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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 1991:
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 1992:
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 1993:
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 1994:
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 1995:
"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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