Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

"Why should I play the Roman fool, and die On mine own sword?" Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies

A Acting the part of a foolish Roman
B Behaving like Brutus and Mark Anthony
C Acting like foolish Romans who killed themselves with their own hands
D Acting the Part of a Roman fool in a play

Question 1082:

"Rather than so, come fate, into the list, And champion me to the utterance!" Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Rather than so"in the quotation above refers to

A Macbeth's fear of not being king
B Banqou's children becoming kings
C Macduff defeating Macbeth on the battle field
D Birnam wood coming to Dunsinane

Question 1083:

"Thou loosest labour As easy may'st thou the in trenchant air With thy keen sword impress,..." Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the confidence above derives from the fact that

A The air cannot be cut
B It is futile to cut the air with a sword
C No man born of a woman can hurt Macbeth
D Macduff wastes his efforts fighting Macbeth

Question 1084:

'...Sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine.Lechery, Sir, it provokes:it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.' Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the statement above can best be described as

A Equivocation
B Allusion
C Paradox
D Monologue

Question 1085:

The word which when applied describes the posture of the speaker in "The Fence" is

A Action
B Inertia
C Nostalgia
D Cowardice