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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 36:
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at compt"
The device used in the line above is__________
  • A Simile
  • B Pun
  • C Metaphor
  • D Paradox
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Question 37:
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Othello kills Desdemona because the_______
  • A Former is jealous
  • B Former's race is insulted
  • C Latter is a witch
  • D Latter is an idol
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Question 38:
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO


Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________
  • A He prefers lago
  • B Othello is a moor
  • C Rodgerigo woos her first
  • D Desdemona is too young
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Question 39:
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

"Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of
  • A Travelling
  • B Sick
  • C Dying
  • D Eloping
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Question 40:
The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO


"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?


The speaker of the excerpt above is________
  • A Brabantio
  • B Othello
  • C Gratiano
  • D Roderigo
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