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Question 41

jamb 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The most dominant pair of poetic device in Mtshall's 'Nightfall in Soweto'is

Asimile and repetition

Brhythm and metaphor

Cmetaphor and alliteration

Drepetition and personification

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Question 42

jamb 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Rubadiri's 'Stanley Meets Mutesa' the king receives the explorer with

Asuspicion

Bdelight

Coptimism

Drelief

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Question 43

jamb 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'Red booth, Red pillar-box Red double-tiered Omnibus squelching tar. It was real!....'
These lines from Soyinka's 'Telephone Conversation show that the poet

Aappreciates the environment of his experience

Bis insensitive to his experience

Cis unable to believe his experience

Dbelieves both his environment and experience

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Question 44

jamb 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Okigbo's 'Hurrah for Thunder'is a prophetic poem because it

Acorrectly predicts the end of those who abuse power

Bpredicts the coming of military rulers

Cpictures the return of politicians to the scene

Dpicture the poet going to hell

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Question 45

jamb 1999

This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.
One of the universal themes of the novel is the

Aselfishness of man against his own enviroment

Brelationship between man and nature

Cgreat struggle between the old man and the fish

Dconnection of the sea to human greed

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Question 46

jamb 1999

This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.
'''I wish the boy was here...'''
The old man's cry demonstrates

Aa desperation for productivity

Bbitterness

Chumiliation

Da yearning for human brotherhood

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Question 47

jamb 1999

This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.
The struggle between the old man and the fish symbolizes

Athe blood thirsty nature of sharks

Bman's refusal to grow old

Cman's struggle for survival in a harsh world

Dthe uncertainty of life in a cruel world

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Question 48

jamb 1999

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes

Astops the main story to narrate other events

Bcreates a lot of funny episodes

Cputs too many difficulties in Adah's way

Dshows that Francis is weaks

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Question 49

jamb 1999

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
In Adah's view, the white society in the novel is one in which

Athere is communal feeling

Bneighbourliness is lacking

Cneighbours live happily

Dmembers are unfriendly

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Question 50

jamb 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?

AMarabouts, spirits and family life

BFamily life, death and marabouts

CBlacksmiths, spirits and magicians

DSpirits, magicians and death

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Question 51

jamb 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The novel is a mixture of

Afiction and fantasy

Bthe objective and the absurd

Cpessimism and optimism

Dthe real and the supermatural

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Question 52

jamb 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The author makes the reader believe his story by using

Aa confessional style

Belements of humour

Cdetailed description

Danother narrator

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Question 53

jamb 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The father permits his son to go to Paris because he

Asees no future in traditional African ways

Bis encouraged by the missionaries

Cwants him to be future leader

Dwishes to free him from blacksmithing

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Question 54

jamb 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

Laye learns early in life that his society respects

Aspirits and ghosts

Bhuman beings and spirits

Canimals and witches

Dgold and magicians

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Question 55

jamb 1999

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

CLllusion and reality

DHumour and tragedy

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Question 56

jamb 1999

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 57

jamb 1999

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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