Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1576:

• 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 1577:

• 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

Question 1578:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
The 'Proclamation' and 'Reclamation' segments of the play are performed

A. As an aside
B. By a chorus off-stage
C. On-stage and off-stage
D. Off-stage

Question 1579:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The major thematic preoccupation of her play is

A. The constraintic on parental obligations
B. The problems of class and English mannerisms
C. The presentation of a mannerless society
D. Changing the traditional view about English comedy

Question 1580:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
Miss Hardcastle is able to 'conquer' at the end of the play because of her

A. Indiscretion
B. Beauty
C. Wit
D. Brawn