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 461:

  This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

  The island in the novel is a

  Options:
  A) symbol of peace
  B) hide out for children during the war
  C) symbol of innocence
  D) world of abundance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 462:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.

  'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?

  According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was

  Options:
  A) an irrepressible Casanovan trait
  B) a chronic baromial temperament
  C) a hard boiled classical disposition
  D) an incurably romantic disposition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 463:

  'Now the bells are tolling

  A year is dead.

  And my heart is slowly beating

  The Nunc Dimittis

  To all my hopes and mute

  Yearnings of a year

  And ghost hover round

  Dream beyond dream'.For this poet, the passing year has

  Options:
  A) been one of satisfaction and fulfilment
  B) has nothing to do with his personal life
  C) brought death to his relatives
  D) meant unrealized hopes
  E) brought changes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 464:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

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

  
  Characterization in the play is

  Options:
  A) economical but effecive
  B) economical and effective
  C) elaborate but ineffective
  D) elaborate and effective
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 465:

  These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.'yet in their finger upon Our navel

  The midwives of the spirit say

  They feel a foetal throb.

  The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs'in the Navel of the soul is

  Options:
  A) allegory
  B) enjambment
  C) rhythm
  D) epigram
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 466:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Still stand stubborn

  To stones that strangle the dawn,

  Still stand stubborn

  To stones that maim the morn,

  Still stand stubborn

  To stones that assail the sun'

  Atukwei Okai, 'Sunset Sonata'

  The dominant literary device employed in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) onomatopoeia
  B) repetition
  C) metonymy
  D) alliteration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 467:

  'Chini was breathing with a love ripeness in her eye. She was elegant, sophistication, and Nigerian costume with charm. her every movement stimulated a flow of poetry from Francois and an ebb of embarrassment from her. she called him "My mad French lover".'

  The tone of this passage is

  Options:
  A) sensual
  B) detached
  C) playful
  D) stimulating.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 468: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is Options:
  A) art of poetry
  B) adventure
  C) contempt for literature
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 469:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A couplet refers to

  Options:
  A) two successive lines of rhyming verse
  B) two stanzas that cannot stand alone
  C) four irregular verses in stanzas
  D) poetry that is actd on stage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 470:

  This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

  The arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of

  Options:
  A) reinforcement
  B) enjambment
  C) contrast
  D) amplification
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  The correct answer is C .