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 561: A play is a Tragedy when Options:
  A) the autor presents life as a hopeless adventure
  B) the main chracter dies before the play ends
  C) there is much blood shed in the play
  D) the main character is a wicked person
  E) a weakness in the main character leads to his downfall.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 562: Assonance in poetry is the repetition of Options:
  A) internal vowels in words
  B) stressed syllables in words
  C) consonant sounds in words
  D) final sounds at the end of a line
  E) final sounds at the begining of a line.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 563:

  "Meka, kneeling down in his usual fashion with his behind up in the air.

  Kelara knelt down beside him.

  Amalia and her husband knelt down as well."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the actions of Meka, Kelara, Amalia and her husband signify

  Options:
  A) parade
  B) dance
  C) prayer
  D) celebration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 564:

  Read the poem and answer questions

  At dawn must I rise to till the rock
  That our land has turned into
  The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
  Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
  Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
  Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
  For the life of fellow man by his fellow
  Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
  Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
  Communal loot has emptied our country silos
  The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
  Soldered tears has the moon shed
  The earth was scorched at noon-day night
  And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

  
  The run-on lines convey the speaker's_______

  Options:
  A) lamentation
  B) disappointment
  C) defiance
  D) indignation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 565:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

  Options:
  A) short verses
  B) rhythmic verses
  C) free verses
  D) irregular verses
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 566: The sufferings of the protagonist in Birago Diop's 'vanity' are Options:
  A) caused by circumstance
  B) self-inflicted
  C) imposed on them by enemies
  D) the act of fate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 567: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.The account of an experiences of an individuals during the course of a journey is known as Options:
  A) an autobiography
  B) a catalogue
  C) a memoir
  D) a travelogue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 568: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  One of the themes of the novel is Options:
  A) colonialism
  B) repression
  C) senility
  D) destruction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 569:

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

  Characterization in the play is

  Options:
  A) economical but ineffective
  B) conomical and effective
  C) elaborate but ineffective
  D) elaborate and effective
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 570: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters
  The device used by Aaron in the excerpt below is___________
  "Now look what we have: a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!" Options:
  A) Rhetorical question
  B) Oxymoron
  C) Alliteration
  D) Euphemism
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  The correct answer is B .