DRAMA - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 231:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in

A. Front of the verandah of Okoro's house
B. Okoro's front yard, downstage
C. The direction of the kitchen, offstage
D. The kitchen, upstage

Question 232:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.'Those being ridiculed here are the

A. Spinsters
B. Husbands
C. Wives
D. Old women

Question 233:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to

A. Forestall reconciliation
B. Seek peace
C. Cure cross-piece
D. Hurt their husbands

Question 234:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.''My heart thus pressing-fix'd my face and eye-with a sententious look, that nothing means...'In the lines above, the speaker implies that

A. His gesture means nothing
B. He is a pious man
C. He is being sentimental
D. His heart is pressing against his face and eye

Question 235:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to

A. The character of Sir Charles Marlow
B. The prologue songs and the epilogue
C. Male characters
D. Female characters