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Question 21

jamb 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In J.P. Clark's 'Streamside Exchange', the bird's reply concerns

Athe coming of the tide

Bthe uncertainty of the future

Cmarket days

Dmother's visit to the market

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Question 22

jamb 1991

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Catherine's natural looks portray her as a

Asophisticated lady

Bsoldier's wife

Cmountain farmer's wife

Dbusiness woman

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Question 23

jamb 1991

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
'You know how to hurt with your tongue with your hands. But I don't care, now I've found out that whatever clay I'm made of you're made of the same...'
What action of the speaker led to the reaction upon which she comments?

AEavesdropping

BTale-telling

CErrand-running

DGossiping

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Question 24

jamb 1991

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
What basic character traits are revealed by Bluntschli's description of himself as 'a free citizen' and Raina's reference to him as 'my chocolate cream soldier?

AAffection and tale-bearing

BFacetiousness

CSimplicity and naturalness

DObduracy

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Question 25

jamb 1991

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
The main themes in the play are best summed up by the phrase

Amilitary glory and romantic love

Bheroism and marriage

Cinnocent women and brave men

Drealism and romance

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Question 26

jamb 1991

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
Which of the following divisions is used as`a technical device to denote the symbolic significance of certain events?

ADay, morning and afternoon

BMorning, noon and night

CMorning, evening and midnight

DMid-day, midnight and morning

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Question 27

jamb 1991

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
Which of the following character traits will apply to Lakunle?

AComic and absurd

BStupid and simplistic

CPompous and spontaneous

DDecisive and bold

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Question 28

jamb 1991

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
The Bale is symbolically referred to as a fox because of his

Amental powess

Bsexual powess

Cphysical powess

Droyalty

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Question 29

jamb 1991

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
'This is the words of women. At this moment our star sits in the center of the sky
We are supreme.'
These words were spoken by

AThe favourite

BSadiku

CSidi

Dthe third girl

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Question 30

jamb 1991

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
The two characters that symbolize the lion and the jewel respectively are

ALakunle and Sidi

BBaroka and Sadiku

CSadiku and Sidi

DBaroka and Sidi

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