Jamb Literature in English 2018 Past Questions and Answers

Question 61:

• JAMB 2018

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as _________?

A. Characteristics
B. Allegory
C. Metaphor
D. Parallelism

Question 62:

• JAMB 2018

Characterisation in a novel refers to the _____?

A. Writer's opinion of the characters
B. Way the characters are revealed to the reader
C. Characters and the way they behave
D. Reader's opinion of the character

Question 63:

• JAMB 2018

In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a _________?

A. Device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
B. Situation in which a character speaks or acts against the tread of events
C. Difficult situation which defies a local or rational resolution
D. Device in which the actor on stage

Question 64:

• JAMB 2018

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called_________?

A. Aside
B. Soliloquy
C. Acoustic
D. Tone

Question 65:

• JAMB 2018

Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of _________

A. Movement and gesture for the screen and audience
B. Speech, movement and gesture for the stage only
C. Speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio
D. Speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio