Dramatic Techniques - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 171:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,
your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,
I think ....
CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?
JERO: You must take her home tonight...
Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to

A. Keep his secret secret
B. Get the beating out of the way quickly
C. Enable jero get into his house
D. Keep Chume's loyalty

Question 172:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
CHUME: Who said you were? Does the prophet live here?
SAME MAN: Yes. Over there. That house
CHUME: So...so..so...s...
Chume's reaction in the exchange above reflects

A. Disappointment
B. Rumination
C. Contemplation
D. Awareness

Question 173:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Jero's opening speech in the is a

A. Soliloquy
B. Monologue
C. Narrative
D. Confession

Question 174:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
The most sensitive of Jero's disciples is

A. The Faithful Penitent
B. Brother Chume
C. The Old Couple
D. The woman with the exposed thigh

Question 175:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the

A. Lopsided resolution of conflicts
B. Manipulation of appearance and reality
C. Contrived misrepresentation of characters
D. Match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle