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Question 41
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poem 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 Keats' On the Grasshopper and Cricket, the frost of winter evenings is said to cause

Aviolence
Bluxury
Csilence
Dloneliness
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Question 42
jamb 2007

The person in Houseman's To an Athlate Dying Young addressed the dead athlete using

Amonologue
Bapostrophe
Cdialogue
Dadmonition
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Question 43
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments
In the novel, the most prominent from of literature used is

Amyth
Bdrama
Cpoetry
Dfolktale
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Question 44
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments
It can be safely assumed that the novel is

Aculturally simple
Bstructurally complex
Cnaturally simple
Dphysically revlevant
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Question 45
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments
The outdooring ceremony of Araba's child, fixed for the fifth day after his birth, is opposed to by Naana because the child

Ais reincarnated in the father
Bis still in the custody of the spirits
Cmakes the spirits angry
Dneeds the uncle's support
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Question 46
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ademiluyi's The New Man.
The metamorphosis that takes place in the novel is manly due to

Adisillusionment
Bgreed and avarice
Clove and affection
Dselfishness
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Question 47
jamb 2007

The novel is remarkable for the author's use of 

Adigression and rubric
Bintrigues and metaphors
Csetting and design
Dsuspense and irony
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Question 48
jamb 2007

When do Ayo and his mother stop begging for alms?

AAs soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
BShortly before the beggars strike
CAs soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
DAfter their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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Question 49
jamb 2007

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
Mrs.Joan Durbeyfield is portrayed as

Areticent and deeply emotional
Bstrong-willed and boisterous
Cpretentious and calculating
Dfastidious and overbearing
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Question 50
jamb 2007
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
Tess of the d'Urbrvilles is an interrogation of the Victorian period's
Adouble standard
Bconcept of love
Cideas about women
Dcelebration of industrialization
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Question 51
jamb 2007

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
At what time does Tess often look so transformed before Angel Clare?

AAt 3 am ontheir way to milking the cow
BAt 12 midnight while retiring to bed
CAt 12 noon
DAt twilight
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Question 52
jamb 2007

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
One thing that Angel Clare hates most is

Athe nation of old family
Bmarrying a girl of her parents'choice
CCambridge education
Dbecoming a minister
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Question 53
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
What is Dan Magaji's advice on the war with the white man?

ACaliph should go into exile
BThe war should start immediately
Cthe palace should be vacated
DCaliph should seek support from neighbours
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Question 54
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
How does Lugard describe the battle between the white man and the Sokoto Caliphate?

AOne between superior and inferior powers
BOne of life and death
COne between Christians and Muslims
DOne of the superiority of wills
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Question 55
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Characterization in the play comprises three major groups of

Acounsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers
Bcourt officeials, British soldiers and beggars
Ccourt officials, British official and people
Dpeople soldiers and beggars
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Question 56
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
The play is about

Aresistance to British administration
Bopposition to Christianity
Cdisunity among the Hausa state
Dunity in the caliphate
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Question 57
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Abbas' money which is stone from his bag is

Ahis inheritance from his uncle
Bhis inheritance from his father
Cthe proceeds from the goods he sells
Dthe money his friend gives him
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Question 58
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
But, O, what from of prayer can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul murder!
That cannot be; since I am still possess'd of those effects for which I did the murder
Those effects which Claudius is still possessed of from the excerpt above are

AHamlet's orchard and his crown
Byoung Hamlet and Gertrude
Cthe crown and the queen
DNorway and young fortinbras
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Question 59
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
'Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister;
And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shoot and danger of danger of desire.
The Chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
In the excerpt above, Laertes warns Ophelia to beware of Hamlet's attentions because

Aof his insanity
Bsuch attentions cannot be given by too young a person
Cof his mournful state
Dthe sincerity of his love is in doubt
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Question 60
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
The death of Polornius can be partly blamed on Hamlet's

Aanger
Bprocrastination
Cfear
Ddisendantment
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