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 691: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  'Me to the Orangery Solitude invites, a wagtail, to tell the tangled-wood-tale.
  Christopher Okigbo: Heavensgae
  The complexity of the poem can be ascribed to the poets use of Options:
  A) archaic diction
  B) structural inversion
  C) compound words
  D) extended metaphor
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 692: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and DaughtersPaternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan is Options:
  A) Fosuwa
  B) Hannah
  C) Mrs. Bonu
  D) Adwao
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 693:

  'Was it so hard, Achilles,

  So very hard to die?

  Thou knowest and i know not-

  So much the happier am i'

  This verse is taken from a poem written by a soldier at the battle-front. He clearly sees dying in battle as

  Options:
  A) glorious
  B) patriotic
  C) brave and desirable
  D) a good experience
  E) he may be brave but undesirable.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 694: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  Oh, the market is set like the hub of a wheel And it pulls like a magnet strong. It is easy to tell How it casts its spell And draws all the crowds along
  The sound device used in the extract above is
  Options:
  A) rhyme
  B) alliteration
  C) emphasis
  D) assonance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 695: Nani's sternness and frequent use of the cane Options:
  A) was responsible for his transfers
  B) exacted obedience from his wife
  C) fiiled his children with fear and pain
  D) gave him a very good reputation
  E) made his teacher rebel against him
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 696: This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbirdge. What makes the novel a tragedy? Options:
  A) The poetic justice in Henchard''s punishment
  B) All the character in the novel are failures
  C) A mixture of individual and circumstantial misfortune
  D) Thomas Hardy is a romantic and rustic pessimist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 697:

  This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.

  The fact that the Roman Catholic priest fears and believes that the white robed figures seen in the night are spirits confirms that

  Options:
  A) the priest was only an impostor
  B) superstition reigns superme in Ozala
  C) traditional religion will never succumb to Christianity in Ozala
  D) the pieces of stones these white robed figures carried away were indeed sacred
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 698:

  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 699: This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.Kufi is a Options:
  A) Christian community
  B) pagan society
  C) Muslim community
  D) traditional society
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 700: Macbeth is confident that he will not be defeated in battle because Options:
  A) all his enemies has gone into exile
  B) he is a better fighter than Macduff
  C) he had already killed Banquo
  D) Lady Macbeth gives him courage
  E) the witches gave him an assurance
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  The correct answer is E .