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Question 21

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

A dominant device which Ola Rotimi uses to suggest an authentic background in the play is

Adialogue

Brituals

Cproverbs

Dsongs and dances

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Question 22

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

What is the significance of Alaka and Gbonka to the plot of the play ?

AThey are major figures in the drama

BThey only held the vital clues for revealing the identity of Odewale

CThe y were friends of the late Ogundele

DTheir meeting with Odewale would help assuage his sorrow.

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Question 23

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

Well it wasn't there anymore with him?
Someone who survived? Someone who managed to come home and say what exactly happened, not even a rat?
The lack of precise knowledge concerning the king''s fate as outlined in the passage above, arose as a result of the fact that

Aall the six bodyguards deserted the king

Bofof the seven bodyguards, only came back

Call the four bodyguards were killed

Dof the five bodyguards, only one came.

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Question 24

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

In the prologue, the narrator's role to blame

Aexplains why the gods are not to blame

Bnarrates the life history of the hero

Creminds the principle character of thier functions

Dexplains to the audience the mimed action on the stage.

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Question 25

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

''If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good''.
Odewale says this because

AAderopo is a skilful drummer

Bhe believes that Aderopo is plotting his overthrow

Che thinks that Aderopo is mad

DAderopo has not learnt how to drum well.

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Question 26

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

The following epithets:
'The courageous captain of compliments...
The very butcher of a silk button...
a gentleman of the very first house...'
refer to

ATybalt

BRomeo

CMercutio

DBenvolio.

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Question 27

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

'You talk here in the public haunt of men.
Either withdraw unto some private place,
Or reason coldly of your grievances,
Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us'.
This appeal is made by

ARomeo to Mercutio

BBenvolio to Tybalt

CBenvolio to both Tybalt and Mercutio

DRomeo to both Mercutio and Tybalt.

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Question 28

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

'See what a scourage is laid upon your hate
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.
And I, for winking at your discords too,
Have lost a brace of kinsmen...'
The speaker of these lines is

ACapulet

Bprince Escalus

CMountague

DFriar Lawrence.

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Question 29

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

In the play, the dramatic significance of Mercutio's character is to

Aserve as a constract to Romeo's

Baid and abet Romeo's passion

Cannoy Tybalt

Dpersuade Romeo to forget Rosaline.

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Question 30

jamb 1988

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.

'Wisely and slow. The stumble that run fast'.
This note of caution comes from

ABenvolio to Mercutio

BCapulet to Paris

CFriar to Romeo

DNurse to Juliet.

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