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Question 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

jamb 1984

Brother Jero's attitude to his vocation is

Aself-denying

Bcommercial

Cphilanthropic

Dnonchalant

Emessianic.

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Question 25

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 26

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 27

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 28

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 29

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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