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 971:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  The Bala is symbolically referred to as a fox because of his

  Options:
  A) mental powess
  B) sexual powess
  C) physical powess
  D) royalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 972:

  A literacy genre which directly imitates human actions is______?

  Options:
  A) Drama
  B) comedy
  C) Prose
  D) Poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 973:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Ibadan,

  Running splash of rust

  And gold - flung and scattered

  Among seven hills like broken

  China in the sun.'

  J.P Clark, 'Ibadan'

  The poem above is memorable for its

  Options:
  A) pun
  B) heroism
  C) metaphor
  D) lyricism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 974:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  In literary criticism, the vocabulary or language used by a writer is generally known as

  Options:
  A) diction
  B) figures of speech
  C) characterization
  D) rhythms
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 975: Because he was transferred often, Kofi's father in 'The Narrow Path' Options:
  A) made a lot of money
  B) became a very famous headmaster
  C) love travelling a great deal
  D) could not train his children properly
  E) could save no money to build himself a house at home.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 976:

  This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

  Abbas the beggar is a symbol of

  Options:
  A) the end justifying the means
  B) the rich also crying
  C) pride before perdition
  D) courage amidst adversity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 977: Chaucer presents The Franklin as Options:
  A) a great noble man
  B) a devout christain
  C) an apicurian in taste
  D) a jovial character
  E) an ambitious man
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 978: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllabus is Options:
  A) trochaic decametre
  B) iambic pentametre
  C) anapestic metre
  D) dactylic metre
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 979:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama is a

  Options:
  A) play-within-the-play
  B) comic scene
  C) comic relief
  D) tragi-comedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 980: After the murder of Duncan , Macbeth was still dissatisfied because Options:
  A) he wanted to see the witches again
  B) he had only paved the way for Banquo's son
  C) he felt remorse
  D) lady Macbeth could not sleep
  E) there was knocking at the gate
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  The correct answer is B .