Jamb Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2021
Question 6
A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is
- A. Episodic
- B. Simple
- C. Linear
- D. Convoluted
Question 7
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of
- A. irony
- B. paradox
- C. contrast
- D. parallelism
Question 8
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that mourns for the
- A. deceased
- B. bereaved
- C. accused
- D. king
Question 9
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called
- A. short verses
- B. rhythmic verses
- C. free verses
- D. irregular verses
Question 10
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The three main unities in drama are those of
- A. action, time and place
- B. time, space and action
- C. place, time and space
- D. space, action and time
