Literary principles - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 71:

• 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 72:

• 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 73:

• 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 74:

• 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

Question 75:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.A dirge is a

A. Romantic poem
B. Poem on nature
C. Poem of expectations
D. Poem of lament