Literature In English 2007 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 46 :

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is

A. Submissive
B. Inciting
C. Diplomatic
D. Imploring

Question 47 :

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with no trademan's matters nor women's matters, but withal- I am indeed, sir,a surgeon to ild shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.'William Shakespeare: Julius CaesarThe speaker in the excerpt above is a

A. Surgeon
B. Meddler
C. Cobbler
D. Trader

Question 48 :

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation
'O'let us have him, for his silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion and buy men's voices to commend our deeds it shall be said his judgement rules our hands. Our youths and wildness shall not whit appear, But all be buried in his gravity.
William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
In the excerpt above, his silver hairs refers to

A. A judicial wig
B. Make-up
C. Old age
D. Wealth

Question 49 :

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'' 'The white man of God is coming here for Easter! The white man of God is coming to spend Easter with us!' This was the talk everywhere in Nkar among the old and young, even among the pagans. We had been taught everything about him in advance, When he comes we should observe his beard and see if it was not forked like that of .Christ.''Kenjo Jumban: The white man of God
From the passage, the white man of God is treated with

A. Awe
B. Derision
C. Suspicion
D. Indifference

Question 50 :

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
IN THE PLAY, THE TWO REVENGE PLOTS REVOLVE AROUND

A. Hamlet against Polonius and Laertes against Claudius
B. Hamlet against Claudius and Laertes gainst Hamlet
C. Claudius against Hamlet and Laertes against Gertrude
D. Ophelia against Hamlet and Laertes against Hamlet