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Question 1

jamb 2006

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

Keats' on the Grasshopper and Cricket is best described as

Aromantic

Bmedieval

Cmetaphysical

Dplatonic

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Question 2

jamb 2006

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

In We must learn Again to Fly; Ofeimum exhorts the reader

Anot to lose hope in the face of adversity

Bto enjoy his success

Cto give up if he does not succeed

Dto work harder even if he succeeds

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Question 3

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

The character attributes of Attahiru qualify him as

Aan egocentric partriot

Ba Muslim fanatic

Ca religious martyr

Da political revolutionary

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Question 4

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The sides of a stage are called

Athe ways

Bboth sides

Cthe pits

Dthe wings

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Question 5

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

Arhythm

Btetrametre

Cassonance

Dcaesura

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Question 6

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A complex plot can be described as the plot structure that has

Amultiple scenes

Bstrands of events runnings concurrently

Cwell-developed characters

Dan abstract subject and setting

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Question 7

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An address to a metaphysical source of inspiration by a poet is called

Aclairvoyance

Binspiration

Cinvocation

Dnemesis

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Question 8

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Flash back in a literary work help to

Afill the missing link

Breveal the characters'mindsets

Cplace the story in proper perspective

Drelate events that are extraneous to the story

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Question 9

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A travelogue is

Athe account of the travails of a character in novle

Ba record of the writer's experiences during a journey

Ca variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey

Dthe account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime

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Question 10

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama is a

Aplay-within-the-play

Bcomic scene

Ccomic relief

Dtragi-comedy

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Question 11

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A work which takes place in a non-existent world or which concerns an incredible character is

Aromance

Bfantasy

Cparody

Dsuperstition

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Question 12

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An anti-social action taken by the tragic hero, which results in a catastrophe, is called

Aanagnorisis

Bpremonition

Chamartia

Dempathy

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Question 13

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima''s Attahiru.

The play is historical because it deals with

Areal personages and places

Bthe jihad led by Caliph Attahiru

Clugard''s attempt to amalgamate the southern and northern protectorates

DAttahiru''s ascenssion to the caliphacy in November 1902

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Question 14

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The physical setting within which the action of a narrative takes place is the

Astage

Bscene

Clocale

Dlocation

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Question 15

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Abbas the beggar is a symbol of

Athe end justifying the means

Bthe rich also crying

Cpride before perdition

Dcourage amidst adversity

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Question 16

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
The dispute between Sarkin Zango and Sarkin Fatake is over a

Ahorse

Bpiece of land

Csource of water

Dfarmland

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Question 17

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Form the viewpoint of the British government, the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate is

Aone of superiority

Ba war of attrition

Cone of vengeance

Da jihad

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Question 18

jamb 2006

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The seeming shifty structure of the play is used to

Aassist in the development of the characters

Bsustain the reader's interest

Creflect the emotional and psychological state of Hamlet

Dslow down the pace of the plot development

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Question 19

jamb 2006

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The king's clown whose skull is exhumed by Gravedigger is

ARosencrantz

BYorick

CSexton

DFortinbras

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Question 20

jamb 2006

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
'But, howsoever thou pursuest this act,
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother....'
The ghost exhorts young Hamlet not to kill his mother because

Ahis wife is bewitched into falling for Claudius' seduction

Bthe ghost wishes her to be left to the torment of her conscience

Cthe ghost still loves his wife even in death

Dthe young Hamlet will be guilty of matricide

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