Literature In English 2011 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 6 :

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
'Farewell.- God knows when we shall meet again, I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.
I'll call them back again to comfort me.
Nurse!-What should she do here?
My dismal scene i need must act alone. Come, vial'.
The intention of the speaker above is to

A. Commit suicide
B. Commit murder
C. Escape from harsh realities of life
D. Take a temporary harmful substance

Question 7 :

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The play reaches reaches the point of denouement

A. At the family feast
B. At the reconciliation of the feuding families
C. When Romeo is informed of Juliet's death
D. When Romeo kills Paris at the tomb

Question 8 :

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The news of Juliet's death is broken to Romeo in Mantua by

A. Balthasar
B. Boy C
C. Friar John
D. Friar Lawrence

Question 9 :

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
In the play, Mercutio can be described as

A. Fraudulent
B. Gentle
C. Kind-hearted
D. Quarellsome

Question 10 :

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The plot of the play is

A. Simple
B. Convoluted
C. Chronological
D. Complicated