Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1841
jamb 1981

Which group of characters appears in Macbeth?

AAudrey, Phebe, Silvius
BCharles, Malcolm, Banquo
CLennox, Donalbain, Seyton
DDuncan, frederick, Banquo
EOliver, Ross, Banquo
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Question 1842
jamb 1981

'They have tied me to a stake:I cannot fly, But bear like i must fight the course'.
Macbeth here is represented as

Aconfident and arrogant
Bpitiable and evil
Cpitiable but courageous
Dpitiable and fearful
Emerry and confident
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Question 1843
jamb 1981

Macbeth is confident that he will not be defeated in battle because

Aall his enemies has gone into exile
Bhe is a better fighter than Macduff
Che had already killed Banquo
DLady Macbeth gives him courage
Ethe witches gave him an assurance
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Question 1844
jamb 1981

'But 't is strange:
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instrument of darkness tells us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betrays in deepest consequences'.
These words were spoken by

ABanquo
BMacbeth
CMalcolm
DLady Macbeth
EMacduff.
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Question 1845
jamb 1981

After the murder of Duncan , Macbeth was still dissatisfied because

Ahe wanted to see the witches again
Bhe had only paved the way for Banquo's son
Che felt remorse
Dlady Macbeth could not sleep
Ethere was knocking at the gate
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Question 1846
jamb 1981

The marriage of Anansewa is a play based on Ghanian

Apolitics
Btraditional marriage ceremonies
Cfolktales
Dlady macbeth could not sleep
Eoral poetry
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Question 1847
jamb 1981

George Kweku Ananse in the marriage of Anansewa was

Aa tricker
Ban exploiter
Ca christain
Dan orator
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Question 1848
jamb 1981

Chief-Who-Is-Chief won Anansewa for his wife because he

Apaid the largest dowry
Bshowed the greatest love for her
Cbribed property man
Dwas a friend of Anansewa's father
Epaid her school fees.
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Question 1849
jamb 1981

Anansewa's grandmother prays that the man who marries Anansewa

Ahas respect for others
Bis wealthy
Cis young
Dcomes from her own area
Ehelps the family
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Question 1850
jamb 1980

In The World is Too Much With Us', Wordsworth wishes that people could

Abecome pagans
Bappreciate the beauty of Nature more
Cgo to see Proteus and Triton
Dbecome part of Nation
Egive their 'hearts aways
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Question 1851
jamb 1980

The dominant images in Kalu Uka's Earth to Earth are those of

Alove and beauty
Byouth and joy
Cdeath and burial
Dthe sweetness of wooling
Ethe richness of a man's memory
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Question 1852
jamb 1980

In As You Like It, the verse which begins

' Blow blow thou winter wind' is about

Aa storm in winter
Bman's ingratitude
CDuk Senior cave
DLe Beau's love for Snowballs
EOriando's love for Rosalind
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Question 1853
jamb 1980

Chaucer presents The Franklin as

Aa great noble man
Ba devout christain
Can apicurian in taste
Da jovial character
Ean ambitious man
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Question 1854
jamb 1980

In Gray's 'Elegy' the poor are

Aabused
Baccursed
Cromanticized
Dpraised
Eadmonished
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Question 1855
jamb 1980

All the images used to describe where the poet always stop in Lenrie Peter's ; The Fence 'are suggestive of the character's

Acleverness
Bversatility
Cmoral weakness
Dromatic disposition
Eevil nature
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Question 1856
jamb 1980

'Comes this season of the cassia flower,
And pent passion peers through the bower,
Comes the season, and all labour is fallen
All earthen pitches as china broken'
The rhyme scheme in this passageb from kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth' is

Aalternative rhymes
Btriplets
Ccouplets
Dfree verse
Eblank verse
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Question 1857
jamb 1980
Poetry deals with one of the following
Aemotion only
Bdeath only
Cideas only
Demotion and ideas
Ebeauty only
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Question 1858
jamb 1980

The subject matter of 'A Troubadour I Traverse' is

Asuffering and oppression
Blaughter and happiness
Csinging and merry making
Dlove for a woman
Elong journey
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Question 1859
jamb 1980

In 'The Sea Eats Our Land' the word 'sea' symbolizes

Aflood
Bancestor
Cmodernity
Dsacrifise
Egolden girl
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Question 1860
jamb 1980

'She came in silken Drapes' is about the

Avirtures of love
Bkilling of a coral snake
Cdanger of false love
Dbeautiful butterfly
Esleeping leopards.
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