SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN PROSE
How does the death of Mr Earnshaw affect the fortunes of Heathcliff?
SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN PROSE
Why does Heathcliff hate Hindley?
SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN PROSE
Comment on the use of blindness as a metaphor.
SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN PROSE
How is the epilogue significant to the structure of the novel?
SECTION A: AFRICAN PROSE
Examine Nii’s rejection of Linda’s advances
SECTION A: AFRICAN PROSE
Discuss the meeting between Nii Tackie and Tally O
SECTION A: AFRICAN PROSE
Examine the relationship between Adah and Bill.
SECTION A: AFRICAN PROSE
How is conflict in marriage portrayed in the novel?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
Upon faint primrose-beds were women lie,
Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet,
There, my Lysander and myself shall meet,
And these from Athens turn away our eyes
To see new friends and stranger companies
Farewell, sweet playfellow;…
Farewell, sweet playfellow refers to
- A. Demetrius
- B. Hermia
- C. Helena
- D. Lysander
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
Upon faint primrose-beds were women lie,
Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet,
There, my Lysander and myself shall meet,
And these from Athens turn away our eyes
To see new friends and stranger companies
Farewell, sweet playfellow;…
The underlined expression means being
- A. careful
- B. faithful
- C. flirtatious
- D. reckless
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
Upon faint primrose-beds were women lie,
Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet,
There, my Lysander and myself shall meet,
And these from Athens turn away our eyes
To see new friends and stranger companies
Farewell, sweet playfellow;…
The couple are going to the wood because
- A. it is their favourite spot
- B. they are running away from the Athenian law
- C. they want to have their peace
- D. the wood is romantic
…you and I in the first line refers to
- A. Demetrius and Helena
- B. Hermia and Helena
- C. Hippolyta and Lysander
- D. Oberon and Titania
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
The wildest hath not such a heart as you
Run when you will, the story shall be change;
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin, the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger, bootless speed,
When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.
Another character present at the scene is
- A. Egeus
- B. Lysander
- C. Oberon
- D. Theseus
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
The wildest hath not such a heart as you
Run when you will, the story shall be change;
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin, the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger, bootless speed,
When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.
The speech is intended to ____ the addressee.
- A. confuse
- B. pacify
- C. provoke
- D. reclaim
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
The wildest hath not such a heart as you
Run when you will, the story shall be change;
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin, the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger, bootless speed,
When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.
The wildest refers to
- A. good people
- B. the least cruel man
- C. wild beasts
- D. the most deceptive
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
The wildest hath not such a heart as you
Run when you will, the story shall be change;
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin, the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger, bootless speed,
When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.
The addressee is
- A. Demetrius
- B. Hermia
- C. Oberon
- D. Puck
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
The wildest hath not such a heart as you
Run when you will, the story shall be change;
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin, the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger, bootless speed,
When cowardice pursues, and valour flies.
The speaker is
- A. Egeus
- B. Helena
- C. Lysander
- D. Titania
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
So should the murdered look, and so should I,
Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;
Yes you the murdered look so bright in clear
As yonder, Venus in her, glimmering sphere
The setting of the extract is
- A. another part of the wood
- B. Helena's place
- C. the wood
- D. Theseus' palace
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
So should the murdered look, and so should I,
Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;
Yes you the murdered look so bright in clear
As yonder, Venus in her, glimmering sphere
The underlined lines portray the addressee as a
- A. coward
- B. hunter
- C. painter
- D. traitor
In turn, the speaker accuses the addressee of
- A. cruelty
- B. discrimination
- C. deceit
- D. indiscretion
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
So should the murdered look, and so should I,
Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty;
Yes you the murdered look so bright in clear
As yonder, Venus in her, glimmering sphere
Earlier the addressee has accused the speaker of
- A. disloyalty
- B. infidelity
- C. murder
- D. theft