Jamb Literature in English 2000 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
X: What country, friends, is this?
Y: This is lllyria, lady.
X: And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drown' d;....
The dialogue above takes place

A. In the captain's ship
B. In lllyria
C. By the sea-coast of lllyria
D. By the sea-coast after lllyria

Question 7:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The author successfully conveys his message through

A. Interior monologue
B. Comedy of manners
C. Satirical performances
D. Comedy of errors

Question 8:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Valentine:
....But, like a cloistress, she will veiled walk,
And water once a day her chamber round
With eve-offending brine; all this to season...
The imagery above describes

A. Viola's deep sorrow for her drowned brother
B. Olivia's deep sorrow over the loss of her brother's love
C. Viola's grief over a love she cannot show
D. Olivia's intense grief over the death of her brother

Question 9:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The play is about love

A. Longing and ambition
B. Pretence and hatred
C. Loss and death
D. Commitment and marriage

Question 10:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Two major elements of the diction in the play are the

A. Scenes and roles of characters
B. Political and educational background of players
C. Gender and class of the speakers
D. Status and emotion of the speakers