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

Question 121:

• JAMB 1979

In Night of Seine,the word'dark' in 'listen to our dark blood beat' is used

A. Biologically
B. Scientifically
C. Figuratively
D. Literally
E. Sociologically

Question 122:

• JAMB 1980

One of the differences between tragedy and comedy is

A. There is humour in comedy but not in tragedy
B. There id suffering in tragedy but not in comedy
C. There is feasting in comedy but not in tragedy
D. There is a happy ending in comedy but not in tragedy
E. None of the above

Question 123:

• JAMB 1980

The main purpose of drama is to

A. Tell the story of dead people
B. Teach us how to write
C. Educate us
D. Entertain us
E. Both educate and entertain us.

Question 124:

• JAMB 1980

Stars hide your fires;
let no light see my black and deep desires
They eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eyes fears, when it is done to see'
In these lines Shakespare uses

A. Hyperbole
B. Metonymy
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Apostophe

Question 125:

• JAMB 1980

'And 'mid these dancing looks at once and ever it flung up momentarily the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran'.
Line 3 is made memorable by the use of

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Polysyndeton
D. Monosyndeton
E. Alliteration