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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1026:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!<br/>[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.] <br/>CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!<br/>IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!<br/>This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's
  • A Intention to resume fighting
  • B Intransigence in the face of authority
  • C Refusal to pay homage to the witeman
  • D Unwillingness to befriend the witemen
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Question 1027:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.<br/>beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'<br/>This statement in the play refers to the
  • A Attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
  • B Marital status of Queen Victoria
  • C Hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
  • D Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria
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Question 1028:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>In the play, the Oba's poetic language reveals his
  • A Humility
  • B Heroism
  • C Nobility
  • D Haughtiness
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Question 1029:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>'...The python, seeking assurance of adulthood, measures his length with the palm tree ...<br/>Who is referred to as the palm tree in these lines?
  • A The chiefs
  • B Ologbosere
  • C The royal wives
  • D The soldiers
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Question 1030:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.<br/>The play reaches a turning point when
  • A Macduff's wife and children are murdered
  • B Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
  • C Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
  • D Macbeth sees the witches a scond time
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