Jamb Literature in English 1988 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.A play is called a comedy when

A. There is peaceful atmosphere and laughter in it
B. Nobody dies in it
C. There is no serious quarrel in it
D. There is a happy resolution of contradictions

Question 32:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.The persons who take part in a play are sometimes referred to as

A. Audience
B. Dramatists
C. Dramatis personae
D. Comedians

Question 33:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.A from of writing in which the poet writes with nostalgia about simple village life is

A. Pastoral
B. Ballad
C. Romance
D. Epic

Question 34:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.An imitation, bordering on ridicule of an author's style and ideas is know as

A. Mime
B. Paradox
C. Criticism
D. Parody

Question 35:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'Genres of literature aptly describes

A. Tradedy comedy, tragi-comedy
B. Ode, elegy, sonnet
C. Short story, novel, autobiography
D. Poetry, prose , drama