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Question 1061

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The call made on Hamlet to avenge his father's death makes him

Apurposeful

Bimpoverished

Cconfused

Damused

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Question 1062

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

Awho has a superlative administrative style

Bwith a living conscience that torments him

Cto whom past events have no significance

Dwith an admirable physical appearance

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Question 1063

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Madawaki: The whiteman is an uninvited guest to our land, he must observe, not dictate
The statement above is prompted by the

Aabolition of slave trade

Bundermining of caliphal authority

Cintroduction of direct rule

Dimposition of taxes

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Question 1064

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as

Aa flshback

Ba prophecy

Cforeshadowing

Da reverie

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Question 1065

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the

AMuslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British solders use rifles

BEmir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora

Cemirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abduirahman

Demirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto

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Question 1066

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
'I wish him luck with his infidel friends But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time, one sun at a time'
The speaker in the passage above is referring to a

Amoon gazer

Bslave raider

Cmuezzin

Dusurper

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Question 1067

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of

Aoppression

Bmendacity

Cpartiality

Dembezziement

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Question 1068

waec 2004

In ''Let it presage with the ruin of your love'', ''it'' implies

Acommitment

Bfriendship

Cbetrayal

Dhatred

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Question 1069

waec 2004

''...And be my vantage to exclaim on you'' means the opportunity to...him

Ahate

Blove

Cembrace

Dreject

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Question 1070

waec 2004

''....my Lord'' in line 2 refers to

ADuke

BArragon

CMorocco

DBassanio

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Question 1071

waec 2004

The speaker is

ANerissa

BPortia

CAntonio

DBassanio

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Question 1072

waec 2004

The ring symbolises

Alove

Bmarriage

Cengagement

Dsurrender

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Question 1073

waec 2004

''....you may miss me'' implies

Aseparation

Bfear

Cdeath

Dfailure

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Question 1074

waec 2004

By the expression ''I am forsworn'', the reader becomes aware of the speaker's

Ainheritance

Bfiancee

Cpredicament

Dtradition

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Question 1075

waec 2004

The speaker is addressing

ADuke

BArragon

CBassanio

DMorocco

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Question 1076

waec 2004

The speech asserts the speaker's demand for

Amercy

Breprieve

Cparole

Djustice

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Question 1077

waec 2004

''you'' and ''we'' are related by their common

Areligion

Bhumanity

Cprofession

Dnationality

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Question 1078

waec 2004

''you'' refers to

AMerchants

BVenetians

CChristians

DJews

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Question 1079

waec 2004

Speaker A had earlier been advised to

Apause a day or two

Bforgo the opportunity

Cpause a week or month

Dexploit the opportunity

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Question 1080

waec 2004

The ''rack'' symbolises

Aconfession

Btorture

Cpenitence

Ddanger

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