Plot - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 101:

• JAMB 1981

'They have tied me to a stake:I cannot fly, But bear like i must fight the course'.
Macbeth here is represented as

A. Confident and arrogant
B. Pitiable and evil
C. Pitiable but courageous
D. Pitiable and fearful
E. Merry and confident

Question 102:

• JAMB 1981

Which group of characters appears in Macbeth?

A. Audrey, Phebe, Silvius
B. Charles, Malcolm, Banquo
C. Lennox, Donalbain, Seyton
D. Duncan, frederick, Banquo
E. Oliver, Ross, Banquo

Question 103:

• JAMB 1981

The banished Duke regained his kingdom when his brother Frederick

A. Was defeated in battle
B. Was rejected by his people
C. Died on his way to the woods
D. Was converted by a religious man
E. Became too old to rule

Question 104:

• JAMB 1981

Olivia hated Orlando because Orlando

A. Defeacted charles in wrestling contest
B. Was in love with Rosalind
C. Was preferred by the people to himself
D. Was more educated than himself
E. Ran away from home

Question 105:

• JAMB 1981

'Sweet are the uses of adversity
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head'
The speaker of the above lines from As You Like It' is

A. Jacques
B. Orlando
C. Adams
D. Duke senior
E. Le Bosu.