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 1:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  An anti-social taken by the tragic hero which results in a catastrophe is called

  Options:
  A) anagnorisis
  B) premonition
  C) harmatia
  D) empathy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe plot of a story generally refers to the Options:
  A) intrigue made by a character against the hero
  B) way in which the events of the story are organized
  C) way in which the writer begin the story
  D) way the writer ends the story
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
  In the society of Nwokocha Agbadi, a man's social rating is determined by his Options:
  A) oratorical power
  B) physical prowess
  C) gentle mien
  D) altruistic actions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  'No; This my hand will rather

  The multitudinous seas incarnadine

  Making the green and red .'

  In the above lines the figure of speech used is

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) simile
  C) hyperbole
  D) paradox
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.'If my dear Hastings be out constant, i make no doubt to be too hard for her at last. '

  The lines above in the play are delivered by

  Options:
  A) Kate
  B) Tony
  C) Marlow
  D) Constance
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The ode and the elegy are examples of

  Options:
  A) sonnet
  B) lyrical poetry
  C) narrative poetry
  D) blank verse
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

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

  Miss Hardcastle is able to 'conquer' at the end of the play because of her

  Options:
  A) indiscretion
  B) beauty
  C) wit
  D) brawn
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
  The choice of imagery in J.P Clark's 'Olukun' suggests that the poem intended to arouse Options:
  A) jealousy
  B) secular sentiments
  C) religious sentiments
  D) erotic feelings.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.The predominant device in Launko's End of war is Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) oxymoron
  C) paradox
  D) onomatopoeia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.

  My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.

  My poor brother in immaculate evening dress

  Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.

  Diop: The Renegade

  The poet's attitude here is

  Options:
  A) paradoxical
  B) envious
  C) ironical
  D) sarcastic
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  The correct answer is D .