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 1721: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.What can you infer about Benvolio based on his interaction with Romeo and parents Options:
  A) Benvolio is a troublemaker
  B) Benvolio is a cabinet maker
  C) Benvolio is kingmaker
  D) Benvolio is a peacemaker
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1722:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is

  Options:
  A) censure
  B) aesthetics
  C) philosophy
  D) philology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1723: THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.In the play, the dramatic significance of Mercutio's character is to Options:
  A) serve as a constract to Romeo's
  B) aid and abet Romeo's passion
  C) annoy Tybalt
  D) persuade Romeo to forget Rosaline.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1724: In Great Expectations, Pips nursing of Magwitch is significant because it Options:
  A) prevents Magwitch's immediate death by prolonging his life
  B) enables Magwitch to confirm Pip's as his heir
  C) recalls Herbert's nursing of Pip
  D) shows Pip's moral regeneration.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1725:

  A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________

  Options:
  A) Suspense
  B) Nemesis
  C) Agon
  D) Interlude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1726:

  These question are based on literary Appreciation.The wood decay,the woods decay and fall,

  The vapour weep their burthen to the ground,Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,And after many a summer dies the swan.

  The subject matter of the line above is

  Options:
  A) death
  B) famine
  C) storm
  D) rainfall
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1727:

  This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

  If God is the sole author of man's life and all that befall him on earth, does it not stand to reason that all evils that befall man are God sanctioned?

  If man generally turns to God to ball him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong then to conclude that He allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him?

  The literary style used in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) discursive
  B) rhetorical
  C) accusative
  D) interrogative
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1728: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.Two major elements of the diction in the play are the Options:
  A) scenes and roles of characters
  B) political and educational background of players
  C) gender and class of the speakers
  D) status and emotion of the speakers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1729:

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

  The two characters that symbolize the lion and the jewel respectively are

  Options:
  A) Lakunle and Sidi
  B) Baroka and Sadiku
  C) Sadiku and Sidi
  D) Baroka and Sidi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1730:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A play that tells a single story, has one setting and takes place within a specified period is said to

  Options:
  A) be heavilymoralistic
  B) be clearly cohesive
  C) possess the unities
  D) have tragic elements
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  The correct answer is C .