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 701:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called

  Options:
  A) catharsis
  B) tragi-comedy
  C) demetia
  D) cleansing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 702: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  Shakespeare depicts love and idealism through the Options:
  A) party at the Capulets'
  B) lovers' tomb at the end
  C) brawl between Romeo and Tybalt
  D) balcony scene in the second Act
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 703:

  A panegyric poem is composed to

  Options:
  A) condemn
  B) elaborate
  C) abuse
  D) praise
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 704:

  This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'

  The image in the lines above in Morris'

  The Proud King is

  Options:
  A) auditory
  B) gustatory
  C) tactile
  D) visual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 705:

  A fable is a story in which________?

  Options:
  A) allegations are made about characters
  B) animal is or things are used as characters
  C) there is an important setting
  D) the story is told in poetic form
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 706:

  This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
  Which character may be an allegory of Nigeria itself?

  Options:
  A) Baroka
  B) Sadiku
  C) lakunle
  D) Sidi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 707:

  The voice of reason in the 'Harvest of Corruption' is exemplified in the character of___________

  Options:
  A) Ochuole
  B) Ogeyi
  C) Madam Hoha
  D) Aloho
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 708:

  This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.

  David Diop's Loser of Everything can be seen as

  Options:
  A) a lamentation of the destruction of African values
  B) the suppression of an African village
  C) a celebration of African values
  D) an account of warfare between an African community and an invading force
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 709:

  'As virtuous men pass mildly away,
  And whisper to their souls, to go
  Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
  The breadth goes now, and some say, "No".'
  John Donne: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

  The tone of this poem is generally

  Options:
  A) conversational
  B) imaginative
  C) serious
  D) appreciative
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 710:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A melodramatic play isbased on

  Options:
  A) a melodious manipulation of events
  B) ingredients that mellow down events
  C) sensational plot and characters
  D) the playwright's didactic overtones
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  The correct answer is C .