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Question 21
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

In ''Hurrah For Thunder'', the poet uses the image of the jungle to comment on his country''s lack of

Acivilization
Bcleanliness
Corder
Dleadership
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Question 22
jamb 1998

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The epilogue of the play deals with the

Aimpermanence of nature
Bimpermanence of love
Cimpermanence of nature and womanhood
Dshortness of love and life
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Question 23
jamb 1998

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The play is built on

Amistaken identities
Bsentiments and realities
Ccomedy of errors
Dconttrasts of characters and ideas
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Question 24
jamb 1998

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint in the play that she misses 'a month's polishing' refers to her

Arusting away in the countryside
Bneed to get the latest fashions in London
Cneed to buy the best polish in London
Dboring life in the countryside
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Question 25
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
In the play, Soyinka's sympathies lie with the

Aexploited
Brich
Cimprisoned
Daccused
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Question 26
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
The play is

Aa melodrama
Ba tragedy
Can epic
Da farce
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Question 27
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
Brother Jero displays an act of ingratitude to his master by

Aenticing the French Jehovah witnesses
Bdispossessing him of his piece of land
Cconniving with the Cherubims and Seraphims
Dorganizing a deceitful dancing competition
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Question 28
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
Soyinka's depiction of Brother Jero in the play is

Aliteral
Bgraphic
Csentimental
Dsymbolic
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