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

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From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question

I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.
My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 – 95)

The characters that just left the scene are

  • A. Othello and lago
  • B. Montano and Cassio
  • C. Othello and Desdemona
  • D. Grantiano and Desdemona
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23
From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question

I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.
My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 – 95)

The speaker is

  • A. Bianca
  • B. Emilia
  • C. Clown
  • D. Desdemona
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24
From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 – 49)

The character that enters immediately after is

  • A. lago
  • B. Emilia
  • C. Othello
  • D. Cassio
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25
From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 – 49)

”medicine” in the extract refers to the speaker’s

  • A. hatred
  • B. passion
  • C. lies
  • D. loyalty
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26
From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 – 49)

Just before this speech,

  • A. Othello falls into a trance
  • B. Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio
  • C. Montano fights with Cassio
  • D. Roderigo is killed
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27
From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 – 49)

The speaker is

  • A. Othello
  • B. lago
  • C. Lodovico
  • D. Bianca
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28
From the novel; Othello

Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 – 49)

The speaker is addressing

  • A. Cassio
  • B. Duke
  • C. herself
  • D. himself
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29
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The setting is

  • A. a street in Venice
  • B. a street in Cyprus
  • C. outside the citadel
  • D. a court before the citadel
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30
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The underlined expression shows that the speaker is

  • A. jovial
  • B. insincere
  • C. polite
  • D. unfriendly
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31
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

What has happened to the speaker?

  • A. He has been fined
  • B. He has fallen out of favour
  • C. He has been denied promotion
  • D. He has lost his job
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32
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The addressee is

  • A. Othello
  • B. Duke
  • C. Roderigo
  • D. Montano
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33
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The speaker is

  • A. Brabantio
  • B. Cassio
  • C. Gratiano
  • D. lago
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34
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The setting is

  • A. another street outside the Sagittary
  • B. a council chamber
  • C. a seaport in Cyprus
  • D. the citadel
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35
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

”Run from her guardege” refers to

  • A. Emilia
  • B. Desdemona
  • C. Bianca
  • D. Cassio's mistress
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36
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

”Sooty bosom” is a metaphor for

  • A. a black coat
  • B. Othello
  • C. a breastplate
  • D. lago
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37
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The speaker is addressing

  • A. Cassio
  • B. Brabantio
  • C. Roderigo
  • D. Othello
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38
From the novel; Othello

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0

So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 – 70)

The speaker is

  • A. Othello
  • B. Duke
  • C. Brabantio
  • D. lago
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39

Read the poem and answer the question

We have come to the crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take.

The poem can be described as

  • A. an epitaph
  • B. a lyric
  • C. a lullaby
  • D. an elegy
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40

Read the poem and answer this question.

We have come to the crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take

The mood of the poem is

  • A. jubilant
  • B. sad
  • C. gloomy
  • D. romantic
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41

Read the poem and answer the question

We have come to the crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take.

The dominant literary device used in the poem is

  • A. paradox
  • B. parody
  • C. metaphor
  • D. oxymoron
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42

Read the poem and answer the question

We have come to the crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take.

The speaker is

  • A. decisive
  • B. frustrated
  • C. disappointed
  • D. angry
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