Literature Past Questions And Answers
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
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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 setting is
- A. a hall in the castle
- B. the battlefield
- C. a platform in front of the castle
- D. the queen's room
A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is
- A. an epic
- B. a legend
- C. an allegory
- D. a satire
A bitter remark intended to wound the feelings is
- A. a satire
- B. an allusion
- C. a sarcasm
- D. an ambiguity
Careened',
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched, I swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko,Oily Tears.
The tone of the poet is
- A. supplicatory
- B. optimistic
- C. sympathetic
- D. piteous
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'Hurrah for Thunder'by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to
- A. beware of the animals in the jungle
- B. beware of the effects of thunder
- C. condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
- D. be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power
AFRICAN PROSE
ASARE KONADU: A Woman In Her Prime
What does the death of Yaw Boakye reveal about the Brenhoma society?
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What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
The mood of the poem is one of
- A. joy
- B. doubt
- C. anger
- D. certainty
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.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)
The first two lines convey an impression of
- A. radiance
- B. deception
- C. beauty
- D. destruction
This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
James Ofosu's desire is to see Maanan trained as
- A. a choreographer
- B. an attorney
- C. an accountant
- D. a surgeon
AFRICAN DRAMA
FEMI OSOFISAN: Women of Owu
Discuss Maye Okunade's reasons for attacking Owu Kingdom
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