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 621: Reversal of fortune as used in the criticism of a literary work describes the Options:
  A) rise to fame of the central character
  B) success of the hero or heroine
  C) reward of the hero
  D) sudden change in the fate of the central character.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 622: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair The statement above characterizes. Options:
  A) Maria
  B) Olivia
  C) Roderigo
  D) Viola
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 623:

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

  When does the play open and close?

  Options:
  A) In the afternoon
  B) At midnight
  C) In the morning
  D) In the evening
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 624:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called

  Options:
  A) shifting style
  B) narrator's mind style
  C) psycho-consciousness style
  D) stream of consciousness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 625: 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 626:

  The voice of reason in the 'Harvest of Corruption' is exemplified in the character of___________

  Options:
  A) Ochuole
  B) Ogeyi
  C) Madam Hoha
  D) Aloho
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 627: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Before the shipwreck that occurred at the beginning of the play, Prospero and his daughter lived in the island for Options:
  A) eighteen months
  B) two decades
  C) twelve years
  D) fourty days
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 628:

  The hunter dies
  and leaves his poverty to his gun
  The blacksmith dies
  and leaves his poverty to his anvil...
  The extract above is an example of

  Options:
  A) epic
  B) eulogy
  C) ballad
  D) elegy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 629: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.How does Question Gertrude finally die? Options:
  A) Through strangulation
  B) By venomed sword
  C) from poisoned drink
  D) of snake bite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 630: These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.The final harassment of Maanan takes place in Options:
  A) Ofosu's office
  B) Lawyer B's chamber
  C) Ofosu's house
  D) Lawyer B's house
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  The correct answer is C .