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 221:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Persona refers to the

  Options:
  A) central character in a play
  B) voice of the character
  C) the image a character presents
  D) the personality of a character
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 222: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  In the novel, Orwell attempts to Options:
  A) satirize the artificiality of a machine controlled society
  B) eulogize the beauty of the socialist system
  C) condemn the disgusting hypocrisy of all communist systems
  D) laud the boundless possibilities of the human intellect
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 223: What distinguishes poetry from other forms of literature is its Options:
  A) emotion and feeling
  B) ungrammatical expressions
  C) irony and paradox
  D) rhyme and verse
  E) rhyme and metaphor.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 224:

  Lineation refers to

  Options:
  A) the arrangement of lines in verse form
  B) the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
  C) the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
  D) tracing family descent of poeple in verse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 225:

  This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.

  After impregnating Maa Tsuru, Kwei's family treats him like a

  Options:
  A) renegade
  B) leper
  C) foreigner
  D) desperado
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 226:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

  The two characters that symbolize the lion and the jewel respectively are

  Options:
  A) Lakunle and Sidi
  B) Baroka and Sadiku
  C) Sadiku and Sidi
  D) Baroka and Sidi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 227:

  This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

  The character in the novel who best symbolizes man's pride in his ability to reason is

  Options:
  A) Henry
  B) Maurice
  C) Piggy
  D) Roger
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 228: 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 229:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.

  My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.

  My poor brother in immaculate evening dress

  Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.

  Diop: The Renegade

  The poet's attitude here is

  Options:
  A) paradoxical
  B) envious
  C) ironical
  D) sarcastic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 230:

  Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

  Options:
  A) Aroma
  B) Poetry
  C) Drama
  D) Prose
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  The correct answer is B .