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Question 31

jamb 2021

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are

ASaahir and Lahab

BLahab and Hussaina

CLahab and Sagiir

DAl-Amin and Hussaina

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Question 32

jamb 2021

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are dormed by

Aa premonition of his death

BLahab's doubtful morality

CHussaina's immaturity

Dhis fear of loneliness

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Question 33

jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?

ALove at first sight

BUnrequited love

CIllusion and reality

DHumor and Tragedy

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Question 34

jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

Afragility

Bpleasure

Ccomedy

Dromance

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Question 35

jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'I'll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

AThat she succeeds in winning the love for the master

BThat her best is good enough to win affection

CThat she herself becomes the beloved

DThat she herself wins the love

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Question 36

jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

DUKE:... Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped?

AThe book of his relationship with Olivia

BThe secret of his soul

CThe details of his relationship with Viola

DThe details of his relationship with Olivia

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Question 37

jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by

Athe idea of love

Bthe food of love

Cmusic

Dentertainment

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Question 38

jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes

AMaria

BOlivia

CRoderigo

DViola

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Question 39

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The stage direction at the end of the play reveals

Athe actors in a changing room

BMama Kayode raising the song of hope

CMoremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight

Dthe Director making a farewell speech

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Question 40

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as

Adramatic epilogue

Bdramatic monologue

Crole-playing

Dflashback

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Question 41

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

Titubi joins the farmer's revolt

Ato ensure it's success

Bas a spy for the establishment

Cin pursuit of Marshal

Dto defy the police

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Question 42

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

In the play, social change is achieved through

Acollectivism

Bsectionalism

Cindividualism

Dcommunism

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Question 43

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, 'Oculi, Orphan'. These lines illustrate the use of

Asadism

Bsophism

Csatire

Deuphemism

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Question 44

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

Aan anagnorisis

Ba tragic flaw

Ca catharsis

Da catastrophe

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Question 45

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Romantic poetry emphasizes

Athe beauty of nature

Bintimate relationships

Cthe love in human nature

Dthe romance in human aspiration

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Question 46

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A melodramatic play is based on

Aa melodious manipulation of events

Bingredients that mellow down events

Csensational plot and characters

Dthe playwright's didactic overtones

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Question 47

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is

Aan apostrophe

Ban allegory

Ca poetic license

Da rhetoric

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Question 48

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

Airony

Bparadox

Ccontrast

Dparallelism

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Question 49

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An elegy is a poem that mourns for the

Adeceased

Bbereaved

Caccused

Dking

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Question 50

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

Ashort verses

Brhythmic verses

Cfree verses

Dirregular verses

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