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

Question 426:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

A. Subjective narrator
B. Objective narrator
C. Omniscient narrator
D. Participatory narrator

Question 427:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A primary ballad is associated with

A. Educated people
B. Urban folk
C. The nomads
D. Rural folk

Question 428:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A trilogy is the

A. Sequence of three one-act drama written by the same author
B. Set of three players written by the same authors
C. Collection of three poems of equal length
D. Series of related stories divided into three equal parts

Question 429:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue who does not change much in the course of the story is

A. Romanesque
B. Grotesque
C. Picaresque
D. Burlesque

Question 430:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is

A. Motif
B. Ritual
C. Myth
D. Concept