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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 16:
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"Now, by yond marble
heaven,
In the due reverence of a sacred vow
I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)

The prevailing activity in the extract is
  • A The vow of revenge and pledge of loyalty by Lago to Othello
  • B Evident of the conspiracy between Lago and Othello
  • C The vow by Lago to revenge upon Othello
  • D Reflective of Othello's rage
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Question 17:
The bar in Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" is a symbol for the___________
  • A Presence of God's and his guiding force
  • B World
  • C Boundary between life and death
  • D Grave
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Question 18:
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"Now, by yond marble
heaven,
In the due reverence of a sacred vow
I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)

Consequent upon the act in the excerpt, ...
  • A Desdemona reconfessed her love for Othello
  • B Othello became Lago's sworn enemy
  • C Lago successfully executed Othello
  • D Othello changed from being the hero to a villain
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Question 19:
... may be said to be a critical subject of concern in Blake's "School Boy"
  • A Adventurism
  • B Futility of life and time
  • C Moral rectitude
  • D Academic development
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Question 20:
A transferred epithet is popularly known as a/an ........
  • A Epistrophe
  • B Ellipsis
  • C Hypallage
  • D Hendiady
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