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JAMB UTME Literature 2005 past questions and answers

This 2005 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 2005 set with instant marking.

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1. In the line 'The dawn poured gold across the sleeping fields', which device is most prominent?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Pun
  3. Euphemism
  4. Onomatopoeia

Answer: A. Metaphor

Dawn is metaphorically presented as pouring gold, creating a visual image of sunlight.

2. Which sound device is repeated in 'The wind wailed wildly through the wide woods'?
  1. Assonance
  2. Alliteration
  3. Consonance
  4. Rhyme

Answer: B. Alliteration

The repeated initial w sound in neighbouring words is alliteration.

3. A poem is written in the first person, but the poet's biography differs from the speaker's experiences; who should a reader treat as the voice of the poem?
  1. The poet's publisher
  2. The reader
  3. The persona
  4. The poem's editor

Answer: C. The persona

The persona is the constructed voice speaking within a poem and need not be identical to its author.

4. A four-line stanza ends with the words 'light', 'rain', 'night', and 'train'; what is its rhyme scheme?
  1. ABAB
  2. AABB
  3. ABBA
  4. ABCD

Answer: A. ABAB

The first and third endings rhyme and the second and fourth rhyme, producing the ABAB scheme.

5. A speaker describes a ruined town in measured, unsentimental language and offers no blame or lament; which tone is most evident?
  1. Sarcastic
  2. Ecstatic
  3. Mocking
  4. Objective

Answer: D. Objective

The controlled, non-judgmental description creates an objective tone.

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