LITERATURE 2023 UTME PAST QUESTION

1. In literature, a Dramatis Personae refers to

A. The name of the author
B. The list of characters in the play
C. The name of the central character in a play
D. The voice of the characters in a play

2. When a writer refers to past events to throw more light on current ones, he is employing

A. Retrospection
B. Flashback
C. Historical drama
D. Dramatic shift

3. Which of the following is NOT a type of peom?

A. Sonnet
B. Elegy
C. Pantomime
D. ode

4. one major narrative technique a novel share with drama is

A. scenes
B. dialogue
C. soliloquy
D. sarcasm

criticism is a literary activity which seeks to

A. Find faults in a literacy work
B. Analyse and evaluate a literacy work
C. Compare and contrast novels
D. Discover the beauty of a literary work

6. When a writer deviates from the chronological arrangement of events in a literary piece, he uses

A. anadiplosis
B. Anachrony
C. Chrestomathy
D. Anagnorisis

7. _____ is used to describe the ‘god of inspiration’ in literature

A. Muse
B. Premiere
C. Mood
D. Deux Ex Machine

8. The art of using persuasive words in literary works is known as

A. Rhetoric
B. Dilemma
C. Parody
D. Paronomasia

9. A short poem that expresses an idea in a cleaver way is called

A. An Epigram
B. A limerick
C. An Ode
D. A Lyric

10. A body of imaginative man and woman of letters is generally referred to as

A. Litterateur
B. Laureattes
C. Literaria
D. literati

11. the overwhelming pride that destroy the tragic hero is called

A. tragedy
B. nemesis
C. catharsis
D. hubris

12. the technique in which both the stage and the auditorium are involved in a play production is called

A. theatre of the absurd
B. role playing
C. audience participation
D. total theatre

13. a novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue who does not change much in the course of the story is

A. romanesque
B. grotesque
C. picaresque
D. burlesque

14. an inherent quality of the lyric is that it must

A. be sung to a musical instrument
B. be sung by peot who composes it
C. express the pset’s subjective emotions
D. be simple and successful

15. a didactic poem, especially such with animals as characters may be distinctively described as a/an

A. romance
B. gothic poem
C. limerick
D. apologue

16. analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are

A. opposite
B. similar
C. symbolic
D. repetitive

17. what is the narrator of a poem called?

A. Author
B. Speaker
C. Narrator
D. voice

18. the physical within which the action of a narrative takes place is the

A. stage
B. scene
C. locale
D. location

19. the point of donouement in a literary work is the

A. point at which the major character is shown in his true colours
B. point of disagreement in the narrative
C. point of resolution of the puzzling issues
D. cathartic point in a tragedy

20. in literary convention ‘aside’ is used to

A. make a pointed remark
B. emphasize scenes as different from acts
C. distinguish between events
D. gossip about other characters

21. Leopold Senghor’s poem “Black Woman” can be best described as _______

A. An ode to the physical attractiveness of a black woman
B. A tribute to the endurance and cultural significance of African Woman
C. A critique of societal stereotypes and prejudice about black woman
B. A tribute to the endurance

22. What is the dominant tone of ‘black woman’?

A. Reverent and worshipful
B. Playful and lighthearted
C. Proud and admiring
D. lightehearted and worshipful

23. Mortality, love and attachment are in the ‘black woman’_____

A. Rhymes
B. Themes
C. symbols
D. poem

24. which of this best describe the persona’s attitude toward the black woman in the poem

A. pity
B. admiration
C. anxiety
D. Phenomenon

25. which of this best describe the diction of ‘black woman’’’

A. descriptive
B. dull
C. complex
D. None

'bat' by D.H.LAWRENEC

26. what is the setting of the poem “bat”

A. Florence
B. Manchester
C. Lisboan
D. Rome

27. Which of these words does not describe the image of bat in D.H. LAWRENCE’S ‘bat’?

A. Ugly
B. Evil
C. Lovely
D. disgusting

28. the river mentioned in the poem is

A. Florence
B. Ponte Vecchio
C. Carrara
D. Aino

29. “wings like bits of umbrella” is an example of

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Allusion
D. Transferred epithet

30. Which of these countries is mentioned in the poem

A. Moldova
B. China
C. Sweden
D. Nigeria

“fences “by August Wilson

31. In what city is fenced’ set?

A. Pittsburgh
B. New York
C. Philadelphia
D. newark

32. by whom is Troy Makson employed ?

A. the sewage company
B. the sanitation department
C. the paper mill
D. the water works

33. how old is Troy?

A. 67
B. 53
C. 35
D. 47

34. What does Gabriel sell around town?

A. Liquor
B. Sheet metal
C. Fruit
D. cans

35. who does Gabriel mistakenly believe he is?

A. God
B. The angel Gabriel
C. Peter Gabriel
D. A well hound

“second class citizen” by Buchi Emecheta

36. Adah’s sojourn in London reveals that

A. Marriage is equal partnership between spouses
B. Her marriage improves
C. Francis is a hardworking man
D. The plight of the black woman does not change

37. second class citizen is an expose of the

A. Pre-eminent position of boys in Igbo land
B. Experiences of Adah’s mother in the police cell
C. Travails of the girl-child
D. Marriage customs of the Igbo

“ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare

38. In what city does a Midsummer Night’s Dream rake place?

A. London
B. Venice
C. Rome
D. Athens

39. Where does A Midsummer Night’s Dream begin?

A. The woods
B. Theseus’s palace
C. Demetrius’s house
D. A city street

40. One of the most important characteristics of Shakespearean comedy is that ply ends in ____

A. Hell
B. Marriage
C. Politics
D. Nature