Cameroon GCE ordinary level June 2025 literature in English 1

Here are the questions extracted from the provided images:

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1. Witches in Macbeth represent: A evil and disorder B deceit and betrayal C prophecy and murder D mystery and distrust
2. “Thane” in the play MACBETH means a: A Brave military general B Rebel army general C Brave nobleman D Title of European nobility
3. Before the three witches disappear, they agree to meet Macbeth: A At the battle B At Dunsinane C Upon a heath D At Duncan’s castle

Questions 4 and 5 are based on the quotation below.

“Had he not resembled my father

As he slept I had done ‘t.”

4. The quotation above is made by:

   A Lady Macduff

   B Macbeth

   C Lady Macbeth

   D Banquo

5. “He” in the quotation above refers to:

   A Macduff

   B Duncan

   C Macbeth

   D Donalbain

6. When Duncan tells Macbeth:

   “O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman,”

   he is being:

   A fearful

   B pretentious

   C appreciative

   D boastful

7. Killing Duncan to become king shows that Macbeth is:

   A careful

   B patriotic

   C ambitious

   D courageous

8. To ease the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth suggests that they should:

   A poison his food

   B disguise Macbeth’s soldiers to look like subjects

   C drug the king’s guards

   D bribe the guards

9. When a character speaks to the audience in the absence of other characters, he/she uses a dramatic device called:

   A Aside

   B Soliloquy

   C Monologue

   D Parenthesis

10. As Macbeth moves towards the bed-chamber of Duncan with a dagger, he visualises a:

    A Sword in the air

    B Dagger in the air

    C Knife in the air

    D Cutlass in the air

11. “There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” This phrase refers to:

    A the Thane of Cawdor

    B Lady Macbeth

    C the Thane of Glamis

    D Banquo

12. The abnormal behaviour Lady Macbeth exhibits is:

    A sleep walking and sleep talking

    B weeping uncontrollably

    C screaming at the servants

    D pulling out her hair

13. “They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly. But bear-like I must fight the course.” This statement is made by:

    A Macbeth

    B Malcolm

    C Macduff

    D Siward

SECTION B: AFRICAN LITERATURE: THE CROWN OF THORNS: LINUS.T. ASONG

14. Akekeuor is said to be the god of the gods of the people of:

    A Mkomoko small monje

    B Nkokonoko small monje

    C Nkokonoko small monje

    D Nkokonoko Small Monje

15. The D.O. stumbles on Ntongntong just when he is to post the Chief’s letter. This is an instance of:

    A Coincidence

    B Situational irony

    C Coincidence and chance

    D Suspense.

16. When Achiefuo discovers that he has been tricked by D. O. Martin into the theft and sale of Akekeuor, he decides to:

    A tender an apology to the tribe

    B commit suicide

    C revenge on the D.O

    D recover the stolen statue

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17. The person who influences the elders to change Fuo- Ndee’s will is:

    A Ntobeahbe

    B Beehchoncho

    C Ngobefuo

    D The D.O

18. Chief Nchinda goes to collect Anyi’s bride price at:

    A Small Monje

    B Likume

    C Sowa

    D The Coast

19. The Novel, The Crown Of Thorns opens with:

    A a flashback

    B conflict among the villagers

    C the disappearance of Akekueuor

    D rhetorical questions

20. Antony is not crowned chief mainly because he:

    A returns two days before his catching ceremony

    B refuses to marry the bride chosen for him

    C marries a Munchi girl

    D is assimilated into the white man’s culture

21. He intercepts the letters between Nchinda and Antony:

    A Ntongntong

    B Ngobefuo

    C Martin

    D Achiebefuo

22. “My brothers and the chief, you know that before a dog impregnated its mother, it all began like a joke.” This statement is a/an:

    A metaphor

    B irony

    C proverb

    D hyperbole

Questions 23 and 24 are based on the quotation below.

“There had always existed between the natives of Small Monje on the one hand and the government and Roman Catholic Church on the other hand, a great rift.”

23. The above statement suggests a situation of:

    A Conflict

    B Disagreement

    C Fight

    D Misunderstanding

24. The word “rift” in the passage above means:

    A Conflict

    B Disagreement

    C Fight

    D Misunderstanding

25. “This is spitde which we have spat above our heads. One day it will fall back…” This statement is made by:

    A The D.O

    B Achiefuo

    C Ngobefuo

    D Ngangabe

SECTION C: POETRY: MODERN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY: HANS BOKWE.

26. In the poem “When We Were Young” the poet Takwi is:

    A Nostalgic

    B Regretful

    C Advisory

    D Political

27. “If the ripest must fall first, as they say,

    how come the untimely fall of the green fruit…”

    The title of the poem from which the above lines have been taken is:

    A “Transition”

    B “The Solitary Reaper”

    C “The Akola Nu! Ring!”

    D “Indifferent Nature”

28. In “Animals” animals are admired by the poet for being:

    A greedy, self centred, rebellious

    B calm, composed, self-satisfied

    C obedient disciplinarians, observant

    D hardworking, loving, industrious

Questions 29 and 30 are based on this extract from the poem “Transition”

“When trees shake off leaves from their foliage?”

29. The quotation above is an example of:

    A Hyperbole

    B Personification

    C Metaphor

    D Simile

30. The author of the poem from which the: excerpt is taken is:

    A Fonk Gladys

    B Mathew Takwi

    C Nkokonoko Small Monje

    D Edward Ayugho

31. “Menchum Falls” is a poem written by:

    A Mathew Takwi

    B Hans Bokwe Itoe

    C Albert Sang

    D Shadrack Abanamso

32. From the poem “If It Is True”, the phrase “the world refers to:

    A the spherical earth

    B the creatures on earth

    C humans on earth

    D the ways of man