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 181:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  A poem written in honour and praise of somebody else is

  Options:
  A) a eulogy
  B) an epic
  C) an epigram
  D) a lyric
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 182:

  This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

  The dispute between Sarkin Zango and Sarkin Fatake is over a

  Options:
  A) horse
  B) piece of land
  C) source of water
  D) farmland
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 183:

  'To see a world in a grain of sand
  And a heaven in a wild flower
  Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
  And eternity in an hour'
  - William Blake
  To see a World In a Grain of Sand.
  The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) metaphor
  B) simile
  C) paradox
  D) hyperbole
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 184: This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be descried as Options:
  A) dramatic epilogue
  B) dramatic monologue
  C) role-playing
  D) flashback
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 185: 'His sleepy mouth, plugged by the heavy nipple Tugs like a puppy, grunting as he feeds'. The repeated u sound in the above passage is an example of Options:
  A) onomatopoeia
  B) alliteration
  C) assonance
  D) consonance.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 186:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  Characterization in the novel is designed to show that man's fate is determined by

  Options:
  A) his character
  B) forces beyond him
  C) his social background
  D) his community
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 187:

  _____________refers to time and place of a drama?

  Options:
  A) place
  B) scene
  C) setting
  D) act
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 188:
  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 189:

  A sub-chapter in a piece of drama is a______________

  Options:
  A) Act
  B) Setting
  C) Verse
  D) Scene
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 190:

  This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  What is the poet-persona's feeling for the reaper in Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper'?

  Options:
  A) Pity
  B) Admiration
  C) Hatred
  D) Delight
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  The correct answer is B .