Literature in English Past Questions

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,

The major role of Mercutio in the play is to

"The all seeing sun
Ne'er saw match since first the world begun."

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,

The lines above were spoken by

"O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
A rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear."

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the lines above, Juliet's beauty is presented

"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life..."

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the lines above suggests that the tragedy in the play

"If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle"

Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that

"If you touch me,I shall smash your face with this bottle"

Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters,The statement above is made by

Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters:

From the play, George is a

Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters:
Who is the paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan?

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

"I cannot rest from travel: I will
drink
Life to the lees, all times I have
enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly"
A.L. Tennyson:Ulysses

The lines above inform the reader that the poet

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

....They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests..."

J.P. Clark:Casualties

The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


"The drums overwhelmed the guns..."

J.P Clark: Casualties

The poet in the excerpt above uses

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth"
Wole Soyinka:Night

Night children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

....How can i look at Oyo and say i
hate long shiny cars? How can i
come to the children and despise
international schools?
And Koomson comes, and the
family sees Jesus Christ in him....

The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That board, and sleep, and feed....

The lines above show that the speaker

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

The old man slept in his favourite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap

The rhyme scheme of the poem above is

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

"What eyes will watch our large mouths
Shaped by the laughter of big children
What eyes will watch our large mouths?"

Birage Diop:Vanity

The tone of the lines above is one of

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

O! Ceremony,show me but thy worth What is thy soul of adoration

The figure of speech in the lines above is

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The main aim of caricature is to