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 551:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation."Busy old fool, unruly sun,

  Why dost thou thus." J. Donne:The Sun RisingFrom the lines above, the poet sees the sun as

  Options:
  A) illumination after darkness
  B) an unnecessary evil
  C) a necessary evil
  D) a light provider
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 552:

  The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

  Options:
  A) nemesis
  B) catharsis
  C) hubris
  D) tragedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 553:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'In the cold hands of death...

  His mouth was cotton filled, his brain on scales-was this a trick to prove fore-knowledge after death ?

  Wole Soyinka: Post Mortem'

  These two stanzas capture the

  Options:
  A) fear of death
  B) ugliness of death
  C) mystery of death
  D) knowledge of death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 554:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation."Busy old fool

  Unruly sun

  Why dost thou thus

  Through windows

  And through curtains

  Call on us?" J. Donne: The Sun RisingThe figure of speech involved in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) epigram
  B) pun
  C) simile
  D) personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 555:

  "Full fathom five thy father lies

  Of his bones are corals made

  Those are pearls that were his eyes

  Nothing of him that doth fade."The rhyme scheme of the above stanza is

  Options:
  A) baab
  B) abab
  C) abba
  D) aabb
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 556:

  "Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of___________?

  Options:
  A) Alliteration
  B) Rhyme
  C) Satire
  D) Digression
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 557:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
  In the play, the jewel of Ilujinle is____

  Options:
  A) Sadiku
  B) Baroka
  C) Lakunle
  D) Sidi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 558:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The three main unities in drama are those of

  Options:
  A) action, time and place
  B) time, space and action
  C) place, time and space
  D) space, action and time
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 559:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

  Othello kills himself with a

  Options:
  A) bottle
  B) sword
  C) gun
  D) knife
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 560:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation.Will no one tell me what she sings

  Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

  For old, unhappy, far off things

  And battles long ago.

  Or is it some more humble lay,

  Familiar matter of today?The lines above end in a literary device known as

  Options:
  A) Irony
  B) conceit
  C) transfered epithet
  D) rhetorical question
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  The correct answer is D .