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 1561: This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with Options:
  A) indifference
  B) suspicion
  C) elation
  D) anger
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1562:

  Group of lines are called _____

  Options:
  A) Sentences
  B) Stanzas
  C) Danzas
  D) Line Grouping
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1563:

  A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

  Options:
  A) harrangue
  B) discourse
  C) monologue
  D) saga
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1564: As a literary from the short story is most closely related to Options:
  A) poetry
  B) the discourse
  C) tregedy
  D) the novel
  E) drama.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1565:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

  
  Characterization in the play is

  Options:
  A) economical but effecive
  B) economical and effective
  C) elaborate but ineffective
  D) elaborate and effective
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1566:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'Having finished the paper, a second cup of coffee and a roll and butter, he rose; shook a crumb or two from his waist coat, and expanding his broad chest, smiled happily, not because he felt particularly light-hearted his happy smile was simply the result of a good digestion.

  The character referred to in this passage

  Options:
  A) is excited by the news in the paper
  B) is lonely and unhappy
  C) has spent a long time over his food
  D) is pleased with himself after a good meal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1567:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  An elegy is a poem that morns for the

  Options:
  A) deceased
  B) beeaved
  C) accused
  D) king
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1568: THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
  The choice of imagery in J.P Clark's 'Olukun' suggests that the poem intended to arouse Options:
  A) jealousy
  B) secular sentiments
  C) religious sentiments
  D) erotic feelings.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1569: This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
  The time has come when I can fool myself no more I am no man Sadiku My manhood Ended near a week ago'.In the light of subsequent happenings, these word reveal that the speaker Options:
  A) abhors polygamy
  B) has become impotent
  C) is a crafty seducer
  D) is disgusted with life
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1570:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation."Busy old fool

  Unruly sun

  Why dost thou thus

  Through windows

  And through curtains

  Call on us?" J. Donne: The Sun RisingThe figure of speech involved in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) epigram
  B) pun
  C) simile
  D) personification
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  The correct answer is D .