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Question 491

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 492

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 493

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 494

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 495

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 496

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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Question 497

jamb 2006

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): 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.): Weast African Verse.

Keats' on the Grasshopper and Cricket is best described as

Aromantic

Bmedieval

Cmetaphysical

Dplatonic

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Question 498

jamb 2006

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): 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.): Weast African Verse.

In We must learn Again to Fly; Ofeimum exhorts the reader

Anot to lose hope in the face of adversity

Bto enjoy his success

Cto give up if he does not succeed

Dto work harder even if he succeeds

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Question 499

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

The character attributes of Attahiru qualify him as

Aan egocentric partriot

Ba Muslim fanatic

Ca religious martyr

Da political revolutionary

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Question 500

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The sides of a stage are called

Athe ways

Bboth sides

Cthe pits

Dthe wings

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Question 501

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

Arhythm

Btetrametre

Cassonance

Dcaesura

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Question 502

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A complex plot can be described as the plot structure that has

Amultiple scenes

Bstrands of events runnings concurrently

Cwell-developed characters

Dan abstract subject and setting

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Question 503

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An address to a metaphysical source of inspiration by a poet is called

Aclairvoyance

Binspiration

Cinvocation

Dnemesis

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Question 504

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Flash back in a literary work help to

Afill the missing link

Breveal the characters'mindsets

Cplace the story in proper perspective

Drelate events that are extraneous to the story

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Question 505

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A travelogue is

Athe account of the travails of a character in novle

Ba record of the writer's experiences during a journey

Ca variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey

Dthe account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime

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Question 506

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama is a

Aplay-within-the-play

Bcomic scene

Ccomic relief

Dtragi-comedy

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Question 507

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A work which takes place in a non-existent world or which concerns an incredible character is

Aromance

Bfantasy

Cparody

Dsuperstition

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Question 508

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An anti-social action taken by the tragic hero, which results in a catastrophe, is called

Aanagnorisis

Bpremonition

Chamartia

Dempathy

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Question 509

jamb 2006

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima''s Attahiru.

The play is historical because it deals with

Areal personages and places

Bthe jihad led by Caliph Attahiru

Clugard''s attempt to amalgamate the southern and northern protectorates

DAttahiru''s ascenssion to the caliphacy in November 1902

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Question 510

jamb 2006

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The physical setting within which the action of a narrative takes place is the

Astage

Bscene

Clocale

Dlocation

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