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 141:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'In the arena

  They began to sing my song,

  We could hear it faintly

  Passing through the air'

  Okot p'Bitek, 'Song of Lawino'

  What is the figure of speech used in the passage above?

  Options:
  A) Metaphor
  B) Irony
  C) Personification
  D) Simile
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 142: ''Mother, didn''t you hear me? I''ve bought the goat, hen and yams. don''t you want them anymore? Why do you continue to look at me like that?I haven''t done anything wrong again, have i? Answer me, speak to me, mother!''The dominant mood in this passage is one of Options:
  A) sadness
  B) anger
  C) anxiety
  D) nonchalance
  E) joy.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 143: This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because Options:
  A) It only occurs in Ghana
  B) It could be found only in Africa
  C) It is common to almost all nations of the world
  D) the novel is read in all parts of the world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 144:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  'Hurrah for Thunder'by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to

  Options:
  A) beware of the animals in the jungle
  B) beware of the effects of thunder
  C) condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
  D) be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 145:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  John Keats' 'Old on a Grecian Urn' expresses the idea that

  Options:
  A) the Grecian Urn is ancient
  B) the Grecian Urn is mysterious
  C) every work of art is beautiful
  D) life is long, art is longer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 146:

  'Was it for this you took such constant care

  The bodkin, comb and essence to prepare?

  For this your locks in paper durance bound?

  For this with tort'ring iron wreath'd round?

  The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  Options:
  A) synecdoche
  B) rhetorical questions
  C) parody
  D) apostrophe.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 147:

  Brenda suddenly stiffened in her chair and half turned her ear to the window, silent like an animal waiting to spring, an alertness that transformed her face to temporary ugliness. Arthur noticed it,

  'He's coming', she said 'i heard the gate open.'In this short passage, the writer succeeds in creating

  Options:
  A) anti-climax
  B) pity
  C) comic relief
  D) suspense
  E) characters.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 148:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  The Owl is used by Ojaide in this poem as a

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) symbol
  C) simile
  D) satire
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 149:

  This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.

  The fact that the Roman Catholic priest fears and believes that the white robed figures seen in the night are spirits confirms that

  Options:
  A) the priest was only an impostor
  B) superstition reigns superme in Ozala
  C) traditional religion will never succumb to Christianity in Ozala
  D) the pieces of stones these white robed figures carried away were indeed sacred
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 150:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  Lakunel is presented as a

  Options:
  A) fine specimen of an education young man
  B) truly progressive and enlightened youth
  C) strong defender of the people's tradition
  D) caricature of a modern educated man
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  The correct answer is D .