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 881: Which of the following terms is exclusive to drama? Options:
  A) Dialogue
  B) Plot
  C) Protagonist
  D) Soliloguy.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 882: Poetry deals with one of the following Options:
  A) emotion only
  B) death only
  C) ideas only
  D) emotion and ideas
  E) beauty only
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 883: The expression "The sun kisses the earth" is a Options:
  A) simile
  B) metaphor
  C) personification
  D) paradox
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 884:

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

  OKORO: I'll kill her today.

  IDAMA: No, you won't. There, run, Koko, oh,

  I say run![He pushes her gently but

  firmly towards her room]

  The event above happens in

  Options:
  A) lyara when Okoro discovrs Koko's infidelity
  B) Erhuwaren whn Koko suspects and accuses her husband
  C) Erhuwaren when Okoro suspects Koko of infidelity
  D) Erhuwaren before Koko's return from lyara
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 885: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as Options:
  A) climax
  B) tragic flaw
  C) comic relief
  D) terse
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 886:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  The king's clown whose skull is exhumed by Gravedigger is

  Options:
  A) Rosencrantz
  B) Yorick
  C) Sexton
  D) Fortinbras
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 887:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  '... In spite of your voice and your gift of oratory, you preferred obscure work, less well paid but constructive for your country,...

  This description refers to

  Options:
  A) Modou Fall
  B) Mawdo Ba
  C) Daouda Dieng
  D) Aissatou
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 888: This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
  The play is about Options:
  A) resistance to British administration
  B) opposition to Christianity
  C) disunity among the Hausa state
  D) unity in the caliphate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 889:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

  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 890: An over-used expression is Options:
  A) a cliche
  B) a cacophony
  C) an epigram
  D) an archetype
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  The correct answer is A .