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Question 21

jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO

"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?

The speaker of the excerpt above is________

ABrabantio

BOthello

CGratiano

DRoderigo

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Question 22

jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

"Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of

ATravelling

BSick

CDying

DEloping

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Question 23

jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________

Ahe prefers lago

BOthello is a moor

CRodgerigo woos her first

DDesdemona is too young

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Question 24

jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Othello kills Desdemona because the_______

Aformer is jealous

Bformer's race is insulted

Clatter is a witch

Dlatter is an idol

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Question 25

jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at comp"
The device used in the line above is__________

ASimile

BPun

CMetaphor

DParadox

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Question 26

jamb 2018

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

Yaremi's only son is______?

AAlani

BWande

COlode

DDeyo

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Question 27

jamb 2018

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

In the novel, bage cap signifies everlasting ________?

Ahappiness

Bsorrow

Cfreedom

Ddespair

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Question 28

jamb 2018

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

Widows mourning in Kofi wear garments that are________???

AWhite

BRed

CBlack

DGreen

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Question 29

jamb 2018

The question is based on Richard Wright’s NATIVE SON

Mr Dalton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are

Atogether

Bservant in the white family

Ceducated

Dgiven some respect

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Question 30

jamb 2018

The question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son

Weekly, Bigger is to be paid_________?

ATwenty Dollars

BTwenty Five Dollars

CThirty Dollars

DThirty Five Dollars

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Question 31

jamb 2018

The question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son

Bigger kills Mary due to______?

AFear

BHatred

CEnvy

DDistrust

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Question 32

jamb 2018

The main aim of caricature is to_______?

Adescribe

Bexpose

Cemphasise

Dridicule

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Question 33

jamb 2018

The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is_________?

Aeuphemism

Bsynecdoche

Ccatharsis

Doxymoron

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Question 34

jamb 2018

A fable is a story in which________?

Aallegations are made about characters

Banimal is or things are used as characters

Cthere is an important setting

Dthe story is told in poetic form

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Question 35

jamb 2018

A literacy genre which directly imitates human actions is______?

ADrama

Bcomedy

CProse

DPoetry

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Question 36

jamb 2018

A poet‘s use of regular rhythm is known as _______?

Aallegory

Bassonance

Cmetre

Donomatopoeia

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Question 37

jamb 2018

Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of _________

Amovement and gesture for the screen and audience

Bspeech, movement and gesture for the stage only

Cspeech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio

Dspeech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio

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Question 38

jamb 2018

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called_________?

Aaside

Bsoliloquy

Cacoustic

Dtone

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Question 39

jamb 2018

In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a _________?

Adevice in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says

Bsituation in which a character speaks or acts against the tread of events

Cdifficult situation which defies a local or rational resolution

Ddevice in which the actor act on stage

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Question 40

jamb 2018

Characterisation in a novel refers to the _____?

Awriter's opinion of the characters

Bway the characters are revealed to the reader

Ccharacters and the way they behave

Dreader's opinion of the character

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