‘The all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun’
The above lines were spoken in Romeo and Juliet by
- A. count Paris in praise of juliet
- B. Romeo in praise of Juliet
- C. Romeo in praise of Rosaline
- D. Lady Capuiet in praise of Rosaline.
‘O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the check of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear’
Romeo and Juliet
In these lines Juliet’s beauty is presented
- A. in contrast to the dark night
- B. as a source of envy to all
- C. in terms of riches
- D. as being unparalleled in the kingdom.
‘From forth the fatal lions of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life…’
These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the
- A. tragedy could have been averted
- B. tragedy was predestined
- C. tragedy was brought on by enmity
- D. lovers brought misfortune on themselves.
FIRST BODYGUARD: A madman wanting to see the king! The world, indeed, is mad OJUOLA: How do you know he is a madman?
Which of the following is the answer given by the second bodyguard to Ojuola in The Gods Are Not To Blame?
- A. everyone can see he is mad, your highness
- B. only a madman would want to see the king now, your highness
- C. we all know him very well, your highness
- D. he is not a man of our tribe, your highness.
‘But Obatal,
God Creation,
has a way
of consoling the distressed.
The consolation referred to by the narrator in The Gods Are Not To Blame is the
- A. great peace that reigned in the land of Kutuje
- B. subjugation of the warlike people of Ikolu
- C. pregnancy of Aburo, Odewale's second wife
- D. birth of Aderopo by Ojuola.
‘The let these eyes around me close, Close close in sleep, close in sleep. That is my word-the mountain always sleeps. Sleep Sleep… sleep..sleep…’
These lines from The Gods Are Not To Blame were chanted by
- A. Iya Aburo to mesmerise her son
- B. Baba Fakunle to mesmerise his assailants
- C. Odewale to mesmerise his assailants
- D. old man to mesmerise Odewale.
‘No, let them attack me. Is it not Ignorance that makes the rat attack the cat? Ten thousand of them-let them … attack me. they have the arms, they have the swords. But me… I have only one weapon and this i have used, and mine is the victory…’
The one weapon to which the speaker in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers is
- A. pprophecy
- B. courage
- C. truth
- D. justice.
In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by
- A. usurpation in a typical Ijekun manner
- B. deserting the poeple of Ikolu whose army he led
- C. divulging the war secrets of Ikolu to Kutuje
- D. leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.