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 161:
  From the novel; Kossoh Town Boy

  If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography, we mean that it is

  Options:
  A) a historical novel
  B) a piece of writing telling us about the Life of its author
  C) a short story
  D) a narrative tale
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 162: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is Options:
  A) assonance
  B) onomatopoeia
  C) alliteration
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 163:

  Lineation refers to

  Options:
  A) the arrangement of lines in verse form
  B) the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
  C) the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
  D) tracing family descent of poeple in verse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 164:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

  The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by

  Options:
  A) a famale prophet
  B) Desdemona's maid
  C) Othello's mother
  D) Othello's lover.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 165: 'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is Options:
  A) education
  B) slavery
  C) colonisation
  D) corruption
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 166: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  An epic is a heroic story which includes Options:
  A) ballad
  B) lyric
  C) myth
  D) dialogue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 167: Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Erelu is Options:
  A) the first wife of the Oba
  B) the oldest wife of the Oba Akinjobi
  C) a courtier to the Alaafin of Oyo
  D) the most brilliant woman in Owu
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 168:

  Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________

  Options:
  A) opposite
  B) similar
  C) symbolic
  D) repetitive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 169: This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
  In the play, Fasuwa represents the Options:
  A) new culture
  B) patriarchy
  C) old order
  D) African civilization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 170:

  This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka 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.

  'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as

  Options:
  A) adventurous
  B) drunken
  C) lively
  D) restive
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  The correct answer is A .