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 591: In J.P Clark's 'Olokun', the line 'No greater love has a woman' signifies Options:
  A) unrequired love
  B) mutual love
  C) impossible love
  D) erotic love
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 592: A speech or writing used to praise a person or a thing for past or present deeds is Options:
  A) eulogy
  B) synecdoche
  C) epigram
  D) epilogue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 593:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.

  'The Fulani Creation Story' shows that

  Options:
  A) the world came about by a series of chance happenings
  B) the world was created in three days
  C) a logic of cause-and-effect underlies all creation
  D) death came into the world when man set himself up as God's rival
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 594:

  This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

  In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the

  Options:
  A) role of spirits in a carnival
  B) preparation for a carnival
  C) role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
  D) role of sycophancy and bad leadership
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 595:

  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 596: 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 597:

  The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is_________?

  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) synecdoche
  C) catharsis
  D) oxymoron
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 598:

  These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

  'o' deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!

  Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince, Taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law And turned that black word....'

  The play is mostly written in

  Options:
  A) free verse
  B) metres
  C) foot
  D) blank verse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 599:

  This question is based on Wole Soyinka's

  The Trials of Brother Jero.

  Jero's opening speech in the is a

  Options:
  A) soliloquy
  B) monologue
  C) narrative
  D) confession
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 600:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse........Their eyes recede from tomorrow.

  No sense of mission sustains them.'

  These lines from Odia Of Ofeimun's 'The Prodigals express

  Options:
  A) a longing for the past
  B) a lack of grogress
  C) the weight of tradition
  D) an impatient attitude
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  The correct answer is B .