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 171:

  Use the lines below to answer these two questions.A cursing rogue with a merry fảrce,

  A bundle of rags upon a crutch,

  Stumbled upon that windy place

  Called cruachan, and it was as much.

  The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

  Options:
  A) abab
  B) bbaa
  C) abba
  D) aabb
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 172:

  'I am jealous and passonate
  Like Jehovah, God of the Jews.'
  J.P Clark: Olokun
  A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is

  Options:
  A) simile
  B) paradox
  C) metaphor
  D) hyperbole
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 173: Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called Options:
  A) dialetic
  B) decadent
  C) definitive
  D) didactic.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 174:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.

  When he came back from Operi I went to his house and he talked like a sane man. I reminded him of saying that a man must dance the dance prevailing in his time...'

  The above statement was made by Ofoka about

  Options:
  A) Nwaka
  B) Akuebue
  C) Ezeulu
  D) Obika
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 175:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation."Busy old fool, unruly sun,

  Why dost thou thus." J. Donne:The Sun RisingFrom the lines above, the poet sees the sun as

  Options:
  A) illumination after darkness
  B) an unnecessary evil
  C) a necessary evil
  D) a light provider
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 176: The major source of action in any narrative is Options:
  A) exposition
  B) conflict
  C) climax
  D) epilogue
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 177:

  In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called_________?

  Options:
  A) aside
  B) soliloquy
  C) acoustic
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 178: Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."The speaker in the excerpt above is Options:
  A) Aloho
  B) Ogeyi
  C) Odili
  D) Ochuole
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 179:

  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 180: In drama, the use of gestures to communicate is known as Options:
  A) mime
  B) realistic drama
  C) melodrama
  D) dialogue
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  The correct answer is A .