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

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…The Duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter could control thee,
If now’t were fit to do’t. At the first sight
They have changed eyes. Delicate Ariet,
I”ll set thee free for this!
(Act 1, scene two, lines 441-445)

”They” in extract refers to

  • A. prospero and Ariel
  • B. Prospero and Miranda
  • C. Ferdinand and Miranda
  • D. Ariel and Ferdinand
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23

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…The Duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter could control thee,
If now’t were fit to do’t. At the first sight
They have changed eyes. Delicate Ariet,
I”ll set thee free for this!
(Act 1, scene two, lines 441-445)

What does ”they have changed eyes” mean?

  • A. they have exchanged looks at each other
  • B. they have met before
  • C. they have fallen in love
  • D. they have lost sight
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24

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…The Duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter could control thee,
If now’t were fit to do’t. At the first sight
They have changed eyes. Delicate Ariet,
I”ll set thee free for this!
(Act 1, scene two, lines 441-445)

”Thee” in line two refers to

  • A. prospero
  • B. Sebastian
  • C. Ferdinand
  • D. Antonio
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25

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…The Duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter could control thee,
If now’t were fit to do’t. At the first sight
They have changed eyes. Delicate Ariet,
I”ll set thee free for this!
(Act 1, scene two, lines 441-445)

The speaker is

  • A. Miranda
  • B. Ferdinand
  • C. Prospero
  • D. Caliban
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26

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Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy’s scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)

The ‘heavenly bow’ refers to

  • A. Ceres
  • B. Iris
  • C. Ariel
  • D. Juno
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27

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Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy’s scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)

The speaker is a

  • A. sailor
  • B. king
  • C. spirit
  • D. man
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28

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Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy’s scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)

The purpose of the gathering is to

  • A. settle a dispute between prospero and his brother
  • B. punish Miranda for running away with Stephano
  • C. set Ariel free from his burden
  • D. celebrate the betrothal of Ferdinand and Miranda
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29

Read the extract and answer the question

Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy’s scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)

The character addressed is

  • A. Caliban
  • B. Iris
  • C. Ceres
  • D. Venus
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30

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Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy’s scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)

The speaker is

  • A. Ferdinand
  • B. Miranda
  • C. Ceres
  • D. Iris
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31

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Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at’em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)

What happens to the spirits?

  • A. they are killed
  • B. they stay on
  • C. they serve prospero
  • D. they disappear
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32

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Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at’em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)

In the extract a _ is laid before them

  • A. problem
  • B. banquet
  • C. bed
  • D. gift
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33

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Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at’em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)

The character addressed is

  • A. Sebastian
  • B. Ferdinand
  • C. Gonzalo
  • D. Alonso
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34

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Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at’em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)

The speaker is

  • A. Gonzalo
  • B. Stephano
  • C. Ferdinand
  • D. Caliban
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35

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

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Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)

Another character presents is

  • A. Trinculo
  • B. Ferdinand
  • C. Miranda
  • D. Prospero
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36

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

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Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)

What are ‘noises’ in the extract?

  • A. shouting
  • B. clapping
  • C. thunder
  • D. music
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37

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)

The speaker is a

  • A. carnivore
  • B. savage
  • C. sailor
  • D. devourer
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38

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)

The character addressed is

  • A. Horatio
  • B. Caliban
  • C. Stephano
  • D. Ferdinand
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39

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)

The speaker is

  • A. Ferdinand
  • B. Gonzalo
  • C. Alonso
  • D. Caliban
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40

Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

The image used in line six is taken from

  • A. war
  • B. the moon
  • C. flowers
  • D. prison
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41

Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

The underlined means that

  • A. they were living in a house with a high wall
  • B. their building is no longer where it used to be
  • C. the children had caused the wall to crumble
  • D. their father made them pull down the wall
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42

Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

”To appease the gods”…”implies

  • A. seeking the favour of the gods
  • B. offering meals to the gods
  • C. accusing the gods for their misfortune
  • D. reciting incantations to the gods
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