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 421:

  Pick out the odd item

  Options:
  A) a Raisin in the Sun
  B) Twelfth Night
  C) Ozidi
  D) The Concubine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 422:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  The epilogue in a literary composition is

  Options:
  A) at the beginning
  B) in the middle
  C) at the end
  D) just before the end
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 423:

  This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  Li got more accustomed to her home because she

  Options:
  A) grew a little more religious
  B) had greater hold on her stern father
  C) found greater solace in an outside relationship
  D) became closer to tradition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 424: An over-used expression is Options:
  A) a cliche
  B) a cacophony
  C) an epigram
  D) an archetype
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 425:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A poem without a regular rhyme scheme is a

  Options:
  A) traditional poem
  B) ballad
  C) lyrical poem
  D) blank verse
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 426: "I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ? Options:
  A) synedole
  B) euphemism
  C) repetition
  D) irony
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 427:

  The sides of a stage are called

  Options:
  A) both sides
  B) the ways
  C) the wings
  D) the pits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 428:

  "But everything does have a beginning, and so if I

  Am to tell this story I must begin. Yet i do not know

  The starting point of my tale."Based on Nawal El Saadaw's The Circling Song,the speaker of the above statement is the

  Options:
  A) first person narrator
  B) protagonist
  C) antagonist
  D) omniscient narrator
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 429: What literary mode best described Soyinka's The Trial Of Brother Jero, the most central deals with the Options:
  A) Tragedy
  B) Satire
  C) Tragi-comedy
  D) Epic
  E) Baroque.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 430: The overall mood conveyed in Wole Soyinka's poem,'Night', can be accurately described as Options:
  A) calm
  B) agitated
  C) cheerful
  D) aggressive
  E) uneasy.
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  The correct answer is B .