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

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From the novel; Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

X : Come on then; down, and swear.
Y : I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster
A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him
X: Come, kiss.
(Act 11 scene two lines 139-143)

Speaker Y is a

  • A. monster
  • B. Musician
  • C. sea captain
  • D. jester
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From the novel; Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

X : Come on then; down, and swear.
Y : I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster
A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him
X: Come, kiss.
(Act 11 scene two lines 139-143)

Another character present is

  • A. Franciso
  • B. Sebastian
  • C. Adrian
  • D. Caliban
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24
From the novel; Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

X : Come on then; down, and swear.
Y : I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster
A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him
X: Come, kiss.
(Act 11 scene two lines 139-143)

Speaker Y is

  • A. prospero
  • B. Gonzalo
  • C. Trinculo
  • D. Caliban
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25
From the novel; Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

X : Come on then; down, and swear.
Y : I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster
A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him
X: Come, kiss.
(Act 11 scene two lines 139-143)

Speaker X is

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

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M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

Speaker M is a

  • A. prince
  • B. traitor
  • C. king
  • D. sailor
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27

Read the extract ans answer your question

M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

The other character present is

  • A. Alonso
  • B. Caliban
  • C. Prospero
  • D. Antonio
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28

Read the extract ans answer your question

M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

Speaker M is a

  • A. prince
  • B. traitor
  • C. king
  • D. sailor
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29

Read the extract ans answer your question

M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

The other character present is

  • A. Alonso
  • B. Caliban
  • C. Prospero
  • D. Antonio
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30

Read the extract ans answer your question

M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

Speaker M means to

  • A. defend himself
  • B. kill himself
  • C. escape from prison
  • D. dine with N
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31

Read the extract ans answer your question

M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

Speaker N

  • A. is attracted to the temple
  • B. admires speaker M
  • C. dislikes the spirit in the house
  • D. dwells in the temple
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32

Read the extract ans answer your question

M : No, as I am a man.
N : There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 – 462)

The speakers are

  • A. arguing
  • B. in prison
  • C. dancing
  • D. in love
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33

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At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 – 83)

The character who secretly watches and listens is

  • A. Trinculo
  • B. Stephano
  • C. Caliban
  • D. Prospero
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34

Read the extract and answer the question

At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 – 83)

The speaker is expressing

  • A. love
  • B. hatred
  • C. sorrow
  • D. regret
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35

Read the extract and answer the question

At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 – 83)

The character addressed is

  • A. prospoero
  • B. Ferdinand
  • C. Alonso
  • D. Juno
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36

Read the extract and answer the question

At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 – 83)

After this speech, the character addressed

  • A. sings
  • B. dances
  • C. kneels
  • D. weeps
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37

Read the extract and answer the question

At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 – 83)

The speaker is

  • A. Ferdinand
  • B. Stephano
  • C. Miranda
  • D. Prospero
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38
From the novel; Tempest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)

The speakers are

  • A. grandfather and son
  • B. lovers
  • C. father and daughter
  • D. friends
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39
From the novel; Tempest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)

Speaker P wants his partner to

  • A. pity his condition
  • B. fight his brother
  • C. justify his action
  • D. love him
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40
From the novel; Tempest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)

The dialogue recalls

  • A. their exile to the island
  • B. the killing of the king
  • C. their love affairs
  • D. the grandmother's death
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41
From the novel; Tempest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)

Speaker Q is

  • A. Miranda
  • B. Prospero
  • C. Sebastian
  • D. Caliban
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42
From the novel; Tempest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)

Speaker P is

  • A. Alonso
  • B. Antonio
  • C. Ferdinand
  • D. Proospero
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