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Question 21

jamb 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'There where the need for good and ''the doing good'' conflict.'
In these two lines from Lenrie Peters' The Fence', the speaker says that

A''doing good'' is the opposite of the need for good

Bhe cannot do good deeds

Caction often conflicts with knowledge

Dhe lies on the fence between good and evil

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Question 22

jamb 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'...Nay, had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth .'
The true intention of the speaker is to

Aassess the integrity of the addressee

Bget power and authority at all cost

Cbe callous and destructive

Dstir commotion in the world

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Question 23

jamb 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cowed my better part of man;
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,...
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope...'
The speech above was made when

AMacduff confronted Macbeth for the final battle

BMacbeth realized the truth of the witches prediction

CDuncan heard that Malcolm and Macduff had descended on Dunsinane to attack Macbeth

DMacbeth heard that his wife had been killed

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Question 24

jamb 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'The Prince of Cumberland!- That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o' erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires;...
Macbeth in this soliloquy refers to his secret longing to become the

AKing of Scotland

BPrince of Cumberland

CThane of Cawdor

DThane of Glamis

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Question 25

jamb 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the

Aorchard of Macbeth

Bwitches' enclave

Cforest of Dunsinane

Ddeath-place of King Duncan

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Question 26

jamb 1993

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play reaches a turning point when

AMacduff's wife and children are murdered

BBanquo is murdered and Fleance escapes

CDuncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle

DMacbeth sees the witches a scond time

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Question 27

jamb 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...The python, seeking assurance of adulthood, measures his length with the palm tree ...
Who is referred to as the palm tree in these lines?

AThe chiefs

BOlogbosere

CThe royal wives

DThe soldiers

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Question 28

jamb 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
In the play, the Oba's poetic language reveals his

Ahumility

Bheroism

Cnobility

Dhaughtiness

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Question 29

jamb 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.
beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'
This statement in the play refers to the

Aattack on Benin customs by the whitemen

Bmarital status of Queen Victoria

Chatred the Oba has for unmarried white women

DOba's desire to marry Queen Victoria

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Question 30

jamb 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's

Aintention to resume fighting

Bintransigence in the face of authority

Crefusal to pay homage to the witeman

Dunwillingness to befriend the witemen

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