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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2007 Literature In English Questions

Question 1:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet The death of Polornius can be partly blamed on Hamlet's
  • A Anger
  • B Procrastination
  • C Fear
  • D Disendantment
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Question 2:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet'Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister;And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shoot and danger of danger of desire.The Chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.In the excerpt above, Laertes warns Ophelia to beware of Hamlet's attentions because
  • A Of his insanity
  • B Such attentions cannot be given by too young a person
  • C Of his mournful state
  • D The sincerity of his love is in doubt
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Question 3:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's HamletBut, O, what from of prayer can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul murder!That cannot be; since I am still possess'd of those effects for which I did the murderThose effects which Claudius is still possessed of from the excerpt above are
  • A Hamlet's orchard and his crown
  • B Young Hamlet and Gertrude
  • C The crown and the queen
  • D Norway and young fortinbras
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Question 4:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.Abbas' money which is stone from his bag is
  • A His inheritance from his uncle
  • B His inheritance from his father
  • C The proceeds from the goods he sells
  • D The money his friend gives him
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Question 5:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.The play is about
  • A Resistance to British administration
  • B Opposition to Christianity
  • C Disunity among the Hausa state
  • D Unity in the caliphate
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