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Question 511
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.'

This speaker of the lines above is

Alago
BCassio
CDesdemona
DEmilia
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Question 512
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello kills himself with a

Abottle
Bsword
Cgun
Dknife
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Question 513
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The hypocritical character in the play is

AMontano
Blago
CCassio
DRoderigo
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Question 514
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The first character in the play to refer to Othello by name is

ABrabantio
BDesdemona
Cthe Duke
Dlago
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Question 515
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by

Aa female prophet
BDesdemona's maid
COthello's mother
DOthello's lover.
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Question 516
jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.
'I thought as much. I know that all these hide-and-seek games that have been going on will one day come to light'.\

The speaker of the excerpt above is

AOgeyi
BAlice
CAyo
DMrs Obi
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Question 517
jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

Aloho is employed as Chief's

APersonal Assistant
BProtocol Officer
CLegal Adviser
DSecretary
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Question 518
jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

From its resolution of conflicts. the play can be described as being

Aobscene
Bfarcical
Ccomic
Ddidactic
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Question 519
jamb 2016

The setting of the play is

AGbossa
BBenue
CNassarawa
DJabu
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Question 520
jamb 2016

The scene of the conversation in the excerpt above is

Aa street
BChief's office
Ca hotel
Dthe Police Station
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Question 521
waec 2015

The ''two'' later plot to_______

Akill all the other characters
Bescape from the island
Ckill Prospero and Miranda
Dkill Alonso and Gonzalo
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Question 522
waec 2015

What has happened to all the other characters in the scene?

AThey have been made deaf and dumb
BAriel has put them all to sleep
CThey have been sent away
DProspero has put them to sleep
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Question 523
waec 2015

The situation in the extract is highly

Asatirical
Bprophetic
Cironical
Dcomical
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Question 524
waec 2015

X and Y are

AAntonio and Alonso
BSebastian and Alonso
CAntonio and Gonzalo
DSebastian and Gonzalo
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Question 525
waec 2015

X and Y are

AAntonio and Alonso
BSebastian and Alonso
CAntonio and Gonzalo
DSebastian and Gonzalo
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Question 526
waec 2015

''we two'' are

AAntonio and Adrian
BSebastian and Adrian
CSebastian and Franciso
DAntonio and Sebastian
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Question 527
waec 2015

Soon after, Ariel

Aflies off to do his duty
Brecounts the confusion on board the ship
Ckneels down to worship Prospero
Dcalls Ceres and another spirit
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Question 528
waec 2015

'Ariel and all his quality' means Ariel and

Aall at his command
Bthe quality of a spirit
Chis band of spirit
Dan ability to cause mischief
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Question 529
waec 2015

Before Ariel's entry

AFerdinand has brought in some wood
BProspero had put Miranda to sleep
CCaliban had been sweaing at prospero
DTrinculo had discovered Caliban's cloak
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Question 530
waec 2015

Prospero has actually

Araised a storm at sea
Bpunished Miranda
Cdismissed Ferdinand
Dcommanded Ariel to disappear
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