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:

  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 302: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllabus is Options:
  A) trochaic decametre
  B) iambic pentametre
  C) anapestic metre
  D) dactylic metre
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 303: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Ona on her dying bed appeals to Agbadi to Options:
  A) give her a befitting burial
  B) take good care of her children
  C) take another wife
  D) allow Nnu Ego marry a man of her choice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 304: In The Victims, the affection between Ubaka and Bomboy is significant because it Options:
  A) results in the death of Ubaka
  B) shows that young people are more affectionate than their elders
  C) contrasts with the general hatred in their family
  D) leads to reconciliation in the family
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 305: "Since I came into this country I have never seen cocoa as well dried as yours."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, to the white men, the medal that is given symbolizes Options:
  A) peace
  B) friendship
  C) harmonious relationship
  D) love
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 306: In The Victims, the two old women play the role of Options:
  A) guardians of tradition
  B) eavesdroppers
  C) witches
  D) chorus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 307:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  ''...The sugar-daddy of the boutique dresses wants to marry Binetou. Just imagine...'''

  What is ironical about this statement ?

  Options:
  A) The speaker is Binetou's friend
  B) The sugar-daddy is the speaker's husband
  C) Binetou is the speaker's rival
  D) The sugar-daddy is the speaker's father
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 308: This question is based on General literacy principlesThe repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of lines is Options:
  A) parallelism
  B) assonance
  C) alliteration
  D) pun
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 309:

  FIRST BODYGUARD: A madman wanting to see the king! The world, indeed, is mad OJUOLA: How do you know he is a madman?

  Which of the following is the answer given by the second bodyguard to Ojuola in The Gods Are Not To Blame?

  Options:
  A) everyone can see he is mad, your highness
  B) only a madman would want to see the king now, your highness
  C) we all know him very well, your highness
  D) he is not a man of our tribe, your highness.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 310:

  Adeoti's "Ambush" ends on a note of___________

  Options:
  A) despair
  B) bright aspirations
  C) courage
  D) uncertainty
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  The correct answer is A .