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 861:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  An elegy is a poem that mourns for the

  Options:
  A) deceased
  B) bereaved
  C) accused
  D) king
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 862:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The narrator that tells his story as if all actions in the story revolve around him is

  Options:
  A) an omniscient narrator
  B) a first person narrator
  C) a scond person narrator
  D) a tird person narrator
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 863:

  'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours...'

  The description of the town in this passage suggests

  Options:
  A) peaceful co-existence
  B) lack of progress
  C) warmth and friendliness
  D) organized living
  E) monotony
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 864: At the very end of Great Expectations, Estella disclosed to Pip that the source of her present maturity and wisdom was Options:
  A) the sound education she had at school
  B) her pleasant association with Mrs. Harvisham
  C) the suffering she had experienced in life
  D) her long exposure to high society
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 865:

  Define rhyme?

  Options:
  A) comparing two things using “like” or “as”
  B) the repetition of a letter
  C) the repetition of an ending sound
  D) the repetition of vowel sounds
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 866:

  A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is

  Options:
  A) lampoon
  B) eulogy
  C) premiere
  D) anthology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 867:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  Pa Noble became a living legend because

  Options:
  A) several conflicting stories were woven around him
  B) he attained the status of a first-class citizen
  C) he was the only successful son of a Benin chief
  D) he was rich and very generous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 868:

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

  X: I am told he's a man of an excellent understanding

  Y: Is he?

  X: Very generous.

  Y: I believe I shall like him.

  X: Young and brave.

  Y: I'm sure I shall like him.

  X: And very handsome.

  Y:....,I'll have him.

  Who are the speakers X and Y and about whom are they speaking ?

  Options:
  A) Neville and Kate about Hastings
  B) Kate and her mother about Marlow
  C) Miss Hardcastle and Mr. Hardcastle about Tony
  D) Mr. Hardcastle and Kate about Marlow
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 869: This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.The diction of the play can be described as Options:
  A) political and rhetorical
  B) arrogant and condemnatory
  C) urgent but apolitical
  D) poetic but difficult
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 870:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  The prologue of any work is the

  Options:
  A) conclusion
  B) introduction
  C) middle
  D) turning point
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  The correct answer is B .