JAMB Literature in English questions

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1. Question 261· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   Conflict between a character and society is an example of

   • Ainternal conflict
   • Bexternal conflict
   • Cresolution
   • Dflashback

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2. Question 262· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   The protagonist of a story is

   • Athe main character
   • Bthe villain
   • Cthe author
   • Da minor character

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3. Question 263· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   A character's struggle with his own fears or desires is

   • Aexternal conflict
   • Binternal conflict
   • Ccomic relief
   • Ddenouement

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4. Question 264· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   A static character

   • Ais always the narrator
   • Bgrows and changes
   • Cremains essentially the same throughout
   • Dis always the villain

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5. Question 265· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   Atmosphere in a novel is

   • Athe plot
   • Bthe mood created by the setting and events
   • Cthe number of chapters
   • Dthe narrator

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6. Question 266· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   The tone of a work reveals

   • Athe plot
   • Bthe writer's attitude to the subject
   • Cthe length of the work
   • Dthe setting

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7. Question 267· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   The time and place in which the events of a story happen are its

   • Asetting
   • Btheme
   • Cplot
   • Dtone

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8. Question 268· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   A character who changes and develops in the course of a story is a

   • Aflat character
   • Bstock character
   • Cround character
   • Dfoil

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9. Question 269· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

   The theme of a work is its

   • Acentral idea or message
   • Bmain character
   • Csetting
   • Dlength

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10. Question 270· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

    A flat character is one who

    • Adoes not change and has few traits
    • Bdevelops greatly
    • Cis the narrator
    • Dis the villain always

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11. Question 271· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

    The rising action of a plot is

    • Athe series of events that builds tension towards the climax
    • Bthe ending
    • Cthe setting
    • Dthe title

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12. Question 272· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

    A character whose qualities contrast with and so highlight those of another character is a

    • Afoil
    • Bprotagonist
    • Cnarrator
    • Dchorus

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13. Question 273· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

    The exposition of a plot

    • Aends the story
    • Bresolves the conflict
    • Cis the climax
    • Dintroduces the characters, setting and background

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14. Question 274· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

    Characterisation refers to

    • Athe book's title
    • Bthe plot structure
    • Cthe way a writer presents and develops characters
    • Dthe publisher's notes

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15. Question 275· Prose: plot, setting and characterisation· JAMB

    The point of highest tension in a plot, when the conflict reaches its peak, is the

    • Aexposition
    • Bresolution
    • Cclimax
    • Ddenouement

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16. Question 276· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

    A story in which characters and events stand for ideas or moral qualities is

    • Aa diary
    • Ba biography
    • Can allegory
    • Da ballad

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17. Question 277· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

    A Bildungsroman is a novel about

    • Aa crime investigation
    • Ba war
    • Ca character's growth from youth to maturity
    • Da journey to space

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18. Question 278· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

    An anecdote is

    • Aa play
    • Ba long novel
    • Ca poem
    • Da short account of an interesting or amusing incident

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19. Question 279· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

    A long fictional prose narrative with a complex plot and many characters is a

    • Anovel
    • Bshort story
    • Cfable
    • Dsonnet

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20. Question 280· Prose: types of fiction· JAMB

    A short story differs from a novel mainly in

    • Abeing written in verse
    • Bhaving no plot
    • Clength and the number of characters and incidents
    • Dhaving no setting

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