Jamb Literature in English 1997 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
What is an epic?

A. A story that exalts a historical character
B. An epoch-making event
C. A descriptive poem celebrating the achievements of a character
D. A narrative prose describing a character

Question 32:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Point of view is a technique that is commonly associated with

A. The narrative structure
B. Characterization
C. Plot
D. Atmosphere

Question 33:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique found in drama in which the audience knows what the actor does not know is called

A. Stage direction
B. Dramatic irony
C. Setting
D. Improvisation

Question 34:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'From Debbie's room comes the sound of the typewriter. It is an old mechanical typewriter, its noises are metallic and clicking. It chitters onto the end of a line musical, or almost musical 'cling' of the little bell.'
A.S Byatt, 'Artwork'
A striking figure of speech used in the passage above is

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Zeugma
C. Assonance
D. Paradox

Question 35:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'When to the Sessions of sweet silent thought,
I summon up remembrance of things past,...
Shakespeare, 'Sonnet XXX'
The lines above contain the predominant use of

A. A motif
B. Irony
C. Sarcasm
D. Alliteration