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Question 1

jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
'What is in the past is gone forever. it is only the present that belongs to us! Grasp what chance of happiness you can find at the moment with both hands!
The past in the extract above refers to

AOdibe

BNorman

CChris

DOdili

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Question 2

jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
The preoccupation of the novel is

Athe life and times of Julian Odili

BNorman Obi's courtship of Effua

Cthe benefits of the extended family in Nigeria

Dthe travails and successes of Nkem and Odili

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Question 3

jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
Nkem leaves Odilis house because

Ashe is not afaithful wife

Bshe wants to keep her marriage

Cof pressure from outsiders

Dshe is barren

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Question 4

jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
In the novel, Serah dies of

Ahaemorrhoids

Bgunshot wounds

Casthma

Dasphyxiation

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Question 5

jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, the foil to Lahab's character is

ATanko

BAI-Amin

CSagiir

DSaahir

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Question 6

jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
'A repulsive game, nonetheless. Majority participation in a voice doesn't turn it into a virtue,no matter the social standing of the participants.
The game referred to in the passage above is

Agraft

Bgambling

Cdraught

Dscrambling

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Question 7

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The ideological leader of the revolution in the novel is

ANapoleon

BSnowball

COld Major

DSquealer

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Question 8

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The last major battle in the novel is the battle

Aof the Cowshed

Bof the Windmill

Cto oust Mr.Jones

Dto overthrow Snowball

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Question 9

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The events in the novel are set in

Aa possible soccial climate

Bthe distant past

Ca real human society

Dan imagined world

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Question 10

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The turn of events in the novel shows that the novelist is

Aiconoclastic

Bfatalistic

Crhetorical

Doptimistic

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Question 11

jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
'There be two gentlemen in a post-chaise at the door. They have lost their way upon the forest....
The two gentlemen in the excerpt above are

ADiggory and Saunders

BMarlow and Hastings

CMarlow and Hardcastle

DDiggory and Hastings

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Question 12

jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The epilogue of the play deals with the impermanence of

Anature

Bfriendship

Cwomanhood

Dlove

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Question 13

jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
One of the enriching features of the play is the

Amatchmaking attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle

Bmanipulation of appearance and reality

Cuse of rural and urban settings

Dlopsided resolution of conflicts

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Question 14

jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
Miss Hardcastle is able to 'conquer' at the end of the play because of her

Aindiscretion

Bbeauty

Cwit

Dbrawn

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Question 15

jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The major thematic preoccupation of her play is

Athe constraintic on parental obligations

Bthe problems of class and English mannerisms

Cthe presentation of a mannerless society

Dchanging the traditional view about English comedy

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Question 16

jamb 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
The 'Proclamation' and 'Reclamation' segments of the play are performed

Aas an aside

Bby a chorus off-stage

Con-stage and off-stage

Doff-stage

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Question 17

jamb 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
'But those are the hags and witches we wanted out of town.
The expression hags and witches refers to

Aold unmarried girls and wives retired home from their husbands

Bthe three women who turned into goats

Call the women in the play

Dhandmaids, headwives, most favoured wives nursing mothers and pregnant wives

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Question 18

jamb 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
When does the play open and close?

AIn the afternoon

BAt midnight

CIn the morning

DIn the evening

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Question 19

jamb 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
Imagery in the play is

Aalways sexual and licentious

Bsometimes sexual but not licentious

Calways sexual but not licentious

Dsometimes sexual and licentious

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Question 20

jamb 2004

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

Apolyarchy

Banarchy

Cmatriarchy

Dpatriarchy

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