Jamb Literature in English 1985 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1985

What distinguishes poetry from other forms of literature is its

A. Emotion and feeling
B. Ungrammatical expressions
C. Irony and paradox
D. Rhyme and verse
E. Rhyme and metaphor.

Question 32:

• JAMB 1985

A play is a Tragedy when

A. The autor presents life as a hopeless adventure
B. The main chracter dies before the play ends
C. There is much blood shed in the play
D. The main character is a wicked person
E. A weakness in the main character leads to his downfall.

Question 33:

• JAMB 1985

In a work of Literature, the hero is one

A. Whose name is mentioned the greatest number of times in the text
B. Who is antagonistic to every one else
C. Whose experience provide the central conflict in the work
D. Who dies in the course of the story
E. Who performs brave and heroic deeds.

Question 34:

• JAMB 1985

Which of the following is a correct definition of the balled?

A. A climatic episode
B. An impersonal dramatic piece
C. An allusive dialogue
D. A love story told by balled singer
E. A poem that tells a folk story

Question 35:

• JAMB 1985

Assonance in poetry is the repetition of

A. Internal vowels in words
B. Stressed syllables in words
C. Consonant sounds in words
D. Final sounds at the end of a line
E. Final sounds at the begining of a line.