  D) destruction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 389:

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

  The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

  Options:
  A) polyarchy
  B) anarchy
  C) matriarchy
  D) patriarchy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 390: The Yoruba incantatory poem, 'When a Strainer Takes in Water', is meant to be recited in order to Options:
  A) excape capture
  B) promote sales
  C) ensure good harvest
  D) escape retribution
  E) prevent road mishaps
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  The correct answer is D .