Literary principles - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 126:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A foil in drama is also known as

A. Flat character
B. Protagonist
C. Round character
D. Antagonist

Question 127:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The arrangement of incidents in a novel in which one action precipitates another is called

A. Sub theme
B. Chronology
C. Suspense
D. Causality

Question 128:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The theme of a literary work is the

A. Dominant pre-occupation of the work
B. Interesting issues raised in the work
C. Different views on a particular topic
D. Psychological issues in the work

Question 129:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In drama, the term climax is used

A. As a figure of speech connoting beauty
B. For the point of highest dramatic tension
C. When the crisis in the play is resolved
D. When the hero's tragic flaw is revealed

Question 130:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A character who does not develop or experience change in the course of his or her existence in a novel is a

A. Round character
B. Flat character
C. Rounded character
D. Major character