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NECO SSCE Literature 2008 past questions and answers

This 2008 NECO SSCE 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 NECO SSCE Literature 2008 questions

1. In a play, a direction stating that a character speaks while turning away from the other characters mainly tells the actor how to use
  1. the stage setting
  2. the audience's response
  3. movement and delivery
  4. the play's plot summary

Answer: C. movement and delivery

A stage direction guides performance details such as movement, gesture, and delivery.

2. A character confidently welcomes a visitor as a friend, while the audience knows the visitor plans to betray him; this is an example of
  1. dramatic irony
  2. comic relief
  3. soliloquy
  4. a flashback

Answer: A. dramatic irony

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows a significant fact that a character does not.

3. Which dramatic device allows a character alone on stage to reveal private thoughts directly to the audience?
  1. Aside
  2. Dialogue
  3. Prologue
  4. Soliloquy

Answer: D. Soliloquy

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

4. A protagonist who struggles against fear and indecision is chiefly involved in conflict that is
  1. person versus nature
  2. internal
  3. person versus society
  4. comic

Answer: B. internal

The opposing forces are within the character, so the conflict is internal.

5. The moment of greatest tension, when the outcome of the main struggle is most uncertain, is the
  1. exposition
  2. denouement
  3. climax
  4. prologue

Answer: C. climax

The climax is the peak of dramatic tension in the main conflict.

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