Literature in English 2018 Past Questions | JAMB
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21. The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES REVOLT.
In the play. the central idea is that gender equity_______?
- A. both undesirable and unattainable
- B. desirable and unattainable
- C. attainable and desirable
- D. obnoxious and desirable
22. The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES REVOLT.
In their fight, the women settle at Iyara in order to_______?
- A. Cure cross-piece
- B. Hurt their husbands
- C. Forestall reconciliation
- D. Seeks peace
23. The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES REVOLT.
“Great Orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.” Those being ridiculed here are the_________?
- A. Husbands
- B. Old Women
- C. Wives
- D. Spinsters
24. The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES REVOLT.
“Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______
- A. front of the veranda of Okoro’s house
- B. the-kitchen, upstairs
- C. Okoro’s front yard, down stage
- D. the direction of the kitchen, off stage
25. The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES REVOLT.
The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of_________
- A. Ikaki
- B. Udje
- C. Etiyeri
- D. Ekpe
26. The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at compt”
The device used in the line above is__________
- A. Simile
- B. Pun
- C. Metaphor
- D. Paradox
27. The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
Othello kills Desdemona because the_______
- A. former is jealous
- B. former’s race is insulted
- C. latter is a witch
- D. latter is an idol
28. The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________
- A. he prefers lago
- B. Othello is a moor
- C. Rodgerigo woos her first
- D. Desdemona is too young
29. The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
“Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of
- A. Travelling
- B. Sick
- C. Dying
- D. Eloping
30. The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
“O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters’ minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?
The speaker of the excerpt above is________
- A. Brabantio
- B. Othello
- C. Gratiano
- D. Roderigo
