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

Question 161:

• JAMB 1985

A play is a Tragedy when

A. The autor presents life as a hopeless adventure
B. The main chracter dies before the play ends
C. There is much blood shed in the play
D. The main character is a wicked person
E. A weakness in the main character leads to his downfall.

Question 162:

• JAMB 1985

In a work of Literature, the hero is one

A. Whose name is mentioned the greatest number of times in the text
B. Who is antagonistic to every one else
C. Whose experience provide the central conflict in the work
D. Who dies in the course of the story
E. Who performs brave and heroic deeds.

Question 163:

• JAMB 1985

Which of the following is a correct definition of the balled?

A. A climatic episode
B. An impersonal dramatic piece
C. An allusive dialogue
D. A love story told by balled singer
E. A poem that tells a folk story

Question 164:

• JAMB 1985

Assonance in poetry is the repetition of

A. Internal vowels in words
B. Stressed syllables in words
C. Consonant sounds in words
D. Final sounds at the end of a line
E. Final sounds at the begining of a line.

Question 165:

• JAMB 1985

In a play denouement is the

A. Entry of the central character
B. Development of the central conflict
C. Introduction of the minor conflict along side the major conflict
D. Climatic point in the development of the plot
E. The resolution of the conflicts in the plot.