WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract and answer the question

It is here,......thou art slain;

No medicine in the world can do thee good,

In thee there is not half an hour of life;

The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,

Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice

Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,

(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)

The speaker is

• A. Fortinbras
• B. Guildenstern
• C. Laertes
• D. Hamlet

Read the poem and answer the question

In front of the gate, the guard stands with his rifle,

Above, untidy clouds are carrying away the moon,

The bedbugs are swarming around like army tanks on manoeuvers

While the mosquitoes form squadrons, attacking like fighter planes.

My heart travels a thousand miles towards my native land.

My dream interwines with sadness like a stein of a thousand threads,

Innocent, I have endured a whole year in prison

Using my tears for ink, I turn my thoughts into verses.

The impression created of the persona is one of

• A. anger
• B. competitiveness
• C. reconciliation
• D. resignation

The equilibrium of an endothermic reaction which proceeds with an increase in volume can be shifted in the reverse direction by

• A) increasing the temperature and decreasing the pressure
• B) increasing the pressure and increasing the temperature
• C) decreasing the temperature and increasing the pressure
• D) decreasing the pressure and decreasing the temperature

The reward for labour is

• A. wage
• B. profit
• C. rent
• D. dividend

A supply curve is positively sloped because

• A. supply always exceeds demand
• B. demand always exceeds supply
• C. price is an incentive to consumers
• D. price is an incentive to producers

The judiciary occupies an important place in every state because it is

• A. mandated to supervise the functions of the executive
• B. a unique profession of intellectuals
• C. protector of the rights of the people
• D. a body of upright and just people in society

Which of the following is not a symptom of foot and mouth disease of cattle?

• A. excessive production of saliva
• B. sores on fet and tounge
• C. lameness
• D. blood stained diarrhoea

Trace the constitutional evolution of federalism in Nigeria up to 1954

choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.

I hope the Principal would begracious enough to forgive us.

• A. cordial
• B. polite
• C. merciful
• D. gentle

When two or more parties join to form a government, we have a

• A. mixed government
• B. united government
• C. plural government
• D. coalition government