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 1231: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African VerseThe use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the Options:
  A) anger of the peasants
  B) beauty of the poem
  C) distressed mood of the persona
  D) arrangement of the stanzas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1232: This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi's The New Man.In the novel, Asejire refers to a Options:
  A) river
  B) town
  C) farmer
  D) cleric
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1233:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A melodramatic play is based on

  Options:
  A) a melodious manipulation of events
  B) ingredients that mllow down events
  C) sensational plot and characters
  D) the playwright's didactic overtones
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1234: A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as Options:
  A) exclamation
  B) litotes
  C) metonymy
  D) hyperbole
  E) antonym.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1235:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  ''...It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, my son, but sometimes it is better to be a coward.

  We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live. soon submit to the burial mat.''

  In this passage, Ezeulu is pointing out to his son the wisdom in

  Options:
  A) moderation
  B) bravery
  C) cowardice
  D) sitting on the fence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1236:

  This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
  What destination does the young Catherine have in mind when she leaves Thrushcross Grange for the first time?

  Options:
  A) Wuthering Heights
  B) The nearby village
  C) The fairy caves at Penistone Crags
  D) London, where her cousin Linton lives
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1237: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  .....So tedious is this day
  As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
  What makes Juliet's night so tedious is the
  Options:
  A) murder of Tybalt by Romeo
  B) arranged marriage between her and Paris
  C) eagerness to be married to Romeo
  D) unconsummated marriage with Romeo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1238: This question is based on General Literacy PrinciplesAt the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________? Options:
  A) metaphor and paradox
  B) simile and metaphor
  C) simile and personification
  D) paradox and simile
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1239:

  This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'

  The image in the lines above in Morris'

  The Proud King is

  Options:
  A) auditory
  B) gustatory
  C) tactile
  D) visual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1240:

  This question is based on BAT.

  Read the excerpt and answer the question:
  "Bat!
  Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."

  The theme of this excerpt is____

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) the poet's right to Individual choice
  C) the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
  D) the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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  The correct answer is D .