Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 541
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 542
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 543
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 544
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 545
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 546
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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Question 547
jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
'What is in the past is gone forever. it is only the present that belongs to us! Grasp what chance of happiness you can find at the moment with both hands!
The past in the extract above refers to

AOdibe
BNorman
CChris
DOdili
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Question 548
jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
The preoccupation of the novel is

Athe life and times of Julian Odili
BNorman Obi's courtship of Effua
Cthe benefits of the extended family in Nigeria
Dthe travails and successes of Nkem and Odili
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Question 549
jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
Nkem leaves Odilis house because

Ashe is not afaithful wife
Bshe wants to keep her marriage
Cof pressure from outsiders
Dshe is barren
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Question 550
jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
In the novel, Serah dies of

Ahaemorrhoids
Bgunshot wounds
Casthma
Dasphyxiation
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Question 551
jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, the foil to Lahab's character is

ATanko
BAI-Amin
CSagiir
DSaahir
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Question 552
jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
'A repulsive game, nonetheless. Majority participation in a voice doesn't turn it into a virtue,no matter the social standing of the participants.
The game referred to in the passage above is

Agraft
Bgambling
Cdraught
Dscrambling
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Question 553
jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The ideological leader of the revolution in the novel is

ANapoleon
BSnowball
COld Major
DSquealer
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Question 554
jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The last major battle in the novel is the battle

Aof the Cowshed
Bof the Windmill
Cto oust Mr.Jones
Dto overthrow Snowball
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Question 555
jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The events in the novel are set in

Aa possible soccial climate
Bthe distant past
Ca real human society
Dan imagined world
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Question 556
jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The turn of events in the novel shows that the novelist is

Aiconoclastic
Bfatalistic
Crhetorical
Doptimistic
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Question 557
jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
'There be two gentlemen in a post-chaise at the door. They have lost their way upon the forest....
The two gentlemen in the excerpt above are

ADiggory and Saunders
BMarlow and Hastings
CMarlow and Hardcastle
DDiggory and Hastings
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Question 558
jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The epilogue of the play deals with the impermanence of

Anature
Bfriendship
Cwomanhood
Dlove
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Question 559
jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
One of the enriching features of the play is the

Amatchmaking attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
Bmanipulation of appearance and reality
Cuse of rural and urban settings
Dlopsided resolution of conflicts
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Question 560
jamb 2004

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
Miss Hardcastle is able to 'conquer' at the end of the play because of her

Aindiscretion
Bbeauty
Cwit
Dbrawn
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