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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?

A
He is a man of God
B
He distributes gifts to his followers
C
He foretells their future
D
He manipulates them
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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,<br />

    I think ....<br />

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
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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
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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
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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
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6

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
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7

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

The comic in the play is found in the

A
Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot
B
Miss Hardcastle Marlow main plot two sub-plots
C
Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot and Hasting-Neville sub-plot
D
Miss Hardcastle-Marlow and Hasting-Neville series of sub-plots
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because

A
Marlow is not fit to be Kate's husband
B
Young Marlow is more demanding than Hasting
C
he is fed up with Marlow annoying behaviour
D
Kate objects to being betrothed in absentia
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9

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

A
Tony is in reality without a fortune
B
Tony is not a man of consequence
C
Marlow is too bashful and reserved
D
Tony has not had a good breeding
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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.<br />

Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of

         the symptoms.<br />

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?

A
Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit
B
Tony walks across the stage
C
There is a knocking at the door
D
Kate enters begging for calm
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