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Question 1141

jamb 1979

A woman cried out.The policeman who was edging nearer had been joined by another.Both were edging nearer.Carefully and slowly.But it was not that that had made the woman cry out.She had seen one of the men's hand slip.He was now holding on by one hand only.The crowd was tense.This was the Kill.Automatically they moved forward in a body.The doctor was in the lead.
The author of this passage creates in the reader

Adisbelief

Ba feeling of nostalgia

Ca feeling of light hearted relaxation

Dsuspense

Eunconcern

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Question 1142

jamb 1979

The woods decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapors weep their burden to the ground,
Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,
And after many a summer dies the swan.
The theme of these lines is

Athe falling of leaves

Bthe ground on which the leaves fall

Cman as a farmer

Dthe power of death over every life

Ethe flight of birds in certain reasons

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Question 1143

jamb 1979

Kenneth Kaunda's Zambia Shall Be Free is a non-fictional work because

Ait is about politics

Bit has no characters

Cit evokes no feelings

Dit is not written by a novelist

Eit deals with real life events

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Question 1144

jamb 1979

Our attitude to the hero of George Elliot's Silas Marner is one of

Acontempt

Bfear

Csympathy

Dhatred

Enone of the above

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Question 1145

jamb 1979

In a 'Portrait', a poet writes:
At mankind's feast,i take my place
In solemn,sanctimonious state,
And have the air of saying grace
While i defile the dinner plate.
The tone of this passage may be described as

Asolemn

Bself-mocking

Cdead earnest

Dserious

Eangry

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Question 1146

jamb 1979

Peter Abraham's Mine Boy is about one of the following

Aopression through labour

Bthe dignity of labour

Chappy childhood

Dconflict of the culture

Enone of the above

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Question 1147

jamb 1979

We returned to our places,these kingdoms ,
But no longer at ease here,in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their goods.
I should be glad of another death.

The author of these lines is

AW.B. Yeats

BChinua Achebe

CThomas Hardy

DT.S. Elliot

EE.G. Okara

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Question 1148

jamb 1979

Mtchali's 'Nightfall in Soweto'is about one of the following

Amoonlight play at night

Bdisease that attacks the body

Ca man fighting against a dangerous animal

Dan animal attacking a helpless man

Ea wicked man opressing a helpless man

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Question 1149

jamb 1979

Kontiki Expedition demonstrates human

Arashness

Bwastefulness

Ctactlessness

Dcourage

Erecklessness

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Question 1150

jamb 1979

In Kossoh Town Boy,the hero presents his father as

Atyrannical

Bdespotic

Cstrict

Dweak

Eselfish

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Question 1151

jamb 1979

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer depicts Tom's

Anaivety

Bcrass stupidity

Cingenuity

Dhard heartedness

Eriches

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Question 1152

jamb 1979

She rose up.She walked up to the table.She stirred up the food once more,and lifted it up from the hot plate.She picked up the second pan and placed it on the red coils.From underneath,in the cardboard box,she collected two enamel plates green with a red band.she wiped them with a white napkin hanging on the line over the bed.she brought out two forks and two spoons.
By using details, the author of the above passage makes the scene

Amonotonous

Bunattractive

Crealistic

Dbewildering

Estrange

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Question 1153

jamb 1979

Modern African Stories
In Alex la Guma's A Matter of Taste, it is a matter of taste to eat exactly what you want because

Athat is your own favourite choice

Byou can afford it

Cfriends can always get it for you

Dyou can always have it as bonus at work

Eyour taste is always available

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Question 1154

jamb 1979

In 'Night',Soyinka describes night as

Ahorrifying

Bterrifying

Cprotective

Dsoothing

Eboth protective and terrifying

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Question 1155

jamb 1979

In 'Telephone Conversation', the tone of the question 'You mean-like plain or milk chocolate? is

Asarcastic

Bcomplimentary

Cadmissive

Dpleading

Ecommanding

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Question 1156

jamb 1979

In Birago Diop's 'Vanity',these two lines 'Sad complaining voices of beggars
Who indeed will hear them without laughter?'contain

Aan exaggeration

Ba hyperbole

Ca paradox

Dan understatement

Ean illogicallity

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Question 1157

jamb 1979

In 'The Executioner's Dream',the first line 'I dream I saw an eye,a pretty eye' is

Aironical

Bcomplimentary

Cexclamatory

Drhetorical

Einterrogatory

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Question 1158

jamb 1979

The Concubine
'Ihuoma,my child' Wigwe began at last,'really i ought to have come here with more people,but i have avoided formalities because i want to spare myself any embarrassment.Formalities will come later if all goes well'.
Wigwe has come to Ihuoma in order to

Amarry her clandestinely

Bgain her consent before coming with relations

Cpersuade her to marry his own son

Ddissuade her from marrying his own son

Einquire about her health

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Question 1159

jamb 1979

I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And i saw in your face
The road that i should take
In 'The Mesh' the poet 'lingered over the choice' because

Ahe had quarelled with the lady

Bhe is not yet sure of the lady's love

Che is not yet sure of his love for the lady

Dthe lady is not beautiful

Ethe lady is too possesive

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Question 1160

jamb 1979

A Raisin' in the Sun

That's it. There you are. Man say to his woman got me a dream. His woman got me a dream. His woman say: I got to take hold of this here world, baby! And a woman will say: Eat your eggs and go to work....

'a dream' in this speech refers to

Aa liquor store

Ba prosperous academic career

Ca political career

Da family estate in Clybourne Park

Ea film industry

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