Jamb Literature in English 2002 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A limerick has

A. Ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
B. Humour, rhyme scheme and five lines
C. Formal and elaborate style and humour
D. A stinging climax, rhyme scheme and five lines

Question 42:

• JAMB 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
The play is essentially about the

A. Theft of Mis Neville's trinket box
B. Comedy of errors of one night
C. Incompatibility of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
D. Love affair between Kate and Marlow

Question 43:

• JAMB 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
In the play the general picture depicted is that of

A. Lower-class degeneracy
B. Succeefully arranged marriages
C. Chaotic value systems
D. Claerly focused personalities

Question 44:

• JAMB 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Form the stage directions it is apparent that Oliver Goldsmith makes use of a

A. Set each for the upper and lower classes
B. Different set for each Act
C. Variety of sets to suit the subject matter
D. Single set in the whole play

Question 45:

• JAMB 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Hardcastle:
And I love every thing that's old old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and I believe, Dorothy (taking her hand) you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.
Mrs. Hardcastle,
you're forever at your Dorothy's, and your old wife's. You may be a Darby, but l'll be no Joan, I promise you I am not so old as you'd make me, by more than one good year.
The dialogue above reveals the couple's

A. Fear of the unknown
B. Difference in lifestyle
C. Love for each other
D. Humorous disposition