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 511:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's

  The theme of chance is graphically demonstrated by the

  Options:
  A) meeting of Parson Tringham and Mr Durbeyfield
  B) rape scene
  C) sudden return of Angel Clare from Brazil
  D) death of Tess'child
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 512:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Zeugma is a figurative device in which a

  Options:
  A) noun refers to two parts of an expression
  B) conjunction governs two parts of an expression
  C) verb refers to two parts of an expression
  D) pronoun governs two parts of an expression
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 513:

  This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.

  One thing that Obanua found in the bar which he is unlikely to get at home is

  Options:
  A) food
  B) job
  C) security
  D) power
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 514:

  This question is based on UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN.
  How did Mama Orojo meetTom Monday.

  Options:
  A) she met him on her trip to Ghana
  B) she met him on an evangelism trip
  C) she met him during the religious riot
  D) she met him at the restaurant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 515:
  From the novel; Native Son

  Richard Wright's " Native Son" may be described to a/an_______

  Options:
  A) parody
  B) picaresque
  C) bildungsroman
  D) travelogue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 516: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
  In the novel, Africanness is achieved in both Options:
  A) setting and characterization
  B) narration and style
  C) diction and syntax
  D) pun and style
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 517:

  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 518:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  'Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;.

  The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

  The figure of speech used here is

  Options:
  A) pathetic fallacy
  B) similitude
  C) repetition
  D) zeugma
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 519:

  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 520:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation

  'Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower.'

  We will grieve not, rather find

  Strength in what remains behind',....

  'Ode- Intimations of Immorality

  By William Worthsworth

  The above lines convey a sense of

  Options:
  A) dejection
  B) uneasy acceptance
  C) deep distress
  D) nostalgia
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  The correct answer is B .