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 591:

  'I am informed the day recycles itself today

  When I slept in the Lord in February

  I blame no one for an untimely death

  I bless Good for a noble departure-His words

  The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days

  The persona in the poem appears happy to have died

  Options:
  A) a noble death
  B) during the day
  C) at an old age
  D) an untimely death
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 592: Which of the following comes closest to a correct interpretation of the symbol of the mine dumps in Mine Boy? Options:
  A) The hope of all workers
  B) Acknowledgement of the efforts of black South African workers
  C) The enduring courage of black workers
  D) The dignity of labour under an oppressive regime
  E) The exploitation of black labour by an oppressive regime
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 593: 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.The predominant device in Launko's End of war is Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) oxymoron
  C) paradox
  D) onomatopoeia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 594: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  A reference beyond the immediate purview of what is being presented is known as Options:
  A) allusion
  B) diversion
  C) inversion
  D) imagery
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 595:

  One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy

  Options:
  A) climax
  B) happy ending
  C) tragic hero
  D) alliteration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 596:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as

  Options:
  A) an ode
  B) a ballad
  C) an elegy
  D) a pastoral
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 597:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'I cannot blind myself

  To putrefying carcasses in the market place

  Pulling giant vultures

  From the sky.

  Odia Ofeimun, 'How Can I Sing?

  The tone of the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) defiance
  B) anger
  C) mourning
  D) anxiety
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 598:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented in a poem is an

  Options:
  A) allegory
  B) allusion
  C) ambiguity
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 599: In literature, a flat character can be described as one who Options:
  A) is undeveloped
  B) undergoes changes
  C) dies abruptly
  D) achieves greatness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 600: 'Nkosi Sikekela' in Brutus' 'After Exile', refers to a Options:
  A) general in the Zulu army
  B) Zulu song used as national anthem by Africans south of Zanbezi
  C) soldier in the Zulu army
  D) Zulu poem
  E) Zulu poet
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  The correct answer is B .