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 711:

  The phrase living death in a literary work is an example_____________

  Options:
  A) Synecdoche
  B) Prose
  C) Oxymoron
  D) Aside
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 712:

  'He glanced at his bitten nails, and with his chin resting on his knees, said, 'well, i ask them to let me go below to visit my pa in the cell. they feel sorry for me, and say its okay. So i go down to see him, this man what made my ma's life a misery like hell, and who never had a word for me, and did nothing but give me the belt'.

  From what he says, the kid in this passage

  Options:
  A) loves his father
  B) dislikes his father
  C) disowns his father
  D) feels sorry for his father
  E) is proud of his father.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 713:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  'Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.'J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The BoatFrom the excerpt above, the speaker is

  Options:
  A) bereaved
  B) homeless
  C) recovering from an illness
  D) a trained nurse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 714: Kongi's Harvest Options:
  A) Kongi is a democratic ruler
  B) Kongi is a socialist
  C) Kongi is a dictator
  D) Kongi is a respecter of tradition
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 715:

  In Herbert's "The Pulley", God's supremacy is exemplified through______

  Options:
  A) His withholding of the gift of rest
  B) the insatiable nature of man's needs
  C) His unending love for mankind
  D) His blessings of man with many gifts
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 716: Point out the odd term Options:
  A) Enjambment
  B) Rhyme
  C) Alliteration
  D) Assonance
  E) plot.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 717: Dramatis personae in a play refers to Options:
  A) a list of characters
  B) order of appearance
  C) cast list
  D) protagonist and antagonist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 718:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  'Withering, burn, ghost, a scatter, dusty, half-bare

  The above combination of words from Kwesi Brew's

  'The Dry Season' thematically suggests

  Options:
  A) destruction
  B) confusion
  C) desolation
  D) death
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 719:

  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 720: Which of the following illustrate the element of chance in Romeo and Juliet? Options:
  A) Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo
  B) Rosaline rejection of Romeo's love
  C) Juliet's confiding in her nurse
  D) The death of Lady Mountague.
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  The correct answer is A .