Jamb Literature in English 2001 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The frequent intervention of the Director makes the stage experience of Morountodun very

A. Prolonged
B. Boring
C. Informal
D. Uncoordinated

Question 22:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is with him a codling when 't is almost an apple; it is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.
The images in the quotation above express the speaker' s

A. Contempt and admiration
B. Hatred and pity
C. Contempt and disregard
D. Disregard and pity

Question 23:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid...
In the lines above, the character is

A. Expressing his unhappiness about death
B. Expressing his preference for a cypress coffin
C. Lamenting over his unreciprocated love
D. Wishing for death to come

Question 24:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Duke:
Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
Rather than make unprofited return.
Duke's statement above to Cesario means that he should

A. Make trouble to see Olivia
B. Jump the fence to see Olivia
C. Shout be seen and heard by Olivia
D. Fortify himself against any denial to see Olivia

Question 25:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on William Shakespeare'' s Twelfth Night.
The traditional verse from of speech as dialogue in Twelfth Night is used to symbolize the

A. Impressiveness of the character
B. Distinction between verse and prose
C. Function of poetry in the play
D. Traditionlity of the play