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 51:

  This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' is preoccupied with the

  Options:
  A) relieveing effect of the song on the reaper's
  B) enduring impact of the reaper's song
  C) sweetest human voice of the poet ever heard
  D) similarity between the voice of the reaper and the cuckoo-bird
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 52:

  This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):

  A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.Tennyon's Crossing the Bar is ________?

  Options:
  A) a celebration of life
  B) an appreciation of nature
  C) a demystication of death
  D) a celebration of the final passage
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 53: 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 54:

  '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 55:

  "I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs.

  Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too."Based on the novel Piggy's, The split in the group of boys occurs with the departure of

  Options:
  A) Jack
  B) Ralph
  C) Roger
  D) Simon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 56: 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."Time winged chariot"The line above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress depicts Options:
  A) the measurement of time
  B) how fast events unfold
  C) how fast time flies
  D) the usefulness of time
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 57: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
  A line or a group of lines repeated in the course of a poem is called Options:
  A) chorus
  B) refrain
  C) repetition
  D) prologue
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 58: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,the character associated with savagery in the play is Options:
  A) Ferdinand
  B) Ariel
  C) Stephano
  D) Caliban
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 59:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .

  'Was it madness, weakness, irresistible love?

  What inner confusion led Modou Fall to marry Binetou?...

  Ramatoulaya finds the answers to these questions in

  Options:
  A) the inherent weakness of man
  B) the Islamic tradition
  C) human destiny
  D) the fickleness of human nature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 60:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A travelogue is

  Options:
  A) the account of the travails of a character in novle
  B) a record of the writer's experiences during a journey
  C) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
  D) the account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime
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  The correct answer is B .