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JAMB UTME Literature 2008 past questions and answers

This 2008 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 2008 set with instant marking.

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Sample JAMB UTME Literature 2008 questions

1. A play shows a character hiding in a room while the audience knows that the person he fears is already outside. Which device is used?
  1. Dramatic irony
  2. Comic relief
  3. A flashback
  4. A soliloquy

Answer: A. Dramatic irony

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something important that a character does not know.

2. During a scene, a character briefly turns to the audience to reveal a private thought that the other characters on stage are not meant to hear; this is a(n)
  1. chorus
  2. aside
  3. monologue
  4. prologue

Answer: B. aside

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

3. A character left alone on stage speaks aloud at length to reveal private thoughts and inner conflict; the speech is a
  1. dialogue
  2. aside
  3. soliloquy
  4. stage direction

Answer: C. soliloquy

A soliloquy is an extended speech in which a character alone voices inner thoughts.

4. In a well-structured play, the decisive moment of greatest tension, when the main conflict reaches a turning point, is the
  1. exposition
  2. denouement
  3. prologue
  4. climax

Answer: D. climax

The climax is the high point of tension and the decisive turning point in the action.

5. A light-hearted exchange in the middle of a tense tragedy briefly reduces the audience's anxiety; it functions as
  1. comic relief
  2. a subplot
  3. a soliloquy
  4. an epilogue

Answer: A. comic relief

Comic relief introduces humour to ease tension in an otherwise serious work.

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