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

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

How does Question Gertrude finally die?

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IN THE PLAY, THE TWO REVENGE PLOTS REVOLVE AROUND

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” ‘The white man of God is coming here for Easter! The white man of God is coming to spend Easter with us!’ This was the talk everywhere in Nkar among the old and young, even among the pagans. We had been taught everything about him in advance, When he comes we should observe his beard and see if it was not forked like that of .Christ.”

Kenjo Jumban: The white man of God

From the passage, the white man of God is treated with

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‘O’let us have him, for his silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion and buy men’s voices to commend our deeds it shall be said his judgement rules our hands. Our youths and wildness shall not whit appear, But all be buried in his gravity.
William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
In the excerpt above, his silver hairs refers to

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Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with no trademan’s matters nor women’s matters, but withal- I am indeed, sir,a surgeon to ild shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.’William Shakespeare: Julius CaesarThe speaker in the excerpt above is a

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Cliph…Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah’s will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is

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‘Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.’J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The BoatFrom the excerpt above, the speaker is

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KATE:No shame but mine. I must, forsooth be forcedTo give my hand opposed against my heart Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen, Who wooed in haste and means to weel at leisure, I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourWilliam Shakespear:The Taming of the ShrewIn the excerpt above, it is clear that the speaker is

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And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.’
Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain
From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being

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I will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is

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‘Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a legendary scion of the soil the brief sack with bulging stomach.’The poem achieves its significant effect through the use of

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If I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice…

Ismeal Heron:Pardon me.

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

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The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as

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That quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is

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A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

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Which of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue?

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Black theater is drama concerned with

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The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

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Chanson is a term denoting a

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Zeugma is a figurative device in which a

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Monometer is a