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Question 461

jamb 2017

This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations.

A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______?

Aelegy

Bepic

Cdirge

Dsonnet

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Question 462

jamb 2017

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

The cap-picking ceremony is to

Abreak the strong will of Yaremi

Bmake Yaremi remarry

Cestablish that she is wicked

Dprove that Ajumobi is not the best

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Question 463

jamb 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

One of the thematic preoccupations of Awonoor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

Aclash of cultures

Brevival of colonalism

Cthe changing face of colonial masters

Dthe good attributes of colonalism

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Question 464

jamb 2017

How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem "the proud king" has?

A119 stanzas and 849 lines

B109 stanzas and 849 lines

C119 stanzas and 850 lines

D109 stanzas and 850 lines

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Question 465

jamb 2017

This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello

“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ”

In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are

Alascivious

Bpetty

Cpretentious

Dthieves

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Question 466

jamb 2017

A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called ___

Aelegy

Bode

Clyrics

Dpastoral

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Question 467

jamb 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

Piano and Drums according to Okara's Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________

Acontradictory tunes

Bcomplementary tunes

Cdifferent cultural milieus

Ddifferent rhythmic appeals

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Question 468

jamb 2017

"The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is

Aassonance

Bconsonance

Conomatopoeia

Dalliteration

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Question 469

jamb 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."

The speaker in the excerpt above is

AAloho

BOgeyi

COdili

DOchuole

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Question 470

jamb 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as

Asober

Bboastful

Cdefiant

Dlanguid

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Question 471

jamb 2017

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son

The story is narrated using the

AOmniscient

Blimited omniscient

Cobjective

Dfirst person

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Question 472

waec 2016

In the extract ''this napkin'' is ''the token'' of love between

Alago and Emilia

BCassio and Desdemona

CBianca and Cassio

DDesdemona and Othello

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Question 473

waec 2016

'My wayward husband' refers to

AOthello

Blago

CCassio

DRoderigo

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Question 474

waec 2016

'She' in the extract refers to

ABianca

BDesdemona

CEmilia

DMusician

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Question 475

waec 2016

The characters that just left the scene are

AOthello and lago

BMontano and Cassio

COthello and Desdemona

DGrantiano and Desdemona

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Question 476

waec 2016

The speaker is

ABianca

BEmilia

CClown

DDesdemona

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Question 477

waec 2016

The character that enters immediately after is

Alago

BEmilia

COthello

DCassio

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Question 478

waec 2016

''medicine'' in the extract refers to the speaker's

Ahatred

Bpassion

Clies

Dloyalty

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Question 479

waec 2016

Just before this speech,

AOthello falls into a trance

BBianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio

CMontano fights with Cassio

DRoderigo is killed

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Question 480

waec 2016

The speaker is

AOthello

Blago

CLodovico

DBianca

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