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Question 11

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils; torrential downpour on leaking thatch roofs; paintfull comfort of helpless eunuchs; thorny beauty of modern witches; the fatcon's call on day-old-chicks, ours is tragi-comic dialogue.... mute echoes of pains.'
The sonority and rhythmical structure of the lines above are achieved through a pause pattern called

Aenjambment

Bcaesura

Capostrophe

Dscansion

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Question 12

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'It was January and Monday my father had to gather his nerve to go back to teaching During the Christmas vacation he became slack and in a fury of screw-turning had to retighten himself. The long haul he called the stretch between Christmas and Easter.'
John Updike, The Centaur.
The long haul in the narrative above describes

Aa long strike

BChristmas and Easter holidays

Ca long period of hard work

Da long vacation

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Question 13

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Thathat is why wwe must acc-c-cept the universal d-d-dome,b-b-because ththere is no d-d-d-direction. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of rreligion and b-b-bridges d-ddon't jjjust g-g-go from hhhere to ththere; a birdge also faces backwards'
Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
The idiolectal feature of the character's speech is the

Arepetition of consonant sounds

Bmultiplication of medial consonant sounds

Crepetition of initial consonant sound

Dduplication of consonant sounds clusters

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Question 14

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already He 'll be as full of quarrel and offence As my young mistress' dog...'
Shakespeare, Othello
From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is

Adisobedient

Bquarrelsome

Cservile

Dscheming

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Question 15

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Those years of my travels. Years of innocence and experience...months of twidding my thumbs with insecurity in search of my true people. Yes in search of my true people. But wherever I went I did not find people but caricatures of people who insisted on being taken seriously as people Perhaps I was on the wrong planet.
In the wrong skin.
Dambudzo- Marechera, Black Sunlight.
The passage above expresses the state of mind of

Aan alienated man

Ban adventurer

Ca renegade soldir

Da prisoner

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Question 16

jamb 2002

The literary device used is

Aparallelism

Birony

Conomatopoeia

Drepetition

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Question 17

jamb 2002

The mood captured in the lines above is one of

Afear

Bhappiness

Cindifference

Djoy

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Question 18

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'I'm not going to be drawn into that old trap of an argument and be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a sewer;
The speaker in the statement above is being

Asymbolical

Banalogical

Cmetaphorical

Dparabolical

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Question 19

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'The old Squire was an implacable man: he made resolutions in violent anger, but he was not moved from them after his anger subsided as fiery as volcanic matters cool and harden into rock
George Eliot, Silas Marner
In the statement above, the Squire is portrayed as a

Akind and generous friend

Bfather to everyone in the community

Cmiserly and ungracious ruler

Dquick tempered and adamant man

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Question 20

jamb 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. '
Golding, Lord of the Flies.
In the passage above, the conch symbolises

Abestiality

Bauthority

Cdictatorship

Dcivilization

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Question 21

jamb 2002

This question is based on S.I Osammor''s The Triumph of the Water Lily.

The metaphor of the Water Lily'' in the novel is indicative of

Athe tragic demise of Odibe

Bdeath as the finality of man''s experience

Cvictory over tribulation

Dthe tragic demise of Nkem

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Question 22

jamb 2002

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The persona of the novel sees death as a welcome event provided one

Ahas loved and cared for one's spouse

Bhas left behind children to be remembered by

Chas fulfilled one's destiny on earth

Dwill haunt the living for the past offences

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Question 23

jamb 2002

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The dominant impression of the first person narrative in the novel gives it

Aan omniscient character

Ban epistolary character

Ca biographical character

Dan autobiographical character

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Question 24

jamb 2002

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the triumvirate that ran the farm was composed of

AMinimus, Napoleon and Squealer

BJessie Napoleon and Bluebell

CBoxer,Old Major and Napoleon

DSquealer, Boxer and Napoleon

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Question 25

jamb 2002

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The message of the novel is that

Acapitalism is as bad as communism

Bhumanism isis better than aniamalism

Ccommunism is better than capitalism

Dno society exists where everyon is equal

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Question 26

jamb 2002

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The execution of some of the animals on the orders Napoleon is to

Aprevent Snowball from coming back to the farm

Bmake the pigs constitute themselves into a special class

Cachieve the pigs' socialist goals without further delay

Dpave way for Napoleon to become an absolute ruler

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Question 27

jamb 2002

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Old Major ends his speech to the animals with a song in order to

Aspur them to action

Bentertain them

Cdisplay his ability to sing

Dteach them how to sing an anthem

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Question 28

jamb 2002

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
The witnesses to the tears in the novel are

ASaahir and Lahab

BLahab and Hussaina

CLahab and Sagiir

DAl-Amin and Hussaina

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Question 29

jamb 2002

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
The novel is largely set in

AFuta Toro

BSabonville city

CAlligator city

DNuclear city

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Question 30

jamb 2002

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are informed by

Aa premonition of his death

BLahab's doubtful morality

CHussaina's immaturity

Dhis fear of loneliness

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