JAMB Lit Appreciation Quiz 1

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

• pyrrhic

• props

• pathos

• parody

The purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

• catharsis

• catastrophe

• epilogue

• exposition

A device in drama where a character speaks alone is

• soliloquy

• aside

• apostrophe

• dialogue

A plot in a literary work is about

• character delineation

• causal arrangement of events

• resolution of conflicts

• law of poetic justice

Tone and mood of a poem refers to

• locale

• atmosphere

• setting

• space

A funny incident within a serious situation is

• comedy

• comic relief

• tragic comedy

• tragic hero

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

• is underdeveloped

• undergoes changes

• dies abruptly

• achieves greatness

Dramatic personae in a play refers to

• a list of characters

• order of appearance

• cast list

• protagonist and antagonist

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

• apostrophe

• an epilogue

• a dirge

• a monologue

Which of the following is central to narrative fiction?

• verisimilitude

• dialogue

• objectivity

• subjectivity