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Question 21

jamb 1997

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may
see he's consumptive.
Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of
the symptoms.
Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,
Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way
Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.
Hard: And truly so am I;...
What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?

AMr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit

BTony walks across the stage

CThere is a knocking at the door

DKate enters begging for calm

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Question 22

jamb 1997

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
'...My son is not to live by his learning. I don't think a boy wants much learning to spend fifteen hundred a year.'
What provokes this response from the speaker is the accusation that

ATony is in reality without a fortune

BTony is not a man of consequence

CMarlow is too bashful and reserved

DTony has not had a good breeding

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Question 23

jamb 1997

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because

AMarlow is not fit to be Kate's husband

BYoung Marlow is more demanding than Hasting

Che is fed up with Marlow annoying behaviour

DKate objects to being betrothed in absentia

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Question 24

jamb 1997

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The comic in the play is found in the

AMiss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot

BMiss Hardcastle Marlow main plot two sub-plots

CMiss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot and Hasting-Neville sub-plot

DMiss Hardcastle-Marlow and Hasting-Neville series of sub-plots

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Question 25

jamb 1997

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

Alopsided resolution of conflicts

Bmanipulation of appearance and reality

Ccontrived misrepresentation of characters

Dmatch making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle

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Question 26

jamb 1997

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

Athe Faithful Penitent

BBrother Chume

Cthe Old Couple

Dthe woman with the exposed thigh

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Question 27

jamb 1997

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

Asoliloquy

Bmonologue

Cnarrative

Dconfession

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Question 28

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

Adisappointment

Brumination

Ccontemplation

Dawareness

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Question 29

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

Akeep his secret secret

Bget the beating out of the way quickly

Cenable jero get into his house

Dkeep Chume's loyalty

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Question 30

jamb 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?

AHe is a man of God

BHe distributes gifts to his followers

CHe foretells their future

DHe manipulates them

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