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 1291:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

  The writer's satire is most biting when applied to

  Options:
  A) the Hastings
  B) Mr. Hardcastle
  C) Young Marlow
  D) Mrs. Hardcastle
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1292:

  An overused expression is a/an _________

  Options:
  A) Cliche
  B) Cacophony
  C) Epigram
  D) Archetype
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1293:

  This question is based on Literary Principles

  Where has my love blow his horn?

  The tune of his horn is well-known

  Young men of my clan

  Have you heard the horn of my love?

  Okot P'Bitek: Horn of My Love

  The overriding feeling of the persona in this extract is

  Options:
  A) anxiety
  B) certainty
  C) frustration
  D) joy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1294: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. Options:
  A) James agrees that Aaron and Maanan should study what they want
  B) Lawyer B harasses Maanan in his office
  C) Haanah, James' wife convinces him
  D) Aaron and Maanan agree to read the courses James chooses for them
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1295:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A careful choice of words dictated by a particular mood or an event refers to

  Options:
  A) regression
  B) cadence
  C) rhyme
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1296: This question is based on General Literary Principles.In drama, the term climax is used Options:
  A) as a figure of speech connoting beauty
  B) for the point of highest dramatic tension
  C) when the crisis in the play is resolved
  D) when the hero's tragic flaw is revealed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1297:

  Which element of drama tells the actor what to do?

  Options:
  A) dialogue
  B) stage directions
  C) cast
  D) scenes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1298:

  "The sun used to smile in my hut".

  The line is an example of

  Options:
  A) Apostrophe
  B) personification
  C) Rhetorical Question
  D) Zeugma
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1299:

  Read the extract below and answer this question.

  But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.

  The subject matter of the above extract is

  Options:
  A) earthquake
  B) house movement
  C) sea waves
  D) storm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1300:

  This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  ....We have no electric, and we still drink tanwiji from the stream. Many of our children are in jail... We protested and your police mounted expeditions to maim us and reduce our houses to ashes...'

  The images depicted are those of

  Options:
  A) poverty and opulence
  B) opulence and brutality
  C) suffering and depression
  D) suffering and brutality
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  The correct answer is D .