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 1621:

  "A time to sow,
  A time to reap,
  A time to born,
  A time to die"
  This exemplies the use of ...

  Options:
  A) hendiadys
  B) chiasmus
  C) anaphora
  D) anadiplosis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1622:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

  Options:
  A) short verses
  B) rhythmic verses
  C) free verses
  D) irregular verses
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1623: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and DaughtersWhere does the play take place? Options:
  A) In George's place
  B) In Ofosu's place
  C) On the street
  D) On the stage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1624:

  ''Chief, the boys are getting more expensive to handle. They continue to demand for increased pay and you know what you give for expenses. Please try and look into a possible increase in the overhead allocation.

  This smuggling racket is becoming too hot to handle you know, the risk involved'.The setting of the play is

  Options:
  A) Gbossa
  B) Benue
  C) Nassarawa
  D) Jabu
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1625:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  In Umuaro it is not our custom to refuse a call, although we may refuse to do what the caller asks.

  Ezeulu does not want to refuse the whiteman's call and so he is sending his son!

  Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God

  The lines above illustrate the use of

  Options:
  A) deep metaphor
  B) extended proverb
  C) traditional parable
  D) local colour
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1626: 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 .
• Question 1627: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello."Though I do hate him as I do pains, yet for necessity of present life, I must show out a flag and sign of love, which is indeed but sign..."The speaker of the excerpt above can be described as Options:
  A) trusting
  B) a concubine
  C) a schemer
  D) ambitious
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1628:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  'If you can procreate without loving, merely to satisfy the pride of your declining mother, then I' find you despicable...'

  Whose words are these?

  Options:
  A) Aissatou
  B) Ramatoulaye
  C) Young Nabou
  D) Jacqueline
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1629:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'The old Squire was an implacable man: he made resolutions in violent anger, but he was not moved from them after his anger subsided as fiery as volcanic matters cool and harden into rock

  George Eliot, Silas Marner

  In the statement above, the Squire is portrayed as a

  Options:
  A) kind and generous friend
  B) father to everyone in the community
  C) miserly and ungracious ruler
  D) quick tempered and adamant man
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1630:

  "You can call me a rebel, but I need a job. That's what matters to me." The repercussion of this statement by Aloho is a pointer to the theme ____

  Options:
  A) Of Corruption
  B) That patience is a virtue
  C) On Unemployment
  D) Of Retributive Justice
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  The correct answer is B .