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1516

"If
a provoked houseboy
cannot match his
wicked master
strength with strength,
he maims the master's favorite
goat!"

Obaruduagbon employs this proverb to explain why

  • A. the Oba should be placated
  • B. he and Esasoyen were arrested
  • C. Uwangue Egiebo was murdered
  • D. he was rude to the Oba
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1517

"There's no art
To find the mind's construction in the face...'

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,the above statement means that there is no

  • A. artist who can construct a face
  • B. skill of reading thoughts from the face
  • C. skill of differentiating the face from the mind
  • D. artist who can understand a man
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1518

"Why should I play the Roman fool, and die
On mine own sword?"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies

  • A. acting the part of a foolish Roman
  • B. behaving like Brutus and Mark Anthony
  • C. acting like foolish Romans who killed themselves with their own hands
  • D. acting the Part of a Roman fool in a play
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1519

"Rather than so, come fate, into the list,
And champion me to the utterance!"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Rather than so"in the quotation above refers to

  • A. Macbeth's fear of not being king
  • B. Banqou's children becoming kings
  • C. Macduff defeating Macbeth on the battle field
  • D. Birnam wood coming to Dunsinane
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1520

"Thou loosest labour
As easy may'st thou the in trenchant air
With thy keen sword impress,..."

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the confidence above derives from the fact that

  • A. the air cannot be cut
  • B. it is futile to cut the air with a sword
  • C. no man born of a woman can hurt Macbeth
  • D. Macduff wastes his efforts fighting Macbeth
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