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 961: In the poem 'Piano AND Drums' Okara uses the drums to symbolize Options:
  A) source of poetic inspiration
  B) traditional African ways of life
  C) the complex rhythms of human life
  D) festivals which are held annually
  E) the noisy pastimes of hunters.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 962: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as Options:
  A) metanoia
  B) metaphysical
  C) metalanguage
  D) metalepsis
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 963: Which character does NOT fit into the group? Options:
  A) Corin
  B) Silvius
  C) William
  D) Young Siward
  E) Audrey.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 964:

  'Let me listen in the smoky hut where there comes a glimpse of the friendly spirits

  My head on your bosom warm like a dang smoking from the fire'.The dang in the verse from 'Nuit de Sine' refers to

  Options:
  A) wheels of spining cotton into yarn
  B) sea weed, full of salt
  C) a wolof word for granulated flour meal, known also as couscous
  D) a Northern Uganda local brew, usually strong and meant for men
  E) a kind of narcotic or stimulant.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 965: This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.The stage direction at the end of the play reveals Options:
  A) the actors in a changing room
  B) Mama Kayode raising the song of hope
  C) Moremi and Titubi in harsh spotlights
  D) the Dirctor making a farewell speech.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 966: The sufferings of the protagonist in Birago Diop's 'vanity' are Options:
  A) caused by circumstance
  B) self-inflicted
  C) imposed on them by enemies
  D) the act of fate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 967: These questions are based on general Literary principlesPlays are basically meant to Options:
  A) change the world
  B) be read for pleasure
  C) be presented on stage
  D) keep people out of trouble
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 968:

  This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as

  Options:
  A) adventurous
  B) drunken
  C) lively
  D) restive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 969: This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.O! Ceremony,show me but thy worth What is thy soul of adorationThe figure of speech in the lines above is Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) invocation
  C) personification
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 970:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  The most dominant pair of poetic device in Mtshall's 'Nightfall in Soweto'is

  Options:
  A) simile and repetition
  B) rhythm and metaphor
  C) metaphor and alliteration
  D) repetition and personification
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  The correct answer is D .