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 471:

  The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

  Options:
  A) nemesis
  B) catharsis
  C) hubris
  D) tragedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 472:

  'O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

  It seems she hangs upon the check of night

  As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'

  Romeo and JulietIn these lines Juliet's beauty is presented

  Options:
  A) in contrast to the dark night
  B) as a source of envy to all
  C) in terms of riches
  D) as being unparalleled in the kingdom.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 473:

  "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 .
• Question 474:

  This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  The character of Marshal in the play shows that

  Options:
  A) human beings are selfless
  B) human beings are the same
  C) men love women
  D) human beings love power
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 475:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation'Careened,

  These oily tears

  Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,

  Will one day be staunched,

  I swear!

  Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears

  The tone of the poet is

  Options:
  A) optimistic
  B) supplicatory
  C) sympathetic
  D) piteous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 476:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  A poem written in honour and praise of somebody else is

  Options:
  A) a eulogy
  B) an epic
  C) an epigram
  D) a lyric
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 477:

  Be him English

  Be him African

  Be him Nigerian

  The lines above are an example of

  Options:
  A) epigram
  B) anaphora
  C) epitaph
  D) tautology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 478:

  This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  In his reaction to his friend's death, the mood of the poet, in 'For CHristopher Okigbo' is that of

  Options:
  A) shock
  B) disbelief
  C) acceptance
  D) grief
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 479: These question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.The subject matter of the novel is Options:
  A) exploitation and cruelty
  B) retributive justice
  C) class segregation
  D) totalitarian dictatorship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 480:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  What is an epic?

  Options:
  A) A story that exalts a historical character
  B) An epoch-making event
  C) A descriptive poem celebrating the achievements of a character
  D) A narrative prose describing a character
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  The correct answer is D .