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

Question 231:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
A story, exemplifying a moral thesis, in which animals talk and act like human beings, is called

A. An anecdote
B. A parable
C. A fable
D. An exemplum

Question 232:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
The main distinguishing feature of literature is that it

A. Tells untrue stories
B. Is relevant to life
C. Deals with exciting and memorable events
D. Presents fictional accounts of human experience

Question 233:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
A poem written in honour and praise of somebody else is

A. A eulogy
B. An epic
C. An epigram
D. A lyric

Question 234:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' shows that

A. Destruction is present in almost every action
B. Nature is the sole destructive force
C. Animals are the sole destructive force
D. Birds are the sole destruction force

Question 235:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'...Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.'
The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Streamside
Exchange' depict the

A. Variation of season
B. Changing periods of marketing
C. Constancy of nature
D. Importance of living