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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose, and Poetry

Jamb Literature In English Questions - Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose, and Poetry

Question 1:
Use excerpt below to answer questions
"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 2:
The hunter dies
and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies
and leaves his poverty to his anvil...

The extract above is an example of ____________
  • A Epic
  • B Eulogy
  • C Ballad
  • D Elegy
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