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Question 581

jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to

Athe character of Sir Charles Marlow

Bthe prologue songs and the epilogue

Cmale characters

Dfemale characters

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Question 582

jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
''My heart thus pressing-fix'd my face and eye-with a sententious look, that nothing means...'In the lines above, the speaker implies that

Ahis gesture means nothing

Bhe is a pious man

Che is being sentimental

Dhis heart is pressing against his face and eye

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Question 583

jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to

Aforestall reconciliation

Bseek peace

Ccure cross-piece

Dhurt their husbands

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Question 584

jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.'Those being ridiculed here are the

Aspinsters

Bhusbands

Cwives

Dold women

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Question 585

jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in

Afront of the verandah of Okoro's house

BOkoro's front yard, downstage

Cthe direction of the kitchen, offstage

Dthe kitchen, upstage

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Question 586

jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is

Aboth undersirable and unattainable

Battainable and desirable

Cobnoxious but desirable

Ddesirable but unattainable

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Question 587

jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

Alkaki

BEkpe

CUdje

DEtiyeri

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Question 588

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called

Ashifting style

Bnarrator's mind style

Cpsycho-consciousness style

Dstream of consciousness

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Question 589

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
In literary convention, 'aside' is used to

Amake a pointed remark

Bemphasize scenes as different from acts

Cdistinguish between events

Dgossip about other characters

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Question 590

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

Aquick resolution of conflicts

Bhilarious ending

Ccontest between the hero and the villan

Dclose rapport between players and spectators.

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Question 591

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of

Aambiguity

Banecdotes

Cprologue

Dsuspense

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Question 592

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Allegory is used to describe a work in which

Ahumans are transposed into animals

Bboth animals and humans swap roles

Canimals are given human characters

Dabstract ideas are personified

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Question 593

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

Aterror

Bhorror

Cfrustration

Dsympathy

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Question 594

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnet is

Aabab cdcd cdedce

Babba abba cde cde

Cabba abba cde dce

Dabab cdcd efef gg

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Question 595

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as

Aan ode

Ba ballad

Can elegy

Da pastoral

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Question 596

jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Farce thrives on

Abig events

Bpremonition

Cabsurdity

Dincidents

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Question 597

jamb 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'The gloom will give way to light
And the thorny path cleared of pain
The storms will bow to the prompting of peace
Lost moments of glory will be restored
And strangled opportunities reborn
We shall yet regain the dawn
The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of

Aanxiety and worry

Banticipation of positive change

Csorrow and dejection

Dfear of change

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Question 598

jamb 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'' To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour.''

William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand

The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is

Ametaphor

Bhyperbole

Csimile

Dparadox

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Question 599

jamb 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.
This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.
The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

Alargely confusing

Bvery difficult

Cquite appropriate

Ddrawn from hunting

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Question 600

jamb 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'
In the lines above. Tom is warm because he

Ahas just woken from sleep

Bis doing his duty

Cis wearing warm clothes

Dis working indoors

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