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 1751:
  From the novel; Lonely Days

  The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

  Yaremi's only son is______?

  Options:
  A) Alani
  B) Wande
  C) Olode
  D) Deyo
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1752:

  The most dominant poetic device used in Okara's 'Panio and Drums' is_______

  Options:
  A) Metaphor
  B) Symbolism
  C) Pathetic Fallacy
  D) Analogy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1753:

  'poisonous pleasure of wine' illustrates the use of_______

  Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) metaphor
  C) oxymoron
  D) synecdoche
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1754:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  '...and we learn to sing half familiar half strange songs

  We learn to dance to half familiar half strange rhythms...'

  Options:
  A) destruction is present in almost every action
  B) nature is the sole destructive force
  C) animals are the sole destructive force
  D) birds are the sole destruction force
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1755:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation.Oh incomprehensible God!

  Shall my pilot be

  My inborn stars to that

  Final call to thee...The literary device used in the first line is

  Options:
  A) burlesque
  B) rhetoric
  C) passion
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1756:

  This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily

  'What is in the past is gone forever. it is only the present that belongs to us! Grasp what chance of happiness you can find at the moment with both hands!

  The past in the extract above refers to

  Options:
  A) Odibe
  B) Norman
  C) Chris
  D) Odili
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1757:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?

  Options:
  A) Marabouts, spirits and family life
  B) Family life, death and marabouts
  C) Blacksmiths, spirits and magicians
  D) Spirits, magicians and death
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1758: The central organizing idea which unites character, action, language and style in a work of fiction is known as Options:
  A) theory
  B) plot
  C) theme
  D) characterization
  E) fable.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1759:

  At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.

  The setting is best described as

  Options:
  A) bracing
  B) dismal
  C) exhilarating
  D) delightful
  E) pleasant.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1760:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child

  The friendship between Laye and Marie lasted because

  Options:
  A) they were schoolmates
  B) they had mutual respect for each other
  C) his uncle approved of her
  D) Marie was a beautiful girl
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  The correct answer is B .