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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2013 Literature In English Questions

Question 1:
These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....
The lines depict James as a
  • A Traditionalist
  • B Christian
  • C Pagan
  • D Muslim
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Question 2:
The question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
"What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate
the word As I hate hell, all Montagues,
and thee Have at thee,coward!"
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the lines above reveal the speaker as a
  • A Real Montague
  • B Trouble shooter
  • C Violence seeker
  • D Peace maker
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Question 3:
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's mood at the beginning of the play can be described as
  • A Frustrated and pensive
  • B Gay and elated
  • C Melancholic and sentimental
  • D Dreamy and hopeful
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Question 4:
"O'deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!
Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind
Prince, taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law,
And turned that black word "death" to banishment."
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speaker in the passage above is
  • A Apothecary
  • B Lord Capulet
  • C Lord Montague
  • D Friar Lawrence
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Question 5:
"....Put up thy sword
Or manage it to part these men with me."
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speech above was made when
  • A Romeo and Paris engaged themselves in a fight
  • B Benvolio tries to separate the servants of the feuding families
  • C Tybalt challenges Romeo to duel
  • D Prince Escalus arrives to make peace between the families
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