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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2016 Literature In English Questions

Question 46:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.


'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.'


This speaker of the lines above is
  • A Lago
  • B Cassio
  • C Desdemona
  • D Emilia
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Question 47:
' Chief, the buys are getting more expensive to handle. They continue to demand for increased pay and you know what you give for expenses. Please try and look into a possible increases in the overhead allocation.
This smuggling racket is becoming too hot to handle you know, the risk involved'.



The scene of the conversation in the excerpt above is
  • A A street
  • B Chief's office
  • C A hotel
  • D The Police Station
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Question 48:
''Chief, the boys are getting more expensive to handle. They continue to demand for increased pay and you know what you give for expenses. Please try and look into a possible increase in the overhead allocation.

This smuggling racket is becoming too hot to handle you know, the risk involved'.

The setting of the play is
  • A Gbossa
  • B Benue
  • C Nassarawa
  • D Jabu
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Question 49:
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.


From its resolution of conflicts. the play can be described as being
  • A Obscene
  • B Farcical
  • C Comic
  • D Didactic
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Question 50:
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

Aloho is employed as Chief's
  • A Personal Assistant
  • B Protocol Officer
  • C Legal Adviser
  • D Secretary
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