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 441:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation.A cursing rogue with a merry farce,

  A bundle of rags upon a crurch,

  Stumbled upon that windy place

  Called cruachan, and it was as much.

  The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

  Options:
  A) aabb
  B) abab
  C) bbaa
  D) abba
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 442:

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

  The two major pervasive sources of social problems in the community of the stillborn are

  Options:
  A) ignorance and poverty
  B) modrnization and foreign culture
  C) Christianity and the quest for wealth
  D) witchcraft and Christianity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 443:

  Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

  Options:
  A) Poetry
  B) Prose
  C) Aroma
  D) Drama
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 444:

  When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it,
  I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose:
  I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
  Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.

  The reaction in the passage above is that of

  Options:
  A) anger
  B) protest
  C) rejection
  D) nausea
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 445:

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

  The basic idea of any given work of art is its

  Options:
  A) imagery
  B) style
  C) theme
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 446:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The term assonance refers of

  Options:
  A) repetition of alphabets in lines of a poem
  B) agreement of vowel sounds in a line
  C) repetition of vowels in a line
  D) agreement of consonants in a line
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 447:

  'From forth the fatal lions of these two foes

  A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...'

  These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the

  Options:
  A) tragedy could have been averted
  B) tragedy was predestined
  C) tragedy was brought on by enmity
  D) lovers brought misfortune on themselves.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 448:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The literary device which anticipates that an event will take place is best described as

  Options:
  A) foreshadowing
  B) rising action
  C) flashback
  D) parody
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 449:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears

  The events in the novel span

  Options:
  A) forty days
  B) two days
  C) five days
  D) seven days
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 450:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  A stanza of three lines linked by rhyme is generally called a

  Options:
  A) couplet
  B) ballad
  C) tercet
  D) quatrain
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  The correct answer is C .