Drama Jamb Literature In English Past Questions
Question 1
No. no! Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.
The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'
O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.
The speaker in the passage is
- A. reckless
- B. insane
- C. a coward
- D. a hero
Question 2
Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of _________
- A. movement and gesture for the screen and audience
- B. speech, movement and gesture for the stage only
- C. speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio
- D. speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio
Question 3
From the novel; Othello
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO
"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?
The speaker of the excerpt above is________
- A. Brabantio
- B. Othello
- C. Gratiano
- D. Roderigo
Question 4
From the novel; Othello
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
"Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of
- A. Travelling
- B. Sick
- C. Dying
- D. Eloping
Question 5
A “chapter” in a piece of drama is a
- A. act
- B. scene
- C. setting
- D. dialogue
