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 811:
  From the novel; Twelfth Night

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

  'I'll do my best
  To woo your lady.'
  What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

  Options:
  A) That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
  B) That her best is good enough to win affection
  C) That she herself becomes the beloved
  D) That she herself wins the love
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 812:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  When a protagonist is purged of the dominant emotions of pity and fear at the end of a tragedy, it is called

  Options:
  A) catharsis
  B) dementia
  C) purgation
  D) redemption
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 813:

  This question is based on Literary Appreciation

  'Since you left here my mind longs after there Now in the dark I grope Keenly striving to cope'

  Gbemisola Adeoti: Absence

  The dominant technique in the lines above is

  Options:
  A) irony
  B) rhyme
  C) alliteration
  D) metaphor
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 814: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  .....So tedious is this day
  As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
  The literary device used in the excerpt is
  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) simile
  C) sarcasm
  D) bathos
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 815: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if Options:
  A) Juliet is prepared
  B) Roseline is prepared
  C) the corpse is ready
  D) the birde is dressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 816: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'She even thinks that up in heaven Her class lies late and shores While poor black cherubs rise at seven To do celestial chores.'Countee Cullen: For a Lady I KnowThe tone of the poem above is Options:
  A) satiric
  B) affectionate
  C) indifferent
  D) sympathetic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 817:
  From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

  The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.

  "Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______

  Options:
  A) front of the veranda of Okoro's house
  B) the-kitchen, upstairs
  C) Okoro’s front yard, down stage
  D) the direction of the kitchen, off stage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 818:

  A travelogue is

  Options:
  A) a record of the writer's experience during a journey
  B) the account of the experiences of an individual during his lifeline
  C) the account of the travails of a character in a novel
  D) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 819:

  These question is based on Literary Appreciation.Will no one tell me what she sings

  Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

  For old, unhappy, far off things

  And battles long ago.

  Or is it some more humble lay,

  Familiar matter of today?The lines above end in a literary device known as

  Options:
  A) Irony
  B) conceit
  C) transfered epithet
  D) rhetorical question
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 820: 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 .