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

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When it is paid, according to the tenor.
It doth appear you are a worthy judge,
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound. I charge you by the law;….
Proceed to judgement;…..
(Act IV Scene On, lines 231 – 236)

A the end of the speech, the speaker

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When it is paid, according to the tenor.
It doth appear you are a worthy judge,
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound. I charge you by the law;….
Proceed to judgement;…..
(Act IV Scene On, lines 231 – 236)

”Your exposition” refers to

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When it is paid, according to the tenor.
It doth appear you are a worthy judge,
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound. I charge you by the law;….
Proceed to judgement;…..
(Act IV Scene On, lines 231 – 236)

The extract conveys a feeling of

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When it is paid, according to the tenor.
It doth appear you are a worthy judge,
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound. I charge you by the law;….
Proceed to judgement;…..
(Act IV Scene On, lines 231 – 236)

The person addressed is

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When it is paid, according to the tenor.
It doth appear you are a worthy judge,
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound. I charge you by the law;….
Proceed to judgement;…..
(Act IV Scene On, lines 231 – 236)

The speaker is

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…….’twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; ―
Or shall I think in silver she’s immured;
Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 – 53)

” Being ten times undervalued to try gold?” reveals the speaker’s

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…….’twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; ―
Or shall I think in silver she’s immured;
Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 – 53)

After this speech, the speaker

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…….’twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; ―
Or shall I think in silver she’s immured;
Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 – 53)

”Though” in the extract implies

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…….’twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; ―
Or shall I think in silver she’s immured;
Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 – 53)

The person referred to in the extract is

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…….’twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; ―
Or shall I think in silver she’s immured;
Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 – 53)

The speaker is

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Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners…..
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 – 18)

”I will feed fat the ancient gradge” illustrates

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Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners…..
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 – 18)

The speaker is

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Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners…..
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 – 18)

The speaker has been addressing

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Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners…..
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 – 18)

The speaker is in love with

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Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners…..
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 – 18)

The extract is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

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If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest;……
(Act 1 Scene Three, lines 39-)

From the extract the speaker is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

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If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest;……
(Act 1 Scene Three, lines 39-)

”my well-won thrift” is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the question

If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest;……
(Act 1 Scene Three, lines 39-)

The underlined expression illustrates

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the question

If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest;……
(Act 1 Scene Three, lines 39-)

The extract is an example of

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the question

If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest;……
(Act 1 Scene Three, lines 39-)

The speaker is

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Stella had to do her midweek shopping. There were four people before her in the queue. She watched the blond at the counter striking feverishly away at the numbers on the cold, light-flickering machine. There seemed to be a raging war between two mechanical contraptions, one, robot-like and the other stationary, but able to respond to the extent of punching, by sharp flickers of red light. It was an all consuming battle, as a swift hand positioned the price label of the ceaseless flow of item on the coneyor belt and the right delivered the punches. The intending owners were more unnoticed onlookers. Anyway, there is a belated recognition of them in ”thank you, call again balance sheet. ” It’s all so mechanical, she thought. I mean, any creature-baboon, extraterrestial being or anything – could as well receive the same treatment as long as the conditions are met- ”bring to the counter, labelled items from the shelves.” Where is the human touch? She wondered.

”…..a swift left hand….and the right hand delivered the punches” illustrates