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 651: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.Romeo is evicted to__________because he__________ Options:
  A) Mantua, fights Tybalt in a street duel
  B) Capulet's party, kills Tybalt in a street duel
  C) Mantua, fights and kills Tybalt in a street duel
  D) Mantua, kills Paris in a street duel.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 652:

  This question is based on BAT.

  Read the excerpt and answer the question:
  "Bat!
  Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."

  The theme of this excerpt is____

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) the poet's right to Individual choice
  C) the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
  D) the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 653:
  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 654: How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem "the proud king" has? Options:
  A) 119 stanzas and 849 lines
  B) 109 stanzas and 849 lines
  C) 119 stanzas and 850 lines
  D) 109 stanzas and 850 lines
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 655:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  One major narrative technique a novel shares with drama is

  Options:
  A) scenes
  B) dialogue
  C) soliloquy
  D) sarcasm
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 656:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

  Laye's stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a lot about

  Options:
  A) his unwillingness to stay with his parents
  B) his affection for his uncle
  C) the strength of communal living in Africa
  D) the irresponsibility of his parents
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 657:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes

  Options:
  A) Maria
  B) Olivia
  C) Roderigo
  D) Viola
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 658:

  "In the cold hand of death...

  His mouth was cotton filled, his man-pike

  Shrunk to a sub-soil grub

  His head was hallowed and his brain

  On scales-was this a trick to prove

  Fore-knowledge after death?"Based on Wole Soyinka's '' Post Mortem, one of the techniques employed by this poet is the use of

  Options:
  A) juxtaposition
  B) rhetoric
  C) iambic meter
  D) allusions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 659:

  'They are as fearsome as they are fearless' is an example of______

  Options:
  A) antithesis
  B) pun
  C) oxymoron
  D) simile
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 660:

  'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______

  Options:
  A) Paradox
  B) Cliche
  C) Pun
  D) Metaphor
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  The correct answer is B .