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 Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  An autobiography becomes a literary work when Options:
  A) it is a faithful account of the author's
  B) it underlines the salient events in the author's life
  C) it relates the author's life to the major events of the day
  D) its value resides principally in its style
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 222: Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression? Options:
  A) Octet
  B) Lyric
  C) Sonnet
  D) Elegy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 223:

  A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____

  Options:
  A) An Epigram
  B) A Limerick
  C) An Ode
  D) A Lyric
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 224:

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

  That the rescue ship was attracted not by a fire made for the purpose but by one aimed at smoking Ralph out for destruction is a case of

  Options:
  A) oxymoron
  B) paradox
  C) irony
  D) catastrophe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 225: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if Options:
  A) Juliet is prepared
  B) Roseline is prepared
  C) the corpse is ready
  D) the birde is dressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 226:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's

  The theme of chance is graphically demonstrated by the

  Options:
  A) meeting of Parson Tringham and Mr Durbeyfield
  B) rape scene
  C) sudden return of Angel Clare from Brazil
  D) death of Tess'child
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 227:

  "The poet needs to be up at night,when the world

  Sleeps...needs to exist in places where spiders

  Forge their webs in silence;near the gutters where

  The underside of our dreams fester."Based on Ben Okri's 'Of Poets and their Antagonists', the poet in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) suffering from insomnia
  B) one of the numerous living in poverty
  C) not an ordinary individual
  D) a difficult individual
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 228:

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

  A major irony in the Henchard-Farfrae relationship is that

  Options:
  A) Farfrae's arrival spells Henchard's doom
  B) they employ each other
  C) they disagree over Abel Whittle
  D) the friendship ends too soon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 229:

  The bustle in a house

  The morning after death

  Is solemnest of industries

  Enacted upon earth-

  The sweeping up the heart

  And putting love away

  We shall not want to use again

  Until eternity.

  The predominant mood of this poem is best captured by the words

  Options:
  A) misplaced anxiety
  B) great relief
  C) solemn resignation
  D) morbid fear.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 230:

  This question is based on BAT.

  Read the excerpt and answer the question:
  "Bat!
  Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."

  The theme of this excerpt is____

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) the poet's right to Individual choice
  C) the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
  D) the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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  The correct answer is D .