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Question 41

jamb 2005

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse.
Brutus'A Troubadour I Traverse is inspired by his struggle against

Ainjustice

Bcapitalism

Ccolonialism

Dzealotry

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Question 42

jamb 2005

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Angel Clare's ambition in marrying Tess d'Urbervilles is to secure a wife with

Ahigh social standing

Bgreat fortune

Crustic innocence

Da wide knowledge of the world

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Question 43

jamb 2005

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
From the tragedy of Tess, it can be said that Thomas Hardy is concerned with the evils of

Amodernization

Bindustrialization

Cdemocratization

Dcolonization

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Question 44

jamb 2005

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
'Phases' in the novel refers to

Aphases of the moon and their effects on the plot

Bmoments of awareness of Tess'misfortune

Cpoints of conflict between good and evil

Dstages of development in the life of Tess

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Question 45

jamb 2005

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Angel Clare is depicted as

Aa rebellious and self-opinionated character

Ban independent-minded character

Ca fastidious and garrulous character

Da flirtatious and impulsive young man

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Question 46

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
Naana's attitude is one of

Acontempt

Bneutrality

Cfulfilment

Denthusiasm

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Question 47

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
The setting of the novel is the

Atraditional Nigerian society

Bpost-independence Ghanaian society

Cpre-independence Ghanaian society

Dmoder Nigerian society

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Question 48

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments .
The novel suggests that an individual who stays apart from his society will

Abe praised for his action

Bbe alienated by his society

Cbe broken by his society

Dlive a fulfilled life

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Question 49

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
In The Mouse-trap, the murderer is

AClaudius

BLucianus

CGozango

DBaptista

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Question 50

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The principal function of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet is to

Aamuse Claudius

Bconfirm the claim of the ghost

Cdivert attention from the main event

Dcreate some comic relief in the tragedy

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Question 51

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Hamlet: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
Here, Hamlet is urging the players to

Areflect reality

Bbe good actors

Cjustify their actions

Dbe creative on stage

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Question 52

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The call made on Hamlet to avenge his father's death makes him

Apurposeful

Bimpoverished

Cconfused

Damused

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Question 53

jamb 2005

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

Awho has a superlative administrative style

Bwith a living conscience that torments him

Cto whom past events have no significance

Dwith an admirable physical appearance

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Question 54

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Madawaki: The whiteman is an uninvited guest to our land, he must observe, not dictate
The statement above is prompted by the

Aabolition of slave trade

Bundermining of caliphal authority

Cintroduction of direct rule

Dimposition of taxes

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Question 55

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as

Aa flshback

Ba prophecy

Cforeshadowing

Da reverie

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Question 56

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the

AMuslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British solders use rifles

BEmir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora

Cemirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abduirahman

Demirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto

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Question 57

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
'I wish him luck with his infidel friends But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time, one sun at a time'
The speaker in the passage above is referring to a

Amoon gazer

Bslave raider

Cmuezzin

Dusurper

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Question 58

jamb 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of

Aoppression

Bmendacity

Cpartiality

Dembezziement

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