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 531: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.In the play, Mercutio can be described as Options:
  A) fraudulent
  B) gentle
  C) kind-hearted
  D) quarellsome
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 532: This question is based on Ademiluyi's Options:
  A) As soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
  B) Shortly before the beggars strike
  C) As soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
  D) After their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 533: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  Limerick is a light verse which consist of five lines that are Options:
  A) anapestic
  B) trochaic
  C) spondaic
  D) dactylic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 534:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A story which explains the origin of a natural phenomenon is a

  Options:
  A) fiction
  B) legend
  C) parable
  D) myth
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 535:

  ...... is also called a dynamic character

  Options:
  A) Protagonist
  B) Round character
  C) Flat character
  D) Foil
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 536:

  This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

  Kate could best be described as

  Options:
  A) s mild tempered heroine
  B) an unassuming aristocrat
  C) a hot-tempered aristocrat
  D) an acutely sensitive character
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 537:
  From the novel; Native Son

  Richard Wright's " Native Son" may be described to a/an_______

  Options:
  A) parody
  B) picaresque
  C) bildungsroman
  D) travelogue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 538:

  _____________refers to time and place of a drama?

  Options:
  A) place
  B) scene
  C) setting
  D) act
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 539:

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

  The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

  Options:
  A) polyarchy
  B) anarchy
  C) matriarchy
  D) patriarchy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 540:
  From the novel; Harvest of Corruption

  Chief Ade Amaka portrays_______

  Options:
  A) betrayal of public trust
  B) fraud and misfortune
  C) lust and deceitfulness
  D) the evils of capitalism
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  The correct answer is A .