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 841: This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah''s Fragments.The Baako ultimately goes mad indicates that Options:
  A) the visionary is usually a sacrificial lamb
  B) society is incurable
  C) man is a fateful being
  D) the evils that men do live after them
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 842: "Of o cam fastem nut one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already. He'll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistress' dog..." Shakespeare, Othello
  From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is Options:
  A) disobedient
  B) quarrelsome
  C) drunkard
  D) scheming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 843:

  Cast in a play refers to

  Options:
  A) three of the actors
  B) a few of the actors
  C) an exclusive social class in the play
  D) all the actors
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 844:

  Which one of the following is most influential to the substance of Hallowell's "The Dinning Table"?

  Options:
  A) the structure of the poem
  B) the atmosphere of the poem
  C) the poetic style
  D) the setting of the poem
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 845:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The technique in which both the stage and the auditorium are involved in a lay production is called

  Options:
  A) theatre of the absurd
  B) role-playing
  C) audience participation
  D) total theatre
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 846:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  Catharsis is experienced

  Options:
  A) after one has written a play
  B) when a play is still being staged
  C) before watching a play
  D) after watching a play
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 847: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Ona on her dying bed appeals to Agbadi to Options:
  A) give her a befitting burial
  B) take good care of her children
  C) take another wife
  D) allow Nnu Ego marry a man of her choice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 848:

  This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.Valentine:

  ....But, like a cloistress, she will veiled walk,

  And water once a day her chamber round

  With eve-offending brine; all this to season...

  The imagery above describes

  Options:
  A) Viola's deep sorrow for her drowned brother
  B) Olivia's deep sorrow over the loss of her brother's love
  C) Viola's grief over a love she cannot show
  D) Olivia's intense grief over the death of her brother
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 849:

  This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

  The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to

  Options:
  A) the character of Sir Charles Marlow
  B) the prologue songs and the epilogue
  C) male characters
  D) female characters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 850:

  The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

  Options:
  A) oxymoron
  B) euphemism
  C) pun
  D) antithesis
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  The correct answer is A .