Literature in English JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

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From the novel; The gods are not to blame

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI”S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

Well it wasn’t there anymore with him?
Someone who survived? Someone who managed to come home and say what exactly happened, not even a rat?
The lack of precise knowledge concerning the king”s fate as outlined in the passage above, arose as a result of the fact that

  • A. all the six bodyguards deserted the king
  • B. ofof the seven bodyguards, only came back
  • C. all the four bodyguards were killed
  • D. of the five bodyguards, only one came.
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44
From the novel; The gods are not to blame

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI”S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

In the prologue, the narrator’s role to blame

  • A. explains why the gods are not to blame
  • B. narrates the life history of the hero
  • C. reminds the principle character of thier functions
  • D. explains to the audience the mimed action on the stage.
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45
From the novel; The gods are not to blame

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI”S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

”If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good”.
Odewale says this because

  • A. Aderopo is a skilful drummer
  • B. he believes that Aderopo is plotting his overthrow
  • C. he thinks that Aderopo is mad
  • D. Aderopo has not learnt how to drum well.
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46
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET.

The following epithets:
‘The courageous captain of compliments…
The very butcher of a silk button…
a gentleman of the very first house…’
refer to

  • A. Tybalt
  • B. Romeo
  • C. Mercutio
  • D. Benvolio.
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47
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET.

‘You talk here in the public haunt of men.
Either withdraw unto some private place,
Or reason coldly of your grievances,
Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us’.
This appeal is made by

  • A. Romeo to Mercutio
  • B. Benvolio to Tybalt
  • C. Benvolio to both Tybalt and Mercutio
  • D. Romeo to both Mercutio and Tybalt.
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48
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET.

‘See what a scourage is laid upon your hate
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.
And I, for winking at your discords too,
Have lost a brace of kinsmen…’
The speaker of these lines is

  • A. Capulet
  • B. prince Escalus
  • C. Mountague
  • D. Friar Lawrence.
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49
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET.

In the play, the dramatic significance of Mercutio’s character is to

  • A. serve as a constract to Romeo's
  • B. aid and abet Romeo's passion
  • C. annoy Tybalt
  • D. persuade Romeo to forget Rosaline.
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50
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET.

‘Wisely and slow. The stumble that run fast’.
This note of caution comes from

  • A. Benvolio to Mercutio
  • B. Capulet to Paris
  • C. Friar to Romeo
  • D. Nurse to Juliet.
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