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 341:

  "The all seeing sun

  Ne'er saw match since first the world begun."Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The lines above were spoken by

  Options:
  A) Count Paris in praise of Juliet
  B) Romeo in praise of Juliet
  C) Romeo in praise of Roseline
  D) Lady Capulet in praise of Roseline
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 342:

  Define rhyme?

  Options:
  A) comparing two things using “like” or “as”
  B) the repetition of a letter
  C) the repetition of an ending sound
  D) the repetition of vowel sounds
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 343:

  These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

  'Farewell.- God knows when we shall meet again, I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,

  That almost freezes up the heat of life.

  I'll call them back again to comfort me.

  Nurse!-What should she do here?

  My dismal scene i need must act alone. Come, vial'.

  The intention of the speaker above is to

  Options:
  A) commit suicide
  B) commit murder
  C) escape from harsh realities of life
  D) take a temporary harmful substance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 344:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

  Options:
  A) subjective narrator
  B) objective narrator
  C) omniscient narrator
  D) participatory narrator
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 345:

  The oracle warns us that we we have left our pot unwatched, and our food now burns.'

  This statement in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers to

  Options:
  A) the killing of Adetusa
  B) the crime of incest committed by King Odewale
  C) Aderopo's quarrel with King Odewale
  D) the banishment of Aderopo.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 346:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  Blank verse

  Options:
  A) is nonsensical verse
  B) consists of unhymed five stress lines
  C) is verse used by the nobility
  D) consists of rhyme in the second and fourth line
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 347:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  When a protagonist is purged of the dominant emotions of pity and fear at the end of a tragedy, it is called

  Options:
  A) catharsis
  B) dementia
  C) purgation
  D) redemption
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 348:

  This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily

  The preoccupation of the novel is

  Options:
  A) the life and times of Julian Odili
  B) Norman Obi's courtship of Effua
  C) the benefits of the extended family in Nigeria
  D) the travails and successes of Nkem and Odili
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 349: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and DaughtersWhere does the play take place? Options:
  A) In George's place
  B) In Ofosu's place
  C) On the street
  D) On the stage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 350: These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm can be described as Options:
  A) traditional
  B) satiritical
  C) didactic
  D) dramatic
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  The correct answer is A .