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 General Literary Principles.

  A trilogy is the

  Options:
  A) sequence of three one-act drama written by the same author
  B) set of three players written by the same authors
  C) collection of three poems of equal length
  D) series of related stories divided into three equal parts
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 462:

  "... They do not see the funeral plies, At home eating up the forests..." J.P Clark: Casualties"

  The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through______

  Options:
  A) Metaphor
  B) Personification
  C) Synecdoche
  D) Metonymy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 463: This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi''sThe New ManIn terms of religion, the people of Ipaja can be described as Options:
  A) conformists
  B) liberals
  C) fanatics
  D) puritans
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 464:

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

  What is represented by the characters of Henchard and Farfrae in the novel is the

  Options:
  A) contrast between the old and the new
  B) conflict between belief and unbelief
  C) conflict between a tragic and a comic hero
  D) conflict between foolhardiness and kindness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 465:

  The most dominant poetic device used in Okara's 'Panio and Drums' is_______

  Options:
  A) Metaphor
  B) Symbolism
  C) Pathetic Fallacy
  D) Analogy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 466:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  What is an epic?

  Options:
  A) A story that exalts a historical character
  B) An epoch-making event
  C) A descriptive poem celebrating the achievements of a character
  D) A narrative prose describing a character
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 467: This question is based on selection poem from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
  The person in Houseman's To an Athlate Dying Young addressed the dead athlete using Options:
  A) monologue
  B) apostrophe
  C) dialogue
  D) admonition
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 468:

  Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits
  Your ears are like the fans used for blowing fire.

  The lines above are a good example of_________

  Options:
  A) caricature
  B) ridicule
  C) satire
  D) lampoon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 469:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES'REVOLT.

  In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?

  Options:
  A) Cure cross-piece
  B) Hurt their husbands
  C) Forestall reconciliation
  D) Seeks peace
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 470:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The flat character in a literary work

  Options:
  A) is the same as the round character
  B) cannot be found in an allegory
  C) is capable of growing
  D) always embodies a quality
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  The correct answer is D .