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 1281:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becauses

  Options:
  A) an irony
  B) a symbol
  C) a subject
  D) an epigram
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1282:

  'The fair breeze blew
  The white foam flew
  The furrow followed free
  We were the first that ever burst
  Into that silent sea.'

  The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) repitition
  B) alliteration
  C) paradox
  D) rhyme scheme
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1283: Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters:From the play, George is a Options:
  A) laboratory assistant
  B) pharmacist
  C) nurse
  D) medical doctor
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1284:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'And why must we be sad When the messiahs are with us to hound us and butt-gun us into greater tomorrow.'

  Odia Ofeimun, ' The Messiahs'

  The tone of the lines above is

  Options:
  A) satiric
  B) sarcastic
  C) indicting
  D) self-pitying
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1285:

  This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears

  In the novel, Serah dies of

  Options:
  A) haemorrhoids
  B) gunshot wounds
  C) asthma
  D) asphyxiation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1286: Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Balogun Kusa is killed by a Options:
  A) soldier
  B) god
  C) herbalist
  D) lunatic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1287:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  A major irony in the Henchard-Farfrae relationship is that

  Options:
  A) Farfrae's arrival spells Henchard's doom
  B) they employ each other
  C) they disagree over Abel Whittle
  D) the friendship ends too soon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1288:
  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 .
• Question 1289:

  Group of lines are called _____

  Options:
  A) Sentences
  B) Stanzas
  C) Danzas
  D) Line Grouping
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1290: "If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle"Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that Options:
  A) Maanan is trying to compromise
  B) Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan
  C) James sees Awere as a bad influence
  D) Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her husband
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  The correct answer is B .