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Question 11
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 12
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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Question 13
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 14
jamb 1979

'Strange Meeting' reveals the absurdity of

Acowardice
Blove
Chatred
Dwar
Efriendship
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Question 15
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 16
jamb 1979

'The Choir master's Burial' shows man

Agratitude
Bingratitude
Cdevotion
Dspineless
Ecourage
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Question 17
jamb 1979

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

Arevenge
Bambition
Cfaith
Dfate
Eexistence
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Question 18
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 19
jamb 1979

In 'The Vultures' the vultures are

Abirds of prey
BAfrican hunters
Ccolonial masters
Dvampires
Esacrificial animals
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Question 20
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 21
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 22
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 23
jamb 1979

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

Abirds
Bchildren
Ctrade
Drivers
Edestiny
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Question 24
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 25
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 26
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 27
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 28
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 29
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 30
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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