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

Question 211:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.An autobiography becomes a literary work when

A. It is a faithful account of the author's
B. It underlines the salient events in the author's life
C. It relates the author's life to the major events of the day
D. Its value resides principally in its style

Question 212:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.In poetry, a quatrain is a group of four

A. Lines
B. Stanzas
C. Refrains
D. Poems

Question 213:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to

A. Discover the beauty of a literary work
B. Finds faults in a literary work
C. Analyse and evaluate a literary work
D. Compare literary works

Question 214:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.In poetry, 'run-on-line' can be found

A. In most kinds of poems
B. Only in free verse
C. Uniquely in blank verse
D. Peculiarly in rhyming couplets

Question 215:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'I find no peace, and all my war is done;Ifear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice;I flee above the wind, yet can I not arise;And nought I have and all the world in season'. The fight of speech most prominently used in the passage above is

A. Oxymoron
B. Alliteration
C. Euphemism
D. Hyperbole