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 1111:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera.

  But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army'.

  Hemingway 'Farewell to Arms'

  The passage above is an example of

  Options:
  A) hyperbolism
  B) juxtaposition
  C) understatement
  D) didactism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1112: A poem written on a grand theme, in an appropriately grand style, dealing with heroic figures is called Options:
  A) a soliloquy
  B) a tragi-comedy
  C) an epic
  D) an epigram.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1113: The allusion in Hughe's The Negro Speaks of Rivers is mainly Options:
  A) literacy
  B) bibilical
  C) historical
  D) classical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1114:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village.

  The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.

  Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?

  Options:
  A) Pessimistic
  B) Optimistic
  C) Nonchanlant
  D) Cynical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1115:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the

  Options:
  A) role of spirits in a carnival
  B) preparation for a carnival
  C) role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
  D) role of sycophancy and bad leadership
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1116:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

  Options:
  A) who has a superlative administrative style
  B) with a living conscience that torments him
  C) to whom past events have no significance
  D) with an admirable physical appearance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1117:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .

  The way Louka carries out her duties as a maid at the Petkoff's household can best be described as

  Options:
  A) arrogant and insolent
  B) opportunistic and self-centered
  C) haughty and presumptuous
  D) bold and self-assured
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1118:

  "O Julius Caesar, thou are mighty yet

  Thy spirit walks abroad."Based on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the statement above is

  Options:
  A) a ghost story
  B) superstition
  C) an apostrophe
  D) an exaggeration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1119:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  In a narration, the first person is

  Options:
  A) the author
  B) a participant
  C) the publisher
  D) an observer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1120:
  From the novel; Animal farm

  This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to

  Options:
  A) spur them to action
  B) entertain them
  C) display his ability to sing
  D) teach them how to sing an anthem
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  The correct answer is A .