Versification in drama and poetry - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• 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 27:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
Blank verse

A. Is nonsensical verse
B. Consists of unhymed five stress lines
C. Is verse used by the nobility
D. Consists of rhyme in the second and fourth line

Question 28:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
A stanza of three lines linked by rhyme is generally called a

A. Couplet
B. Ballad
C. Tercet
D. Quatrain

Question 29:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A quatrain is

A. The last line of a poem
B. The fourth line of a sonnet
C. A poem which ends with a question
D. A stanza consisting of four lines

Question 30:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The ode and the elegy are examples of

A. Sonnet
B. Lyrical poetry
C. Narrative poetry
D. Blank verse