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Question 21

jamb 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In Agostinho Neto's 'Night', night basically symbolises

APolitical oppression

Bsocial deprivation

Cmoral depravity

Dspiritual decay

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Question 22

jamb 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'...Ha! That motoka is motoka
It belongs to the Minister of Fairness
Who yesterday was loaded with a doctorate
At Makerere with whisky...
Plus I hear the literate thighs of an undergraduate'
The above stanza from Theo Luzuku's 'The Motoka' demonstrates that the minister is

Acorrupt and immoral

Ba gifted doctoral graduate of Makerere

Can owner of a motor-car which is laden with whisky

Dunderserving of the literate thighs of an undergraduate

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Question 23

jamb 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The oilbean in Christopher Okigbo's 'The Passage refers to

Aone of the totems of Idoto

Bthe only totem of Idoto

Cthe abundance of oilbean trees by the river

Dthe use of the oilbean for magical purposes

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Question 24

jamb 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'And since we did not understand our dead since we have never listened to their cries
If we weep gently....'
What heart will listen to our clamouring 'Vanity' expresses

Aregret and disappointment

Bdisillusion and despair

Cdisdain and disgust

Dsatisfaction and pleasure

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Question 25

jamb 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
The play ends on a note of

Acynicism

Bidealism

Crealism

Ddespair

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Question 26

jamb 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
The initial reluctance of the Petkoff's family to accept Bluntschli's marriage proposition to Raina was on the account of his

AMajor Petkoff

BCaptain Bluntschli

CCatherine

DRaina

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Question 27

jamb 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?
According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was

Aan irrepressible Casanovan trait

Ba chronic baromial temperament

Ca hard boiled classical disposition

Dan incurably romantic disposition

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Question 28

jamb 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
...What would Sergius, the hero of Slivnitza, say if he saw me now? What would Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?
What would the half dozen Sergiuses who keep popping in and out of this handsome figure of mine say if they caught us here?''
These questions are addressed to

ALouka

BSophia

CRaina

DCatherine

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Question 29

jamb 1989

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
Lakunle:... To fetch and carry
To cook and scrub
To bring forth children by the gross
Sidi: Heaven forgive you! Do you now scorn child bearing in a wife?
What would Lakunle rather prefer to accomplish before child bearing ?

AGood kissing habit

BFormal education

CRacial and sexual equality

DChurch wedding

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Question 30

jamb 1989

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
The immediate consequence of the publication of Sidi's pictures is to make her

Awant to marry the photographer

Bfeel more important than Baroka

Cwant to go to the city

Dappreciate Lakunle's learning

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