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 921:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  '''Yet lunchtime ''

  Without thinking of what of what he was saying

  The man tapped out, 'Not food'.

  Insu Siding answered, 'Plenty here''.

  And a conversation had begun.

  ''Lucky''.

  ''Come. Transfer. Easy''

  ''Can't.''

  ''Why?''

  ''Secret.''

  ''Familu?''

  ''Secret''.

  The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by A.K. Armah.

  This is an example of a dialogue that is

  Options:
  A) pitchy
  B) witty
  C) laconic
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 922:

  Use the extract below to answer questions

  Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
  Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
  Line 3: so was it when my life began
  Line 4: so is it now
  Line 5: so is it when I have grown
  Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

  
  The literary device used in line 1 is ________

  Options:
  A) Simile
  B) Alliteration
  C) Litotes
  D) Personification
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 923:

  This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  The dominant mood in 'Ode to a Nightingale' is that of

  Options:
  A) anxiety
  B) melancholy
  C) helplessness
  D) fury
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 924: Which of the following statements best describes comedy? Options:
  A) A play in which nobody dies
  B) A play which makes us laugh
  C) A play in which the hero is a clown
  D) A play which ends happily
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 925:

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

  ''...The sugar-daddy of the boutique dresses wants to marry Binetou. Just imagine...'''

  What is ironical about this statement ?

  Options:
  A) The speaker is Binetou's friend
  B) The sugar-daddy is the speaker's husband
  C) Binetou is the speaker's rival
  D) The sugar-daddy is the speaker's father
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 926:

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

  'You forget that I have a heart, a mind, that I am not an object to be passed from hand to hand.

  You don't know what marriage means to me....'These words by Ramatoulaye are addressed to

  Options:
  A) Mawdo
  B) her mother-in-law
  C) Daouda Dieng
  D) Tamsir
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 927:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

  The subject matter of Senghor's I will Pronounce Your Name is

  Options:
  A) Elissa
  B) Naett
  C) love
  D) a nameless girl
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 928:

  Brutus: This is sleepy tune. O murd'rous slumber!

  Layest thou the leaden mace upon my boy,

  That plays the music? Gentle knave, good night.

  'Gentle knave' refers to

  Options:
  A) Lucius
  B) Cassius
  C) Portia
  D) Messala
  E) Lucuis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 929:

  Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

  Options:
  A) Poetry
  B) Prose
  C) Aroma
  D) Drama
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 930: These question is based on General Literary Principles.The figure of speech in which the writer means the exact opposite of what he intends to say is Options:
  A) paradox
  B) metaphor
  C) satire
  D) irony
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  The correct answer is D .