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 91:

  Dramatis personae in a play refers to

  Options:
  A) cast list
  B) list of characters
  C) portagonist and antagonist
  D) order of appearance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 92:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation."What eyes will watch our large mouths

  Shaped by the laughter of big children

  What eyes will watch our large mouths?" Birage Diop:VanityThe tone of the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) sarcasm
  B) sacrilege
  C) chiasmus
  D) eulogy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 93: Which of the following is central to narrative friction ? Options:
  A) Verisimilitude
  B) Dialogue
  C) Objectivity
  D) Subjectivity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 94: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  One of the themes of the novel is Options:
  A) colonialism
  B) repression
  C) senility
  D) destruction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 95:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

  'CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle,

  CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.

  BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next.

  Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy when you've abandoned it for some time...

  Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.

  The literary devices in the dialogue above are

  Options:
  A) humour and irony
  B) allusion and paradox
  C) irony and parody
  D) hypperbole and allusion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 96:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  In literary convention, 'aside' is used to

  Options:
  A) make a pointed remark
  B) emphasize scenes as different from acts
  C) distinguish between events
  D) gossip about other characters
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 97: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  Winston Smith begins his rebellion against the power of the state by Options:
  A) purchasing arms
  B) keeping a private diary
  C) opposing the law
  D) educating the youth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 98: Which of the following best describes the speakers attitude to mother Idoto in Okigbo's poem 'Idoto'? Options:
  A) Obsequious
  B) Defiant
  C) Arrogant
  D) Submissive.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 99:

  An irredeemable reversal of the hero's fortune in a tragedy is called.

  Options:
  A) purgation
  B) peripeteia
  C) hubris
  D) anagnorisis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 100: These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....The speaker is referring to Options:
  A) Fosuwa
  B) Awere
  C) Maanan
  D) Hannah
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  The correct answer is A .