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JAMB UTME Literature 2011 past questions and answers

This 2011 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 2011 set with instant marking.

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1. In the original poem, 'I keep a lantern for the road that no one else can see,' who is the 'I' speaking?
  1. The poet in every poem
  2. The poem's audience
  3. The main character of a novel
  4. The poetic persona

Answer: D. The poetic persona

The 'I' is the voice created to speak within the poem, known as the poetic persona.

2. When a poet writes, 'The city is a furnace beneath the noon sun,' which figure of speech is chiefly used?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Personification
  4. Litotes

Answer: A. Metaphor

The city is directly identified with a furnace without using 'like' or 'as', making the comparison a metaphor.

3. In a play, the audience has seen a forged letter, but the hero accepts it as genuine and acts on it; what technique is illustrated?
  1. Comic relief
  2. A flashback
  3. Dramatic irony
  4. An aside

Answer: C. Dramatic irony

The audience knows the letter is forged while the hero does not, creating dramatic irony.

4. In a novel, the stage at which the central conflict begins to develop after the opening situation is established is the
  1. denouement
  2. complication
  3. resolution
  4. epilogue

Answer: B. complication

The complication develops the central conflict and moves the plot beyond its opening situation.

5. A playwright places the instruction '[She crosses to the window and lowers her voice]' before a line of dialogue; this instruction is a
  1. prologue
  2. stage direction
  3. refrain
  4. subplot

Answer: B. stage direction

The bracketed instruction guides an actor's movement and delivery rather than being spoken dialogue.

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