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2014 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3

21

In literature, a flat character can be described as one who

A
is undeveloped
B
undergoes changes
C
dies abruptly
D
achieves greatness
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22

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

A
a list of characters
B
order of appearance
C
cast list
D
protagonist and antagonist
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23

The speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called

A
a prologue
B
an epilogue
C
a dirge
D
a monologue
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24

Which of the following is central to narrative friction ?

A
Verisimilitude
B
Dialogue
C
Objectivity
D
Subjectivity
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25

He put himself in uniform, made one for

his five-year-old son, and marched with

the infant from dawn till noon every

market day, on the main road singing

'Kayiwawa beturi...

The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

A
a soldier
B
abnormal
C
energetic
D
a policeman
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26

He is a faithful liar

The line above is an example of

A
euphemism
B
antithesis
C
epigram
D
oxymoron
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27

Fights by the book of arithmetic

The figure of speech in the line above is

A
litotes
B
innuendo
C
hyperbole
D
euphemism
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28

And when you trudge on one horny Pads Gullied

like the soles of modern shoes Pads that even

jiggers cannot conquer

Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

A
sole of a pauper
B
sole of a soldier
C
policeman
D
madman
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29

"Lift not the painted veil which those who live

call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,

And it mimic all we would believe

With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'

                          P.B. Shelley:Sonnet<br />

The stanza above is an example of a

A
couplet
B
sestet
C
quatrain
D
sonnet
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30

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall

share with me this little bed, And awake me, from

my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from

my poor head...'

                             Mbure:To a Bed-Bug<br />

The lines above are an example of a

A
light verse
B
light opera
C
limerick
D
lampoon
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