Jamb Literature in English 1993 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play reaches a turning point when

A. Macduff's wife and children are murdered
B. Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
C. Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
D. Macbeth sees the witches a scond time

Question 7:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the

A. Orchard of Macbeth
B. Witches' enclave
C. Forest of Dunsinane
D. Death-place of King Duncan

Question 8:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'The Prince of Cumberland!- That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o' erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires;...
Macbeth in this soliloquy refers to his secret longing to become the

A. King of Scotland
B. Prince of Cumberland
C. Thane of Cawdor
D. Thane of Glamis

Question 9:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cowed my better part of man;
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,...
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope...'
The speech above was made when

A. Macduff confronted Macbeth for the final battle
B. Macbeth realized the truth of the witches prediction
C. Duncan heard that Malcolm and Macduff had descended on Dunsinane to attack Macbeth
D. Macbeth heard that his wife had been killed

Question 10:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'...Nay, had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth .'
The true intention of the speaker is to

A. Assess the integrity of the addressee
B. Get power and authority at all cost
C. Be callous and destructive
D. Stir commotion in the world