Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208
WAEC offline past questions - with all answers and explanations in one app - Download for free

Macbeth Past Questions

Clear Selections
Change Subject Post a Question Check Syllabus Study My Bookmarks Past Questions Videos Watch Video Lessons Download App

WAEC offline past questions - with all answers and explanations in one app - Download for free
WAEC Past Questions, Objective & Theory, Study 100% offline, Download app now - 24709
Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208
16

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
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1993
17

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
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1993
18

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
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1993
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208
WAEC offline past questions - with all answers and explanations in one app - Download for free
19

This question i based on William Shakespeare''s Macbeth.

''This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,

Why hath it given me earnest of success,...

What does the phrase ''earnest of success'' refer to?

  • A. Macbeth becoming thane of Cawdor
  • B. Banquo''s children becoming future kings
  • C. Macbeth becoming king
  • D. Banquo''s wearing of the crown
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1992
20

This question i based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'... I think our country skins beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds.'
Who made the above statement and to whom?

  • A. Macduff to Ross
  • B. Malcolm to Macduff
  • C. Malcolm to Ross
  • D. Macduff to Malcolm.
View Answer & Discuss JAMB 1992
Start a Free Practice Test
 
Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208
WAEC Past Questions, Objective & Theory, Study 100% offline, Download app now - 24709
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
WAEC offline past questions - with all answers and explanations in one app - Download for free