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 391:

  He who writes a prose is a__________?

  Options:
  A) Poet
  B) Writer
  C) Author
  D) Actor
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 392: A device in drama where a character speaks alone is Options:
  A) soliloquy
  B) aside
  C) apostrophe
  D) dialogue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 393: 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.The dominant image in Adeoti's Hard Lines is Options:
  A) tactile
  B) auditory
  C) gustatory
  D) visual
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 394: This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.From its resolution of conflicts. the play can be described as being Options:
  A) obscene
  B) farcical
  C) comic
  D) didactic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 395:

  This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

  Pa Noble became a living legend because

  Options:
  A) several conflicting stories were woven around him
  B) he attained the status of a first-class citizen
  C) he was the only successful son of a Benin chief
  D) he was rich and very generous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 396:

  'I am informed the day recycles itself today

  When I slept in the Lord in February

  I blame no one for an untimely death

  I bless Good for a noble departure-His words

  The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days

  The persona in the poem appears happy to have died

  Options:
  A) a noble death
  B) during the day
  C) at an old age
  D) an untimely death
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 397: 'In Germany, under the law, everything is prohibited except that which is permitted, in the Soviet Union, everything is prohibited, including that which is permitted'. The last sentence is an example of Options:
  A) innuendo
  B) paradox
  C) euphemism
  D) allusion.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 398:

  'From forth the fatal lions of these two foes

  A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...'

  These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the

  Options:
  A) tragedy could have been averted
  B) tragedy was predestined
  C) tragedy was brought on by enmity
  D) lovers brought misfortune on themselves.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 399:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

  Options:
  A) quick resolution of conflicts
  B) hilarious ending
  C) contest between the hero and the villan
  D) close rapport between players and spectators.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 400:
  From the novel; Native Son

  The question is based on Richard Wrights Native Son

  Weekly, Bigger is to be paid_________?

  Options:
  A) Twenty Dollars
  B) Twenty Five Dollars
  C) Thirty Dollars
  D) Thirty Five Dollars
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  The correct answer is B .