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JAMB UTME Literature 2009 past questions and answers

This 2009 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 2009 set with instant marking.

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Sample JAMB UTME Literature 2009 questions

1. A narrator reports the perceptions and thoughts of a single character while remaining outside the story. Which narrative perspective is being used?
  1. Omniscient narration
  2. Limited third-person narration
  3. Objective dramatic narration
  4. First-person narration

Answer: B. Limited third-person narration

Limited third-person narration restricts knowledge to the perceptions or thoughts of one character.

2. In a play, the audience knows that a sealed letter contains the hero's dismissal, but the hero confidently announces that it must be a promotion. What device is most clearly used?
  1. Comic relief
  2. Soliloquy
  3. Dramatic irony
  4. Foreshadowing

Answer: C. Dramatic irony

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

3. In the line, “The icy wind bit her cheeks,” which kind of imagery is most directly evoked by the wind's icy bite?
  1. Tactile imagery
  2. Olfactory imagery
  3. Gustatory imagery
  4. Auditory imagery

Answer: A. Tactile imagery

The icy bite against the character's cheeks appeals directly to the sense of touch.

4. A performer praises a community leader by recalling heroic deeds, using repeated honorific names and audience responses. This performance is best classified as
  1. a dirge
  2. a riddle
  3. a trickster tale
  4. a praise poem

Answer: D. a praise poem

Praise poetry celebrates a person or group through commendatory language and remembered achievements.

5. A novelist reveals a character's selfishness through repeated choices to keep scarce food for himself, rather than by directly calling him selfish. This method is
  1. indirect characterization
  2. direct characterization
  3. interior monologue
  4. stream of consciousness

Answer: A. indirect characterization

The reader infers the trait from the character's actions, which is indirect characterization.

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