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: 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 32: 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 33: This question is based on General Literary Principles.A literary genre which directly imitates human action is Options:
  A) drama
  B) comedy
  C) prose
  D) poetry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 34:

  ''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________

  Options:
  A) inversion
  B) paradox
  C) humor
  D) mood
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35:

  This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.

  'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ......

  Maanan expresses dislike for Lawyer B because of

  Options:
  A) his recent advances towards her
  B) the betrayal of her father's trust
  C) the betrayal of his wife's trust
  D) his condemnation of her choice of career
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 36: A couplet is a Options:
  A) succession of three rhyming lines
  B) succession of two rhyming lines
  C) poem of two stanzas
  D) poem of three stanzas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

  Options:
  A) sympathy
  B) terror
  C) horror
  D) frustration
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 38:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'In the cold hands of death...

  His mouth was cotton filled, his brain on scales-was this a trick to prove fore-knowledge after death ?

  Wole Soyinka: Post Mortem'

  These two stanzas capture the

  Options:
  A) fear of death
  B) ugliness of death
  C) mystery of death
  D) knowledge of death
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 39:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  "Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew No more of

  Options:
  A) Travelling
  B) Sick
  C) Dying
  D) Eloping
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 40:

  "The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.

  The doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.Use the extract above to answer the question belowThe predicament sound device in the extract is

  Options:
  A) assonance
  B) consonance
  C) onomatopoeia
  D) alliteration
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  The correct answer is C .