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Question 1501

jamb 1994

"But everything does have a beginning, and so if I
am to tell this story, I must begin. Yet I do not know
the starting point of my tale."

Based on Nawal El Saadawi's The Circling Song, the speaker of the above statement is the

Afirst person narrator

Bprotagonist

Cantagonist

Domniscient narrator

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Question 1502

jamb 1994

"Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes,you
can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide
going out revealing whatever has been thrown away
and sunk; broken bottles, old gloves,rusting
pop-cans, nibbled fish bodies, bones.The ruin
you've made."

Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

The passage above claims that when "love recedes", you

Aclean up broken bottles

Bcome to self-knowledge

Crealize your vision is blurred

Dsurrender to your weakness

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Question 1503

jamb 1994

"Stream of consciousness" is the name for

Aa narrative mode that produces a character's random thoughts and associations

Ban italian rhyme scheme brought into vogue in the sixteenth century

Ca stage device in the actor addresses the audience directly

Da cultural phenomenon of the eighteenth century

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Question 1504

jamb 1994

What basically distinguishes Literature from other disciplines is its

Ause of creative imagination

Bexposition of human experience

Ccommunication of ideas

Dportrayal of places

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Question 1505

jamb 1994

A sub-plot is

Aa major turn or complication in the main story

Bthe second part of the main plot

Ca secondary plot dealing with a different theme

Dan aspect of the main plot recited by a different narrator

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Question 1506

jamb 1994

The literary device in which there is a difference between what is stated and what is actually the case is called

Aa metaphor

Ba simile

Ca personification

Dan irony

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Question 1507

jamb 1994

An over-used expression is

Aa cliche

Ba cacophony

Can epigram

Dan archetype

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Question 1508

jamb 1994

A didactic piece is one in which the writer

Ateaches human lessons

Bcondemns human foibles

Cdictates to his readers

Ddiscusses dialectic themes

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Question 1509

jamb 1994

The major source of action in any narrative is

Aexposition

Bconflict

Cclimax

Depilogue

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Question 1510

jamb 1994

"O Julius Caesar, thou are mighty yet
Thy spirit walks abroad."

Based on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the statement above is

Aa ghost story

Bsuperstition

Can apostrophe

Dan exaggeration

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Question 1511

jamb 1994

The expression "The sun kisses the earth" is a

Asimile

Bmetaphor

Cpersonification

Dparadox

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Question 1512

jamb 1994

Based on the novel "Piggy''s", towards the end of the novel, the boys can best be described as

Abrave and resourceful

Bfrightened and beastly

Creligious and orderly

Danarchic and savage

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Question 1513

jamb 1994

"You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you Close
close close! I'm the reason why its no go" Why
things are what they are?"

Based on the novel "Piggy's" , the beast's words represents

Ahuman conscience

Binnate evil in human nature

Cthe proximity of man and nature

Dthe child's affinity with demonic forces

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Question 1514

jamb 1994

"...If someone threw you a rope when you were
drowning. If a doctor said take this because if you don't take this because if you
don't take it, you will die- you would, wouldn't you? I
mean?"

Based on the novel "Piggy's",the "rope" and the doctor's prescription refers to the

Apig

Bbeast

Cconch

Dsmoke signal

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Question 1515

jamb 1994

"I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs.
Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too."

Based on the novel Piggy's, The split in the group of boys occurs with the departure of

AJack

BRalph

CRoger

DSimon

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Question 1516

jamb 1994

"The officer, surrounded by these noises,
was moved and a little embarrassed.He turned away
to give them time to pull themselves together, and
waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser
in the distance."

Based on the novel Piggy's,in the above passage,Golding focuses on the

Asympathy and pity the officer feels for the children

Bcontrast between savagery and order

Cinability of the children to organize themselves

Dchildren's emotional state and its consequences

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Question 1517

jamb 1994

In the novel "Piggy's" glasses symbolizes

Aarrogance

Bchildishness

Cintellectualism

Dignorance

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Question 1518

jamb 1994

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, what is the author's perception of real change in the novel?

AA change of government

BA change of rulers

CThe elimination of opponents

DThe transformation of society

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Question 1519

jamb 1994

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,the Chichidodo is hypocritical because it hates

Ashit

Bmaggots

Cmaggots but eats shit

Dshit but eats maggots

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Question 1520

jamb 1994

"Now take this boat business for instance. There is a lot of money to be made in it,but start something, and fools will start shouting slogans at you."

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, who made the above statement?

AAmankwa

BOyo

CKoomson

DOsagyefo

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