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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2004 Literature In English Questions

Question 36:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The major thematic preoccupation of her play is
  • A The constraintic on parental obligations
  • B The problems of class and English mannerisms
  • C The presentation of a mannerless society
  • D Changing the traditional view about English comedy
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Question 37:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
Miss Hardcastle is able to 'conquer' at the end of the play because of her
  • A Indiscretion
  • B Beauty
  • C Wit
  • D Brawn
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Question 38:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
One of the enriching features of the play is the
  • A Matchmaking attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
  • B Manipulation of appearance and reality
  • C Use of rural and urban settings
  • D Lopsided resolution of conflicts
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Question 39:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The epilogue of the play deals with the impermanence of
  • A Nature
  • B Friendship
  • C Womanhood
  • D Love
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Question 40:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
'There be two gentlemen in a post-chaise at the door. They have lost their way upon the forest....The two gentlemen in the excerpt above are
  • A Diggory and Saunders
  • B Marlow and Hastings
  • C Marlow and Hardcastle
  • D Diggory and Hastings
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