Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
In The Mouse-trap, the murderer is

AClaudius
BLucianus
CGozango
DBaptista
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Question 22
jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The principal function of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet is to

Aamuse Claudius
Bconfirm the claim of the ghost
Cdivert attention from the main event
Dcreate some comic relief in the tragedy
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Question 23
jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Hamlet: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
Here, Hamlet is urging the players to

Areflect reality
Bbe good actors
Cjustify their actions
Dbe creative on stage
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Question 24
jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The call made on Hamlet to avenge his father's death makes him

Apurposeful
Bimpoverished
Cconfused
Damused
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Question 25
jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

Awho has a superlative administrative style
Bwith a living conscience that torments him
Cto whom past events have no significance
Dwith an admirable physical appearance
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Question 26
jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Madawaki: The whiteman is an uninvited guest to our land, he must observe, not dictate
The statement above is prompted by the

Aabolition of slave trade
Bundermining of caliphal authority
Cintroduction of direct rule
Dimposition of taxes
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Question 27
jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as

Aa flshback
Ba prophecy
Cforeshadowing
Da reverie
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Question 28
jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the

AMuslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British solders use rifles
BEmir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora
Cemirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abduirahman
Demirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto
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Question 29
jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
'I wish him luck with his infidel friends But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time, one sun at a time'
The speaker in the passage above is referring to a

Amoon gazer
Bslave raider
Cmuezzin
Dusurper
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Question 30
jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of

Aoppression
Bmendacity
Cpartiality
Dembezziement
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