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 31:

  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 32:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A panegyric poem is composed to

  Options:
  A) abuse
  B) condemn
  C) praise
  D) elaborate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 33:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground,

  And tell sad stories of the death of kings;

  How some have been deposed, some slain in war

  Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed

  Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed,

  All murdered;

  William Shakespeare:King Richard II

  The subject matter of the speech above is

  Options:
  A) regicide
  B) suicide
  C) infanticide
  D) parricide
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 34:

  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.'yet in their finger upon Our navel

  The midwives of the spirit say

  They feel a foetal throb.

  The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs'in the Navel of the soul is

  Options:
  A) allegory
  B) enjambment
  C) rhythm
  D) epigram
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 35:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the

  Options:
  A) role of spirits in a carnival
  B) preparation for a carnival
  C) role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
  D) role of sycophancy and bad leadership
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 36:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A character who remains unchanged in a work of art is called

  Options:
  A) a stereotypic character
  B) a flat character
  C) a round character
  D) an illusive character
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Flash back in a literary work help to

  Options:
  A) fill the missing link
  B) reveal the characters'mindsets
  C) place the story in proper perspective
  D) relate events that are extraneous to the story
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38:

  The dominant mood in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that of___________

  Options:
  A) Acceptance
  B) Anxiety
  C) Uncertainty
  D) Readiness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 39: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'Today's my last day here. I'm done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I don't know why they really hired me. They're talking to dad behind my back. Begging for favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tendersKen Kamoche: A fragile HopeThe technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is Options:
  A) flashback
  B) stream of consciousness
  C) foreshadowing
  D) play-within-the-play
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 40: The epilogue in a play refers to the Options:
  A) conflict in the play
  B) tail-piece
  C) opening chorus
  D) dramatic action.
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  The correct answer is B .