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

Question 31:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A play that tells a single story, has one setting and takes place within a specified period is said to

A. Be heavilymoralistic
B. Be clearly cohesive
C. Possess the unities
D. Have tragic elements

Question 32:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on General Literary Principles. With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth,'
John Keats, 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The above lines are an example of

A. Tautology
B. Comic relief
C. Euphemism
D. Consonance

Question 33:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique found in drama in which the audience knows what the actor does not know is called

A. Stage direction
B. Dramatic irony
C. Setting
D. Improvisation

Question 34:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the

A. Central character in a play
B. Voice of the character
C. The image a character presents
D. The personality of a character

Question 35:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that morns for the

A. Deceased
B. Beeaved
C. Accused
D. King