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Question 1031

jamb 1984

'Clothes were like tattered flags
Flying off
To expose dangling breasts
As jaggered blinding flashes
Rumble, tremble, and crack
Amidst the smell of fired smoke
And the pelting march of the storm'

The general atmosphere portrayed in the above passage is one of

Apeace and quiet

Bcontentment and calm

Canger and anxiety

Dcommotion and confusion

Epoverty and want

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Question 1032

jamb 1984

In the poem 'Night Soyinka considers nightfall as

Awelcome and totally pleasant

Bunwelcome and unpleasant

Cdangerous and uninviting

Dseductive and threatening

Ebeautiful and wholesome.

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Question 1033

jamb 1984

'We sang the song before in the thousand seasons of good harvest and full fish following our fathers' footprints on the long shores.'
The most obvious sound device in these lines from Kofi Awoonor's 'More messenger' is

Aonomatopoeia

Brepetition

Cassonance

Dalliteration

Econsonance

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Question 1034

jamb 1984

The speaker in 'When a Strainer Takes in Water invokes a series of natural impossibilities in order to

Ato display bhis magical powers as a traditional priest

Bshow the poetic beauty of incantatory songs

Cshow the marvel about natural objects

Dpractise witchcraft on his enemies

Epsychologically and magically disarm his enemies.

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Question 1035

jamb 1984

'Nkosi Sikekela' in Brutus' 'After Exile', refers to a

Ageneral in the Zulu army

BZulu song used as national anthem by Africans south of Zanbezi

Csoldier in the Zulu army

DZulu poem

EZulu poet

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Question 1036

jamb 1984

What feeling dominates J.P Clark''s ''Song''?

AJoy

BOptimism

CCynicism

DGrief

EUncertainty.

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Question 1037

jamb 1984

'Let me listen in the smoky hut where there comes a glimpse of the friendly spirits
My head on your bosom warm like a dang smoking from the fire'.

The dang in the verse from 'Nuit de Sine' refers to

Awheels of spining cotton into yarn

Bsea weed, full of salt

Ca wolof word for granulated flour meal, known also as couscous

Da Northern Uganda local brew, usually strong and meant for men

Ea kind of narcotic or stimulant.

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Question 1038

jamb 1984

Besides describing scenes of African village night, Senghor's poem 'Nuit de Sine' makes a definiten statement about

Acommunicating with dead ancestors

Bfishermen diving into the sea

Ctechnological development

Dmovement fron rural to urban centres

Eblack soldiers killed in Europe.

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Question 1039

jamb 1984

In 'Nuit de Sine,'the word 'dark' in 'listern to our dark blood beat' is used

Afiguratively

Bscientifically

Cliterally

Dimaginatively

Eculturally

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Question 1040

jamb 1984

The dominant mood in Senghor's poem in Memoriam' is one of

Anostalgia

Bsadness

Cdespair

Djoy

Efrustration.

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Question 1041

jamb 1984

'Vanished. Transported. Utterly transmuted.
i knew it. i knew i stood in the presence of God...
This statement of Ecstasy was made in The Trials Of Brother Jero by

ABrother Jero

BChume

Cthe old prophet

Dthe unnamed penitent woman

Ethe unnamed member of parliament.

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Question 1042

jamb 1984

The 'curse' the old master put on Brother Jero is that he would

Adrown in water

Bbe killed by armed robbers

Ccome to ruin by women

Dloss his prophetic visions

Edie in a road mishap.

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Question 1043

jamb 1984

Of the issues raised by Wole Soyinka in The Trials Of Brother Jero, the most central deals with the

Afraustration of an incompatible marriage

Brivarly of religious sects

Cnegative qualities of women

Devil of religious demagogy

Edisadvantages of over-ambitious, naive personality.

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Question 1044

jamb 1984

Brother Jero's attitude to his vocation is

Aself-denying

Bcommercial

Cphilanthropic

Dnonchalant

Emessianic.

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Question 1045

jamb 1984

What literary mode best described Soyinka's The Trial Of Brother Jero, the most central deals with the

ATragedy

BSatire

CTragi-comedy

DEpic

EBaroque.

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Question 1046

jamb 1984

Brutus joined the conspiracy against Caesar because he

Aknew that Caesar was ambitious

Bwas a great lover of freedom

Cwas made to believe that Caesar was ambitious

Drespected Casca and had a high opinion on Cassius

Ewas greatly loved by the Romans.

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Question 1047

jamb 1984

The combined reactions of the plebeians after the separate speeches of Brutus and Antony show that the common man as portrayed in Julius Caesar

Ais knowledgeable, has a mind of his own, and is reable

Bis fickle-minded, changeable and not dependable

Cconsider Caesar a tyrant and wants him killed

Ddoes not consider Caesar an over- ambitious man deserving death

Eis actually unconcerned whether Caesar dies or lives

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Question 1048

jamb 1984

'Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?'is a memorable lines from Julius Caesar by

ABrutus

BMark Antony

COctavius Caesar

DCassius

EJulius Caesar

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Question 1049

jamb 1984

In Julius Caesar, we learn that political success depends largely on

Avirture, honesty and patrotism

Bcunning and a readiness to make uses others

Ca strong body and good career as a soldier

Da sound training in political science and public

Ehaving a generous, sympathetic and God-fearing spiritn

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Question 1050

jamb 1983

Caesar's ghost appears to Brutus

Ajust as he is about to surrender to Antony

Bas he is about to leave the forum after the assassination of Caesar

Cjust as he is about to address his fellow citizens

Dafter Cassius and Brutus have resolved their differences

Ebefore Brutus receives the news of his wife's death.

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