Classroom

Literature in English Past Questions

Study and practice Literature in English past questions with answers and detailed explanations. Then test your knowledge using our interactive CBT practice platform and prepare confidently for your upcoming examinations.

3,839 questions JAMB 2378 WAEC 1459 CUSTOM 2

Select subject

Download PHP app Ask a Question Check Syllabus Past Question Videos Topic Video Lessons

Take a test

Custom CBT

Create and set up a CBT environment with your preferred subjects.

JAMB CBT Simulator

Practice JAMB CBT with real UTME past questions in CBT format.

WAEC CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

CB-WASSCE styled past question practice.

NECO CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

SSCE & GCE styled past question practice.

Past Questions

3,839 questions

Question 1 of 20 3,839 total questions

Question 1181

waec 2002

Salute to the Elephant is an example of _ poetry

Atraditional

Bdramatic

Cepic

Dnarrative

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1182

waec 2002

Poetry is defined by

Awords written in sequence

Bcondensed use of language

Cevocation of feelings

Dlegends and myths

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1183

waec 2002

In "to eat of the tree", the device used is

AIrony

Bpersonification

Callusion

Dsynecdoche

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1184

waec 2002

The paragraph in prose can be compared to _ in poetry

Acouplet

Bline

Cstanza

Dverse

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1185

waec 2002

A poem which tells a story in the form of a song is a/an

Aepic

Bballad

Cpastoral

Deulogy

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1186

waec 2002

The expression of unpleasant experiences in a mild way is

Ahyperbole

Bmetaphor

Ceuphemism

Dparadox

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1187

waec 2002

An ode is a

Apoem about love

Bpoem of mouring

Cpraise poem

Dnarrative poem

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1188

waec 2002

The first eight lines of a sonnet is a/an

Atercet

Bsestet

Coctave

Dquatrain

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1189

waec 2002

A couplet is

Aa pastorial poem

Btwo successive rhyming lines

Ca love poem

Dtwo successive unrhyming lines

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1190

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark''s The Wives'' Revolt.

The plot of the play is lineal as reflected in the

Aepisodic nature of the play

Bmovement of the women

Carrangement of the events in the play

Dprogression of the argument of Okoro

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1191

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
OKORO: I'll kill her today.
IDAMA: No, you won't. There, run, Koko, oh,
I say run![He pushes her gently but
firmly towards her room]
The event above happens in

Alyara when Okoro discovrs Koko's infidelity

BErhuwaren whn Koko suspects and accuses her husband

CErhuwaren when Okoro suspects Koko of infidelity

DErhuwaren before Koko's return from lyara

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1192

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is to

Atake to prostition

Bcarry out the nude act

Cabando their husbands

Dabadon their children

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1193

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The play is preoccupied with

Athe fight by women to keep their goats

Bthe evil that oil money breeds

Cwomen liberation from male domination

Dwomen's protest against men's wickedness

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1194

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
Characterization in the play is

Aeconomical but ineffective

Bconomical and effective

Celaborate but ineffective

Delaborate and effective

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1195

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Kate could best be described as

As mild tempered heroine

Ban unassuming aristocrat

Ca hot-tempered aristocrat

Dan acutely sensitive character

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1196

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Hardcastle:
And I love every thing that's old old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and I believe, Dorothy (taking her hand) you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.
Mrs. Hardcastle,
you're forever at your Dorothy's, and your old wife's. You may be a Darby, but l'll be no Joan, I promise you I am not so old as you'd make me, by more than one good year.
The dialogue above reveals the couple's

Afear of the unknown

Bdifference in lifestyle

Clove for each other

Dhumorous disposition

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1197

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Form the stage directions it is apparent that Oliver Goldsmith makes use of a

Aset each for the upper and lower classes

Bdifferent set for each Act

Cvariety of sets to suit the subject matter

Dsingle set in the whole play

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1198

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
In the play the general picture depicted is that of

Alower-class degeneracy

Bsucceefully arranged marriages

Cchaotic value systems

Dclaerly focused personalities

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1199

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
The play is essentially about the

Atheft of Mis Neville's trinket box

Bcomedy of errors of one night

Cincompatibility of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle

Dlove affair between Kate and Marlow

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 1200

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A limerick has

Aornate style, humour, irony and seven lines

Bhumour, rhyme scheme and five lines

Cformal and elaborate style and humour

Da stinging climax, rhyme scheme and five lines

View Explanation & Discuss

Question Navigator

Current

Literature in English Past Questions

Take a test

Custom CBT

JAMB CBT Simulator

WAEC CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

NECO CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

Past Questions

Question Navigator

MathsFaculty