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 1801: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.IN THE PLAY, THE TWO REVENGE PLOTS REVOLVE AROUND Options:
  A) Hamlet against Polonius and Laertes against Claudius
  B) Hamlet against Claudius and Laertes gainst Hamlet
  C) Claudius against Hamlet and Laertes against Gertrude
  D) Ophelia against Hamlet and Laertes against Hamlet
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1802:

  This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

  "She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is

  Options:
  A) alliteration
  B) metaphor
  C) simile
  D) apostrophe
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1803:

  Baba Fakunle: How much did he give you boy?

  Boy: Ten cowries, Baba.

  Baba Fakunle: Hand him back nine.

  The order to return nine cowries was given by Baba Fakunle because he

  Options:
  A) wanted to spit the King by taking only one cowrie
  B) felt insulted that he was given only ten cowries
  C) did not want to meddle with leprous monry given with bloody hands
  D) wanted to emphasize that the messanger of Olodumare takes only one cowrie.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1804:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called

  Options:
  A) an oratorio
  B) a motet
  C) an opera
  D) a concert
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1805:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeare's OTHELLO

  "O heaven; How got she out?
  O treason of the blood!
  Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
  By what you see them act. Is there not charms
  By which the property of youth and maid-hood
  May be abused?

  The speaker of the excerpt above is________

  Options:
  A) Brabantio
  B) Othello
  C) Gratiano
  D) Roderigo
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1806:

  A dramatic type directed against an individual or a private institute with the intent to severely ridicule is called

  Options:
  A) lampoon
  B) caricature
  C) burlesque
  D) satire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1807: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost.'The subject matter of the passage is
  Options:
  A) earthquake
  B) demolition
  C) flood
  D) storm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1808: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus? Options:
  A) 107
  B) 230
  C) 200
  D) 140
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1809: 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 1810: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'The device used in the line above is Options:
  A) pun
  B) personification
  C) metaphor
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is D .