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Question 471
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with no trademan's matters nor women's matters, but withal- I am indeed, sir,a surgeon to ild shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.'William Shakespeare: Julius CaesarThe speaker in the excerpt above is a
Asurgeon
Bmeddler
Ccobbler
Dtrader
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Question 472
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is
Asubmissive
Binciting
Cdiplomatic
Dimploring
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Question 473
jamb 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

'Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.'

J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The Boat

From the excerpt above, the speaker is

Abereaved
Bhomeless
Crecovering from an illness
Da trained nurse
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Question 474
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

KATE:No shame but mine. I must, forsooth be forcedTo give my hand opposed against my heart Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen, Who wooed in haste and means to weel at leisure, I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourWilliam Shakespear:The Taming of the ShrewIn the excerpt above, it is clear that the speaker is
Acontented
Bindifferent
Canxious
Denthusiastic
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Question 475
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation


And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'
Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain
From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being
Aparadoxical
Banttithetical
Cillogical
Dtautological
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Question 476
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

I will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is
Arepetition
Bchronological
Crefrain
Dparallelism
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Question 477
jamb 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

'Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a legendary scion of the soil the brief sack with bulging stomach.'The poem achieves its significant effect through the use of

Aquatrain and imagery
Brhyme andsimile
Conomatopoeia and alliteration
Dalliteration and personification
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Question 478
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

If I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice...

Ismeal Heron:Pardon me.

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

Aplagiarism
Banaphora
Cparalipsis
Dalliteration
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Question 479
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles

The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as
Ahamartia
Banagnorisis
Chubris
Danamnesis
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Question 480
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
That quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is
Apathopoeia
Bpathos
Cpataphysics
Dpatois
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Question 481
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

Aepanalepsis
Bantithesis
Cenvoi
Dirony
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Question 482
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Which of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue?
ALament
BOde
CSonnet
DEpic
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Question 483
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Black theater is drama concerned with

Amourners dressed in black
Bactors of black origin
Cthe identity of black Americans
DAfricans of West Indian origin
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Question 484
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

Aepitasis
Bprotasis
Ccatharsis
Dcatastasis
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Question 485
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Chanson is a term denoting a

Apoem of varied metrical froms
Bfrom of love song
Csong from the Middle Ages
Dpopular Korean verse
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Question 486
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles

Zeugma is a figurative device in which a
Anoun refers to two parts of an expression
Bconjunction governs two parts of an expression
Cverb refers to two parts of an expression
Dpronoun governs two parts of an expression
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Question 487
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Monometer is a
Asingle meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
Bline repeated in the first syllable of a word
Csingle foot used in John Milton's sonnets
Dline of verse consisting of a metrical foot
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Question 488
jamb 2007

In Clark's Agbor Dancer, the the poet watches the dancer with

Aspite
Bdespair
Cnostalgia
Drhapsody
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Question 489
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is

Aa fictional character
Ba stock character
Ca rounded character
Dan antagonist
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Question 490
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Odia Ofeimuun's We must Learn Again to Fly, the use of 'we' gives the poem a

Auniversal appeal
Bpersonifying effect
Csymbolic undertone
Ddramatic sensation
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