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 231: This question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary genre which directly imitates human action is Options:
  A) drama
  B) comedy
  C) prose
  D) poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 232:

  The phrase living death in a literary work is an example_____________

  Options:
  A) Synecdoche
  B) Prose
  C) Oxymoron
  D) Aside
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 233:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  '...and we learn to sing half familiar half strange songs

  We learn to dance to half familiar half strange rhythms...'

  Options:
  A) destruction is present in almost every action
  B) nature is the sole destructive force
  C) animals are the sole destructive force
  D) birds are the sole destruction force
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 234: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.In Lawrence's Bat, the poet persona mistakes the bats for Options:
  A) swallows
  B) pipistrello
  C) sparrows
  D) owls
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 235: This question is based on General Literary Principles.An art that is both literary and theatrical is Options:
  A) a prose
  B) a poem
  C) drama
  D) prosody
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 236: This question is based on Ernest Hemingway''s The Old Man the Sea.The skeleton of the fish is brought by the shore to Options:
  A) draw sympathy for the old man
  B) show the old man''s fruitless effort
  C) show that thje skeleton itself is useful
  D) mock the misadventure of the old man
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 237:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.

  ...What would Sergius, the hero of Slivnitza, say if he saw me now? What would Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?

  What would the half dozen Sergiuses who keep popping in and out of this handsome figure of mine say if they caught us here?''

  These questions are addressed to

  Options:
  A) Louka
  B) Sophia
  C) Raina
  D) Catherine
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 238:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is

  Options:
  A) censure
  B) aesthetics
  C) philosophy
  D) philology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 239:

  'And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
  And got with our bags and our brushes to work
  Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
  So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'

  In the lines above, Tom is warm because he

  Options:
  A) is working indoors
  B) is wearing warm clothes
  C) is doing his duty
  D) has just woken from sleep
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 240:

  The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is_________?

  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) synecdoche
  C) catharsis
  D) oxymoron
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  The correct answer is D .