Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1761
jamb 1984

In Animal Farm, the commandments originally drawn up by Snowball and Napoleon sought to declare

Athe supremacy of animal over man
Bthat animal shall in no way imitate human activities
Cthat man is infinitely superior
Dthat animal and men are equal
Ethat animal are inferior to humans.
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Question 1762
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 1763
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 1764
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 1765
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 1766
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 1767
jamb 1984

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

AJoy
BOptimism
CCynicism
DGrief
EUncertainty.
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Question 1768
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 1769
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 1770
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 1771
jamb 1984

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

Anostalgia
Bsadness
Cdespair
Djoy
Efrustration.
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Question 1772
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 1773
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 1774
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 1775
jamb 1984

Brother Jero's attitude to his vocation is

Aself-denying
Bcommercial
Cphilanthropic
Dnonchalant
Emessianic.
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Question 1776
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 1777
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 1778
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 1779
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 1780
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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