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 351: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
  Oh, the market is set like the hub of a wheel And it pulls like a magnet strong. It is easy to tell How it casts its spell And draws all the crowds along
  The sound device used in the extract above is
  Options:
  A) rhyme
  B) alliteration
  C) emphasis
  D) assonance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 352:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

  Options:
  A) fragility
  B) pleasure
  C) comedy
  D) romance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 353:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  In Browning's My Last Duchess' the poet- persona's attitude to the Duchess is that of

  Options:
  A) anger
  B) love
  C) sadness
  D) scorn
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 354:

  This question is based on selected poems from D.I. Nwoga's (ed.): West African Verse.

  The title of Birago Diop's 'Vanity', is intrigue because the people described in the poem are

  Options:
  A) inglorious
  B) gentle
  C) wretches
  D) humble
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 355: This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
  Which of the following characters fight against vague idealism in life? Options:
  A) major Petkoff
  B) Captain Bluntschli
  C) Catherine
  D) Raina
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 356:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  Which of the following is central to narrative fiction?

  Options:
  A) Sequence of events
  B) Dialogue
  C) Objectivity
  D) Subjectivity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 357:

  'Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk...'

  In this passage, axe of intemperance means

  Options:
  A) hot temper
  B) cool temper
  C) evil mind
  D) recklessness.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 358: Ballad is meant to be Options:
  A) discussed
  B) read
  C) sung
  D) acted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 359: In the poem 'Piano AND Drums' Okara uses the drums to symbolize Options:
  A) source of poetic inspiration
  B) traditional African ways of life
  C) the complex rhythms of human life
  D) festivals which are held annually
  E) the noisy pastimes of hunters.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 360:

  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.

  In Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through

  Options:
  A) scorching sun
  B) blooming thorns
  C) a cloudy atmosphere
  D) a dirty room
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  The correct answer is A .