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 301: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is Options:
  A) art of poetry
  B) adventure
  C) contempt for literature
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 302:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  What does the protagonist do in a picaresque novel?

  Options:
  A) He embarks on a journey
  B) He slows down the narration
  C) He draws illustrative pictures
  D) He becomes an artist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 303:

  Fletcher'sUpon An Honest Man's Fortuneachieves its lyrical effect through the use of

  Options:
  A) Synecdoche
  B) Antithesis
  C) enjambment
  D) Ballad
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 304:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  The success of the play as a comedy relies on the author's use of

  Options:
  A) dramatic irony
  B) stock comic characters
  C) comic relief
  D) stage and scenic disguise
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 305: These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is Options:
  A) the conflict of traditions
  B) the futility of man and his tradition
  C) the strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
  D) ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 306:

  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.

  The repetition of the line 'They Too Are Earth' has the effect of

  Options:
  A) making us more conscious of the earth
  B) beautifying the experience the poem describes
  C) accusing us of human insensitivity
  D) enhancing the imagery of the poem
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 307: The phrase the sunset in Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation refers to Options:
  A) old age
  B) patience
  C) caution
  D) critical need
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 308:

  This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.

  The story in the book is told from the point of view of

  Options:
  A) Nwabunor
  B) Obanua
  C) a first person narrator
  D) a third person narrator
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 309:

  A band of singers and dancers in drama who acts as a link between the play and the audience is the

  Options:
  A) Chorus
  B) Clown
  C) Playwright
  D) Cast
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 310: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.The play reaches reaches the point of denouement Options:
  A) at the family feast
  B) at the reconciliation of the feuding families
  C) when Romeo is informed of Juliet's death
  D) when Romeo kills Paris at the tomb
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  The correct answer is C .