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 31:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  'The woman whose breasts I sucked is gone to the worms'.

  Oculi, 'Orphan'

  These lines illustrate the use of

  Options:
  A) sadism
  B) sophism
  C) satire
  D) euphemism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 32: This question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary genre which directly imitates human action is Options:
  A) drama
  B) comedy
  C) prose
  D) poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 33:

  'No; This my hand will rather

  The multitudinous seas incarnadine

  Making the green and red .'

  In the above lines the figure of speech used is

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) simile
  C) hyperbole
  D) paradox
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 34:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  LINDA: (hearing WILLY outside the bedroom, calls with some trepidation):

  Willy WILLY: Its all right, I came back.

  LINDA: Why? What happened? (slight pause). Did something happen, Willy?

  WILLY: No, nothing happened.

  Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

  Linda's words above express a feeling of

  Options:
  A) darkness and horror
  B) fear and sadness
  C) fear and anxiety
  D) suspicion and shock
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 35:

  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 36: In addition to describing scenes of an African village night, Senghor's poem, 'Nuit de Sine' makes a definite statement about Options:
  A) black soldiers killed in Europe
  B) fishermen diving in the sea
  C) technological development in Africa
  D) population movement fron rural to urban centres
  E) communicating with dead ancestors.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 37: In the poem, 'The Cathedral', Kofi Awoonor expressed Options:
  A) sorrow at the disappearance of his village
  B) his feeling about traditional religion
  C) disapproval of the change from Africa's past life to the present modern
  D) anger at life slavery and colonialism
  E) his approval for the building of a cathedral in his village
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 38:

  A poem of 14 lines is known as__________

  Options:
  A) sonnet
  B) octave
  C) sestet
  D) quatrain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 39:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  By allowing Henchard to get drunk and sell off his wife, Hardy makes the point that

  Options:
  A) life is valueless
  B) drinking is disastrous
  C) Henchard is unpredictable
  D) cruelty is part of life
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 40:

  The writer of a poem is called__________?

  Options:
  A) Author
  B) Poet
  C) Writer
  D) Narrator
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  The correct answer is B .