Jamb Literature in English 1998 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the

A. Central character in a play
B. Voice of the character
C. The image a character presents
D. The personality of a character

Question 32:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The three main unities in drama are those of

A. Action, time and place
B. Time, space and action
C. Place, time and space
D. Space, action and time

Question 33:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that morns for the

A. Deceased
B. Beeaved
C. Accused
D. King

Question 34:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

A. Short verses
B. Rhythmic verses
C. Free verses
D. Irregular verses

Question 35:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

A. Irony
B. Paradox
C. Contrast
D. Parallelism