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 1301:

  "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew

  The furrow followed free

  We were the first that ever burst

  Into that silent sea."Based on Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', the dominant figure of speech in the above lines is

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) free verse
  C) repetition
  D) sarcasm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1302:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The most important concepts in poetry are:

  Options:
  A) story and action
  B) plot and rhythm
  C) rhythm and imagery
  D) plot and character
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1303:

  'He says

  The medicine gourds are filthy,

  And the herb

  Are drunk from unhygienic cups'

  Okot p Bitek: Song of LawinoThe poet in the lines is saying that

  Options:
  A) the speaker is very hygienic
  B) the person referred to takes Western medicine
  C) herbal medicine is dangerous
  D) the speaker prefers Western medicine
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1304:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.

  '.... So tedious is this day

  As is the night before some festival

  To an important child that hath them.

  New robes and may not wear.

  The literary device used in the excerpt is

  Options:
  A) simile
  B) metaphor
  C) Oxymoron
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1305: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.According to the play, the Duke of lllyria is fascinated by Options:
  A) the idea of love
  B) the food of love
  C) music
  D) entertainment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1306:
  From the novel; Othello

  The setting of Shakespeare's Othello is____________

  Options:
  A) Verona
  B) Venice
  C) the Faroe Islands
  D) Bulgaria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1307:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation.The imagery created in the excerpt below is achieved through

  '........They do not see the funeral piles

  At home eating up the forests.......'

  _ _ J.P. -Clark: Casualties

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) personification
  C) synecdoche
  D) antonym
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1308:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
  Sidi insisted on the payment of her bride-price because it indicates that she_____

  Options:
  A) is a virgin
  B) has a wealthy family
  C) is of marriageable age
  D) is free from her family
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1309:

  "I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands".The above lines is an example of a

  Options:
  A) Alliteration
  B) Apostrophe
  C) Repetition
  D) Assonance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1310:

  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 .