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Question 1811

jamb 1982

'Dead leaves blew into the room.
And alighted upon my bed.
Ans a tree declared to the gloom
Its sorrow that they were shed'
The mood registered in these lines is

Aexcitement

Bdepression

Cgaiety

Dhappiness

Epersimism

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Question 1812

jamb 1982

'Folk all fade. And whither.
As i wait alone where the fair was?
Into the clammy and numbing night fog
Whence they entered hither
Soon one more goes thither!
In these lines, 'the clammy and numbing night fog' (line3) refers to

Aa night in the poet's life

Bunpleasant weather conditions

Clife's problem and misfortunes

Dthe state before birth and after death

Edarkness after sunset

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Question 1813

jamb 1982

'He sat down on a box. he took out letter he had received from Joseph the other Friday and read it again. Then he put it back. A tear, a single tear, ran down his face. he rubbed it off, rather impatiently. he poured water, cold water from a cup, into one hand and washed his face.
He was suddenly very lucid, calm inside'.
What makes this scene taken from a novel very real to the reader is the writer's use of

Aimagery

Bsimile

Cdetails

Duncommon words

Emetaphor

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Question 1814

jamb 1982

In Mine Boy Peter Abraham's is of the view that in South Africa

Aa black and white should live and develop separately

Bracial harmony is desirable and possible

Cblack should never cooperate with white

Dracial harmony is merewishful thinking

Ethe conflict between black and white can never end.

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Question 1815

jamb 1982

Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' is a romantic poem because

Ait depends a great deal on the poet's spontaneous response to beauty

Bit is a poem about love

Cnightingale symbolizes love

Dit was addressed to one of Keats' friends called Nightingale

EKeats first described the poem as a romantic poem.

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Question 1816

jamb 1982

In Oswald Mtshali's 'nightfall in Soweto', Night represents

Athe oppression of whites by the Africans

Bwhite people's fear by the Africans

Cthe black victimization of white people

Dthe oppression of the Africans by the white people

Ethe rebelion of the white people

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Question 1817

jamb 1982

In The Marriage of Anansewa, to which character
do the following praise-names refer?
'Oh Mighty-Tree-of-Ancient-Origin
Mighty-Tree-of-Ancient-Origin
Rooted in the shrine of deity
Countless branches in which
Benighted wandering birds
Are welcome to shelter'

ATogbe Klu IV

BChief of the Mines

CChief-Who-Is-Chief

DChief of Sapa

Eproperty Man.

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Question 1818

jamb 1982

The subject of 'If You Should Know Me' by Oswald Mtshali is that the

Ablacks should create a new image for themselves

Bblacks should get ajusted to the image the whites have created for them

Cwhites should know the blacks very well

Dwhites should deal with the uncompromising blacks

Eblacks should always be law abiding

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Question 1819

jamb 1982

Which character does NOT fit into the group?

ACorin

BSilvius

CWilliam

DYoung Siward

EAudrey.

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Question 1820

jamb 1982

Which character made the following statement in Macbeth?:
This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses'

AMacbeth

BDuncan

CLady Macbeth

DMacduff

ELennox

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Question 1821

jamb 1982

what is the subject of Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth?

AThe size of the universe

BThe immensity of Nature

CDeath

DGrowth

EA long journey

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Question 1822

jamb 1982

Dramatic irony entails

Aa statement that means more than is evident to its maker

Ba hilarious statement

Csatirical comment

Da sarcastic announcement

Epraise of the audience.

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Question 1823

jamb 1982

The 'Myth of the Bagre' is recited at the

Afuneral of young men

Bfuneral of young women

Cfuneral of old men and woman

Dcoming of age of young men and women

Ereturn of the ancestors.

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Question 1824

jamb 1982

In Shakespeare''s Macbeth, the central character-Macbeth-is

Aa Russhian general

Ba Scottish general

Ca Finnish general

Dan English general

Ea German general

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Question 1825

jamb 1982

Gray's 'Elegy Written in a country churchyard' can be seen as

Atotal condemnation of human life

Blament for the death of the great and powerful

Can attack on social inequality

Da criticism of the poor and the unambitious

Ea recognition of the poor and simple life.

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Question 1826

jamb 1982

The dominant attitude in T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the magi's is

Adissatisfaction

Btotal satisfaction

Cambivalence

Ddisgust

Epessimism.

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Question 1827

jamb 1982

The grave procession in Soyinka''s ''procession l-Hanging day'' is meant to suggest in the entire poem

Athe people in the procession are going to the grave

Bthe people are moving slowly in order to avoid the sunny spots

Cthe people in the procession are solemn

Dthe people in the procession are solemn and are going to the grave

Ethe people walk soundlessly.

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Question 1828

jamb 1982

'The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me in borrowed robes?
Macbeth is putting this question to

ABanquo

Bthe witches

Chid servant

DRoss and Angus

ELady Macbeth.

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Question 1829

jamb 1982

Wordsworth's 'The World is Too Much With Us' is a

Asonnet

Bepic

Ccouplet

Dquartrain

Etercet.

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Question 1830

jamb 1981

Because he was transferred often, Kofi's father in 'The Narrow Path'

Amade a lot of money

Bbecame a very famous headmaster

Clove travelling a great deal

Dcould not train his children properly

Ecould save no money to build himself a house at home.

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