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JAMB UTME Literature 2003 past questions and answers

This 2003 JAMB UTME Literature set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2003 set with instant marking.

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1. In the lines "The river carries / our unsent names beneath the bridge," what technique is used when the sentence continues beyond the first line without a pause?
  1. Enjambment
  2. Caesura
  3. End-stopping
  4. Refrain

Answer: A. Enjambment

Enjambment occurs when a sentence runs on from one poetic line to the next without terminal punctuation.

2. A town mayor publicly condemns wasteful spending, then uses public funds to commission an enormous golden portrait of himself; which kind of irony is most evident?
  1. Dramatic irony
  2. Situational irony
  3. Verbal irony
  4. Cosmic irony

Answer: B. Situational irony

The mayor's extravagant action contradicts the conduct and outcome readers would expect from his stated position, creating situational irony.

3. A four-line stanza rhymes A-B-B-A; what is the best name for this rhyme arrangement?
  1. Alternate rhyme
  2. Couplet rhyme
  3. Enclosed rhyme
  4. Monorhyme

Answer: C. Enclosed rhyme

In an enclosed rhyme scheme, the outer lines rhyme with each other and enclose the rhyming inner pair.

4. During a crowded scene, one character briefly speaks a thought to the audience while the other characters behave as if they cannot hear it; what is this convention called?
  1. A soliloquy
  2. A chorus
  3. A prologue
  4. An aside

Answer: D. An aside

An aside is a brief remark heard by the audience but conventionally unheard by the other characters on stage.

5. In a story, Lami seeks to expose a corrupt landowner who repeatedly blocks her investigation; what is the landowner's main narrative role?
  1. Antagonist
  2. Protagonist
  3. Narrator
  4. Confidant

Answer: A. Antagonist

The antagonist opposes the protagonist's aims and creates conflict in the plot.

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