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Question 1151

jamb 1979

Romeo and Juliet
"O'Romeo,Romeo!Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy father and refuse thy name"
Juliet makes this statement because

Ashe hates Romeo

Bshe hates Romeo's father

Cshe is anxiuos to marry Romeo

Dshe finds the name Romeo unromantic

Eshe wants Romeo to bear a particular name

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Question 1152

jamb 1979

'Strange Meeting' reveals the absurdity of

Acowardice

Blove

Chatred

Dwar

Efriendship

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Question 1153

jamb 1979

In 'Wild Grapes' the narrator says 'You see me celebrate two birthdays,And give myself out as two different ages because

Ashe is reincarnated

Bshe has first declared a false age

Cthe incident of the poem begins a new chapter in her life

Dthe grapes are wilder than herself

Ethe grapes are older than herself

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Question 1154

jamb 1979

'The Choir master's Burial' shows man

Agratitude

Bingratitude

Cdevotion

Dspineless

Ecourage

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Question 1155

jamb 1979

'The Sacrilege' ends on a note of the complexity of

Arevenge

Bambition

Cfaith

Dfate

Eexistence

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Question 1156

jamb 1979

In 'The Duel' the line 'And the swords clicked and scrapped,and the onsets sped' indicates

Athe depth of their fatique

Bthe loftiness of their hopes

Cthe abjectness of their fears

Dthe fervour of their prayers

Ethe fierceness of the fight

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Question 1157

jamb 1979

In 'The Vultures' the vultures are

Abirds of prey

BAfrican hunters

Ccolonial masters

Dvampires

Esacrificial animals

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Question 1158

jamb 1979

Dennis Brutus' 'A Troubadour I Traverse' is on the following

Aa poem of resistance against oppression

Ba poem about a lost lover

Ca poem about a journey of exploration

Da poem of satisfaction with one's society

Enone of the above

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Question 1159

jamb 1979

Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth' is about one of the following

Adeath

Burine

Cflowers

Dgoddess of the Earth

Elove

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Question 1160

jamb 1979

In 'The Call of the River Nun','O'incomprehensible God!' expresses the poet's

Aanger against God

Bhorror of God

Cacceptance of God

Drejection of God

Einability to understand life

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Question 1161

jamb 1979

'Stream-side Exchange' primarily shows J.P Clark's interest in

Abirds

Bchildren

Ctrade

Drivers

Edestiny

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Question 1162

jamb 1979

In Night of Seine,the word'dark' in 'listen to our dark blood beat' is used

Abiologically

Bscientifically

Cfiguratively

Dliterally

Esociologically

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Question 1163

jamb 1979

One of the following is a mark of good poetry

AAn interesting story

BImaginative use of language

CRealistic Characterisation

DFlashback

EAudience participation

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Question 1164

jamb 1979

Which of the following statements is true of Shakespeare's Macbeth

AMacbeth is a wicked woman who does not love her husband

BThe Birnam wood actually moved

CThe tragedy of Macbeth is caused by Macbeth's ambition and some other factors

DMacbeth is the only cause of his own tragedy

EThe witches have only good news for Macbeth

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Question 1165

jamb 1979

The central theme of Shakespeare's As You Like It is

Awrestling

Bdisguise

Cforest life

Ddisagreement between brothers

Ethe nature of true love

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Question 1166

jamb 1979

A play is drama because

Ait contains characters

Bit does not contain any story

Cit cannot be read silently

Dit can be acted on the stage

Eit is written in verse

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Question 1167

jamb 1979

The difference between tragedy and comedy is

Athat tragey contains soliloquies,but comedy does not

Bthat comedy contains disguise but tragedy does not

Cthat tragedy is imaginative but comedy is not

Dthat comedy deals with love but tragedy does not

Enone of the above

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Question 1168

jamb 1979

Although the following statement is not a direct quotation from any books,it serves as as an aid to identifying characters that appear in the works.Read it carefully and say which character is likely to make it: 'How could i have succumbed to the pressures of the corrupt society?I thought i would be a successful social reformer but now i am as bad as those i criticize'

AIhuoma

BTom

CClara

DEmenike

EObi Okonkwo

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Question 1169

jamb 1979

In 'Come Away My Love' Kariuki deals with the problems of

Alove in the abstract

Breflections on shop windows

Cthe music of the piano

Dlove between people of different races

Ethe light from the candle

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Question 1170

jamb 1979

Events in The Concubine are dominated by

AIhuoma

BEmenike

CThe Sea god

Dsupernatural elements

EEkwueme

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