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 1341:

  The mood of Diop's 'Vanity' is__________

  Options:
  A) expressed through rhetorical questions
  B) condemnation
  C) expressed through the use of innuendos
  D) concern
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1342:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  'Loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands out the woodland ride Wearing While for Easter tide

  A.E Housman Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Tree. In the excerpt above, the subject matter is

  Options:
  A) love of trees
  B) cherry bloom
  C) snow at easter
  D) woodland tide
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1343:

  You cannot know
  And should not bother
  Tide and market come and go
  And so shall yourmother

  
  In this verse the poet uses

  Options:
  A) alternate rhymes
  B) monomyme
  C) couplets
  D) triplets
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1344:

  And when you trudge on one horny Pads Gullied

  Like the soles of modern shoes Pads that even

  Jiggers cannot conquerHorny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

  Options:
  A) sole of a pauper
  B) sole of a soldier
  C) policeman
  D) madman
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1345:

  The dominant mood in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that of___________

  Options:
  A) Acceptance
  B) Anxiety
  C) Uncertainty
  D) Readiness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1346:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils; torrential downpour on leaking thatch roofs; paintfull comfort of helpless eunuchs; thorny beauty of modern witches; the fatcon's call on day-old-chicks, ours is tragi-comic dialogue.... mute echoes of pains.'

  The sonority and rhythmical structure of the lines above are achieved through a pause pattern called

  Options:
  A) enjambment
  B) caesura
  C) apostrophe
  D) scansion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1347: This question is based on General Literary Principles.In its classic form, the short story is distinguished by its Options:
  A) resolution
  B) narrative form
  C) compact plot
  D) prosaic conception
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1348: This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.O! Ceremony,show me but thy worth What is thy soul of adorationThe figure of speech in the lines above is Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) invocation
  C) personification
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1349:

  This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  Grandma informs Li in the novel that her salt-pot is empty because

  Options:
  A) she wants to extract money from Li's pocket money
  B) she knows Li has had a gift of money recently
  C) Li's mother would give her some
  D) grandfather will never part with his money for salt
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1350: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.Life, though a vanity Yet, not purpose full in drawling resignation Life's spice is in striveFrom the extract above, the poet suggests that Options:
  A) life is full of care
  B) there can't be life without stive
  C) life is worthwhile without care
  D) strive makes life worth living
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  The correct answer is B .