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 1761: Assonance in poetry is the repetition of Options:
  A) internal vowels in words
  B) stressed syllables in words
  C) consonant sounds in words
  D) final sounds at the end of a line
  E) final sounds at the begining of a line.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1762: The literary device which uses ridicule to correct social ills is known as Options:
  A) satire
  B) paradox
  C) hyperbole
  D) epigram.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1763: This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
  What causes the strained relationship between James and Lawyer B? Options:
  A) Betrayal of trust
  B) Standard of education
  C) Working experience
  D) Family differences
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1764: This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.In the novel, the foil to Lahab's character is Options:
  A) Tanko
  B) AI-Amin
  C) Sagiir
  D) Saahir
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1765: ''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degreesHer rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s Options:
  A) sensuous description
  B) meticulous attension to matters concerning women
  C) mastery of the Spenserian stanza
  D) sensual feelings and emotions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1766:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  'A great city is a battlefield...You need to be a fighter to live in it, not exist, mark you, live. Anybody can exist, dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat; but living is different'

  'To Sir with Love' by E.R. Braithwaite

  The literary device predominantly used in this passage is

  Options:
  A) simile
  B) oxymoron
  C) symbolism
  D) sarcasm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1767:

  'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______

  Options:
  A) Paradox
  B) Cliche
  C) Pun
  D) Metaphor
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1768:

  These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE."Let me ask for what reason or rhyme

  Women refuse to marry?

  Woman cannot exist except by man,

  What is there in that to vex some of them so?The lines above from Give Me The Minstrel's Seat is an example of

  Options:
  A) ironical statement
  B) rhetorical question
  C) pathetic fallacy
  D) chiasmus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1769: An allegory is a story Options:
  A) in which people or things or events have another meaning
  B) which aims at teaching a moral lesson
  C) in which allegations are made about the characters
  D) told in verse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1770:

  This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  By allowing Sule to return to the village in spite of his earlier vow, the author suggests the existence of

  Options:
  A) a destiny that awaits mankind
  B) a bond between man and his roots
  C) homesickness in city dwellers
  D) kind feelings in all villagers
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  The correct answer is B .