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Question 41

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of

Abeing more educated

Baccommodation

Cgood job

Dthe rights to vote

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Question 42

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

You want to know something then you run like a rabbit'

The device used in the line above is

Apun

Bpersonification

Cmetaphor

Dsimile

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Question 43

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

The family that donates to charity is

Athe Thomas

BBuckleys

Cthe Daltons

Dthe Earlones

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Question 44

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

One of the pictures Bigger sees on the pamphlet given to him by Jan is that of a

Aknife and a sword

Bknife and gun

Chammer and a sickle

Dmatchet and a hammer

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Question 45

jamb 2016

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

Kufi is a

AChristian community

Bpagan society

CMuslim community

Dtraditional society

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Question 46

jamb 2016

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

In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with

Aindifference

Bsuspicion

Celation

Danger

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Question 47

jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.

Kabria's second child is

AOttu

BAdade

CEssie

DObea

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Question 48

jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
After impregnating Maa Tsuru, Kwei's family treats him like a

Arenegade

Bleper

Cforeigner

Ddesperado

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Question 49

jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
'Ordaley ignored the two young women plating their hair because she didn't want to generate another war with a simple greeting'
The image depicted in the lines above is

Aironic

Bpersonification

Chyperbolic

Dmetaphoric

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Question 50

jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.'

This speaker of the lines above is

Alago

BCassio

CDesdemona

DEmilia

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Question 51

jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello kills himself with a

Abottle

Bsword

Cgun

Dknife

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Question 52

jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The hypocritical character in the play is

AMontano

Blago

CCassio

DRoderigo

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Question 53

jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The first character in the play to refer to Othello by name is

ABrabantio

BDesdemona

Cthe Duke

Dlago

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Question 54

jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by

Aa female prophet

BDesdemona's maid

COthello's mother

DOthello's lover.

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Question 55

jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.
'I thought as much. I know that all these hide-and-seek games that have been going on will one day come to light'.\

The speaker of the excerpt above is

AOgeyi

BAlice

CAyo

DMrs Obi

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Question 56

jamb 2016

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

Aloho is employed as Chief's

APersonal Assistant

BProtocol Officer

CLegal Adviser

DSecretary

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Question 57

jamb 2016

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

From its resolution of conflicts. the play can be described as being

Aobscene

Bfarcical

Ccomic

Ddidactic

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Question 58

jamb 2016

The setting of the play is

AGbossa

BBenue

CNassarawa

DJabu

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Question 59

jamb 2016

The scene of the conversation in the excerpt above is

Aa street

BChief's office

Ca hotel

Dthe Police Station

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