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 1141:

  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) hyperbole and allusion
  B) irony and parody
  C) allusion and paradox
  D) humour and irony
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1142: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  'Genres of literature aptly describes Options:
  A) tradedy comedy, tragi-comedy
  B) ode, elegy, sonnet
  C) short story, novel, autobiography
  D) poetry, prose , drama
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1143:

  This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!....

  Iyase's entreaty comes when

  Options:
  A) the Ifa priest makes his predicitions
  B) the whitemen attack Benin
  C) Ovonramwen is discovered in hiding
  D) Ovonramwen is asked to pay homage to the Whiteman
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1144: In his judgement over the elders,Ovonramwen reveals his preference for Options:
  A) diplomacy
  B) intimidation
  C) loyalty
  D) consensus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1145: This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  In the play, Fasuwa represents the Options:
  A) new culture
  B) patriarchy
  C) old order
  D) African civilization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1146: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
  'Go tell Overami that he has nothing to fear from the white men in matter of fair play....'In the above statement, the White man expects Ovonramwen to Options:
  A) allow the Whiteman free access to Benin
  B) accept gifts from the Whiteman in exchange for land
  C) surrender himself to the whiteman
  D) surrender his chiefs who are in hiding
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1147:

  A fable is a story in which________?

  Options:
  A) allegations are made about characters
  B) animal is or things are used as characters
  C) there is an important setting
  D) the story is told in poetic form
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1148:

  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.

  What is the dominant poetic device used in Christopher Okigbo's 'Hurrah for Thunder?

  Options:
  A) Irony
  B) Symbolism
  C) Parallelism
  D) Rhythm
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1149:
  From the novel; Native Son

  The specie of conflict exemplified in the Native Son is that of_______

  Options:
  A) man against society
  B) man against nature
  C) man against culture
  D) man against man
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1150:

  "The drum overwhelmed the guns..." J.P Clark: "Casualties"

  The poet in the excerpt above uses

  Options:
  A) litotes
  B) symbolism
  C) onomatopoeia
  D) aliteration
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  The correct answer is B .