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 831: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the image in Adeoti's Naked Soles change from Options:
  A) inaction to action
  B) pain to grief
  C) sorrow to joy
  D) joy to excitement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 832:

  This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt

  The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

  Options:
  A) polyarchy
  B) anarchy
  C) matriarchy
  D) patriarchy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 833:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

  Options:
  A) irony
  B) paradox
  C) contrast
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 834: This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
  In the play, the character of Lawyer B is presented through the use of Options:
  A) play-within-the-play
  B) flashback
  C) dialogue
  D) irony
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 835: "I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ? Options:
  A) synedole
  B) euphemism
  C) repetition
  D) irony
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 836:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  '...let the greying day grow

  ....let the evening horns blow

  ....let the melting mountains go

  ....but let the sundown sow''

  To Wole with Love' by Atukwei Okai

  The use of the words 'melting mountains' is

  Options:
  A) metaphorical
  B) symbolical
  C) alliterative
  D) rhythmical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 837: The protagonist of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations is Options:
  A) Drummle
  B) Magwitch
  C) Miss Havishman
  D) Pip.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 838:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.

  What basic character traits are revealed by Bluntschli's description of himself as 'a free citizen' and Raina's reference to him as 'my chocolate cream soldier?

  Options:
  A) Affection and tale-bearing
  B) Facetiousness
  C) Simplicity and naturalness
  D) Obduracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 839:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The device used by writers to give truths by indirection is called

  Options:
  A) irony
  B) paradox
  C) hyperbole
  D) satire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 840: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
  Newspeak, the official language of Oceania, is devised to Options:
  A) meet the ideological needs of lngsoc
  B) help devoted party men and women
  C) provide a medium of expression for world view only
  D) assist by cutting the choice of words for party members
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  The correct answer is A .