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 771:

  A narrative poem must

  Options:
  A) preach a sermon
  B) tell a story
  C) describe natural scenery
  D) argue a question
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 772:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  In literary criticism, a casual reference to a figure or an event is regarded as an

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) allegory
  C) allusion
  D) ambiguity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 773: These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.Room 101 symbolizes a place oF Options:
  A) rest
  B) humiliation
  C) torture
  D) fun
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 774:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'Thathat is why wwe must acc-c-cept the universal d-d-dome,b-b-because ththere is no d-d-d-direction. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of rreligion and b-b-bridges d-ddon't jjjust g-g-go from hhhere to ththere; a birdge also faces backwards'

  Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters

  The idiolectal feature of the character's speech is the

  Options:
  A) repetition of consonant sounds
  B) multiplication of medial consonant sounds
  C) repetition of initial consonant sound
  D) duplication of consonant sounds clusters
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 775: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
  'I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious tale.'
  The statement above is in reference to the speaker's
  Options:
  A) retirement
  B) imminent death
  C) state of health
  D) short-tempered nature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 776:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  Tanure Ojaide's The Owl Wakes Us' portrays a society that is

  Options:
  A) unstable
  B) hunted by the owl
  C) gripped with fear
  D) peaceful
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 777:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint in the play that she misses 'a month's polishing' refers to her

  Options:
  A) rusting away in the countryside
  B) need to get the latest fashions in London
  C) need to buy the best polish in London
  D) boring life in the countryside
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 778:

  'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimesit flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.'
  -Cynthia James; Drumology

  The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

  Options:
  A) olfactory and visual
  B) auditory and visual
  C) tactile and auditory
  D) olfactory and tactile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 779: These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.In Owonibi's Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars Options:
  A) are concerned with their daily needs
  B) always worry about heaven
  C) rarely sleep and dream
  D) attend conferences in towns
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 780:

  Blake's 'The School Boy' advocates for____________

  Options:
  A) a fine balancing between work and pleasure for a child's development
  B) the liberty of the child to explore nature and life without restraints
  C) the promotion of the culture of excellence in a child's academic endavour
  D) a proper disciplinary culture for the training of a child
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  The correct answer is A .