LITERATURE

JAMB 2002 - Question 44

Literature 2002 JAMB Past Questions - Question 44: 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: Lord, Mr. Hardcastle, you're forever at your Dorothy's, and your old wife's. You may be a Darby, but I'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

Questions 41 to 45 are 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: Lord, Mr. Hardcastle, you're forever at your Dorothy's, and your old wife's. You may be a Darby, but I'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
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Correct Answer

B

Explanation