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 131: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  A conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is Options:
  A) performance
  B) mockery
  C) mimesis
  D) parody
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 132:

  This question is based on CAGED BIRD.

  Read this excerpt from the poem and answer questions .

  "The free bird thinks of another
  breeze / and the trade winds
  soft through the sighing trees"

  What is the effect of the trees sighing in this verse?

  Options:
  A) It shows where the bird sleeps
  B) It shows the tree is sleeping
  C) It indicates that the bird is carefree
  D) It indicates that it is still early in the day
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 133: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
  Romeo is banished to Mantua because he Options:
  A) marries Juliet without parental consent
  B) attends Capulet's party uninvited
  C) attempts to kill Paris his rival
  D) kills Tybalt in a street duel
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 134:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

  'CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle,

  CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.

  BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next.

  Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy when you've abandoned it for some time...

  Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.

  The literary devices in the dialogue above are

  Options:
  A) humour and irony
  B) allusion and paradox
  C) irony and parody
  D) hypperbole and allusion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 135:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called

  Options:
  A) a prologue
  B) a soliloquy
  C) an aside
  D) a diatribe
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 136: This question i based on William Shakespeare''s Macbeth.''This supernatural solicitingCannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,Why hath it given me earnest of success,...What does the phrase ''earnest of success'' refer to? Options:
  A) Macbeth becoming thane of Cawdor
  B) Banquo''s children becoming future kings
  C) Macbeth becoming king
  D) Banquo''s wearing of the crown
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 137:

  ''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________

  Options:
  A) inversion
  B) paradox
  C) humor
  D) mood
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 138:

  This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.

  '...no difference at all between the '' whitemen'' and their apes the layers and the merchants and now apes of the apes our Party men ...'

  The statement above refers to Koomson's

  Options:
  A) commitment to the plight of the poor man
  B) reaction to the politics of betrayal
  C) change of attitude to the plight of the poor man
  D) disgust with the ''whitemen'' who are apes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 139: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, As a symbol of marital success and fulfillment, Ibuza community places a lot of importance on Options:
  A) childbirth
  B) wealth
  C) male child
  D) female child
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 140: Which of the following is a correct definition of the balled? Options:
  A) A climatic episode
  B) An impersonal dramatic piece
  C) An allusive dialogue
  D) A love story told by balled singer
  E) A poem that tells a folk story
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  The correct answer is E .