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 671:

  Ahero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called?

  Options:
  A) Deuteragonist
  B) Periaktos
  C) Tragic hero
  D) Tragic flow
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 672:

  Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh'sThe Soul's Errandthrough the use of

  Options:
  A) Metaphor
  B) Alliteration
  C) repetition
  D) Antithesis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 673: This question is based on General Literacy Principles A literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ________? Options:
  A) allusion
  B) juxtaposition
  C) symbolism
  D) memoir
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 674:

  This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  In the novel, Faku deserts Garba for

  Options:
  A) prostitution
  B) survival
  C) city life
  D) vengeance
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 675: 'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.''And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as Options:
  A) smart
  B) sick
  C) weak
  D) strong
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 676:

  'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall

  Share with me this little bed, And awake me, from

  My sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from

  My poor head...' Mbure:To a Bed-Bug

  From the lines above, the poet persona expresses dismay about

  Options:
  A) grasshoppers
  B) bed-bugs
  C) bat
  D) cockroaches
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 677: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as Options:
  A) climax
  B) tragic flaw
  C) comic relief
  D) terse
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 678:

  'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimesit flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.'
  -Cynthia James; Drumology

  The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

  Options:
  A) olfactory and visual
  B) auditory and visual
  C) tactile and auditory
  D) olfactory and tactile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 679:

  This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

  Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is

  Options:
  A) submissive
  B) inciting
  C) diplomatic
  D) imploring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 680:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

  The message of the novel is that

  Options:
  A) capitalism is as bad as communism
  B) humanism isis better than aniamalism
  C) communism is better than capitalism
  D) no society exists where everyon is equal
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  The correct answer is D .