DRAMA - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 216:

• 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 217:

• 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

Question 218:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Twelfth Night is preoccupied with the juxtaposition of

A. Death and disappointment
B. Appearance and reality
C. Life and disappointment
D. Love and death

Question 219:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.The diction of the play can be described as

A. Political and rhetorical
B. Arrogant and condemnatory
C. Urgent but apolitical
D. Poetic but difficult

Question 220:

• 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