GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 526:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
Plays are basically meant to

A. Change the world
B. Be read for pleasure
C. Be presented on stage
D. Keep people out of trouble

Question 527:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
A character who re-enacts familiar experiences that readers easily identify with is

A. Round character
B. Stock character
C. Static character
D. Flat character

Question 528:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
The plot of a story generally refers to the

A. Intrigue made by a character against the hero
B. Way in which the events of the story are organized
C. Way in which the writer begin the story
D. Way the writer ends the story

Question 529:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllabus is

A. Trochaic decametre
B. Iambic pentametre
C. Anapestic metre
D. Dactylic metre

Question 530:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Characterization 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 characters