Jamb Literature in English 2004 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Melodrama is a theatrical performance in which

A. The serious is treated in a satirical way
B. Subordination of characterization to plot occurs
C. Music and dance predominate
D. Evil triumphs over good

Question 32:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

A. Polyarchy
B. Anarchy
C. Matriarchy
D. Patriarchy

Question 33:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
Imagery in the play is

A. Always sexual and licentious
B. Sometimes sexual but not licentious
C. Always sexual but not licentious
D. Sometimes sexual and licentious

Question 34:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
When does the play open and close?

A. In the afternoon
B. At midnight
C. In the morning
D. In the evening

Question 35:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
'But those are the hags and witches we wanted out of town.
The expression hags and witches refers to

A. Old unmarried girls and wives retired home from their husbands
B. The three women who turned into goats
C. All the women in the play
D. Handmaids, headwives, most favoured wives nursing mothers and pregnant wives