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Question 1

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark''s The Wives'' Revolt.

The plot of the play is lineal as reflected in the

Aepisodic nature of the play

Bmovement of the women

Carrangement of the events in the play

Dprogression of the argument of Okoro

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Question 2

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
OKORO: I'll kill her today.
IDAMA: No, you won't. There, run, Koko, oh,
I say run![He pushes her gently but
firmly towards her room]
The event above happens in

Alyara when Okoro discovrs Koko's infidelity

BErhuwaren whn Koko suspects and accuses her husband

CErhuwaren when Okoro suspects Koko of infidelity

DErhuwaren before Koko's return from lyara

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Question 3

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is to

Atake to prostition

Bcarry out the nude act

Cabando their husbands

Dabadon their children

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Question 4

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The play is preoccupied with

Athe fight by women to keep their goats

Bthe evil that oil money breeds

Cwomen liberation from male domination

Dwomen's protest against men's wickedness

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Question 5

jamb 2002

this Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
Characterization in the play is

Aeconomical but ineffective

Bconomical and effective

Celaborate but ineffective

Delaborate and effective

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Question 6

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Kate could best be described as

As mild tempered heroine

Ban unassuming aristocrat

Ca hot-tempered aristocrat

Dan acutely sensitive character

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Question 7

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Hardcastle:
And I love every thing that's old old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and I believe, Dorothy (taking her hand) you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.
Mrs. Hardcastle,
you're forever at your Dorothy's, and your old wife's. You may be a Darby, but l'll be no Joan, I promise you I am not so old as you'd make me, by more than one good year.
The dialogue above reveals the couple's

Afear of the unknown

Bdifference in lifestyle

Clove for each other

Dhumorous disposition

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Question 8

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Form the stage directions it is apparent that Oliver Goldsmith makes use of a

Aset each for the upper and lower classes

Bdifferent set for each Act

Cvariety of sets to suit the subject matter

Dsingle set in the whole play

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Question 9

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
In the play the general picture depicted is that of

Alower-class degeneracy

Bsucceefully arranged marriages

Cchaotic value systems

Dclaerly focused personalities

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Question 10

jamb 2002

this Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
The play is essentially about the

Atheft of Mis Neville's trinket box

Bcomedy of errors of one night

Cincompatibility of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle

Dlove affair between Kate and Marlow

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Question 11

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A limerick has

Aornate style, humour, irony and seven lines

Bhumour, rhyme scheme and five lines

Cformal and elaborate style and humour

Da stinging climax, rhyme scheme and five lines

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Question 12

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A system of plot development which creates the future through anticipation and the past through memory is

Adeja vu

Bavant-garde

Cmedieval

Dmetaphysical

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Question 13

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
An irredeemable reversal of the hero's fortune in a tragedy is called

Aanagnorisis

Bperipeteia

Cpurgation

Dhubris

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Question 14

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
In the plot of a novel emphasis should be placed on

Ashowing casual connection of incidents

Bthe vivid presentation of incidents

Cthe accurate presentation of incidents

Dnarrating the truth of incidents

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Question 15

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
What does the protagonist do in a picaresque novel?

AHe embarks on a journey

BHe slows down the narration

CHe draws illustrative pictures

DHe becomes an artist

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Question 16

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The overall design of a drama to which all other components relate is its

Acatharsis

Bexposition

Cstructure

Dsymbol

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Question 17

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Empathy is achieved when the audience

Afeels betrayed bythe director

Bdenounces and humiliates the protagonist

Cvicariously participates in the stage experience

Dattacks the character foil

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Question 18

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
An iambic metrical foot consists of

Aan unstressed syllable foolowing a stressed syllable

Ba stressed syllable following another stressed syllable

Can unstressed syllable following another unstressed syllable

Da stressed syllable following an unstressed syllable

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Question 19

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A poem written to celebrate one's wedding is

Aa pastoral

Ban epithalamium

Ca prothalamium

Da terza rima

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Question 20

jamb 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A body of imaginative men and women of letters is generally referred to as

Alitterateur

Blaureattes

Cliteraria

Dliterati

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