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Question 71

jamb 1998

This question is based on Literary Principles.
'If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs
Making their mock at our accursed lot.'
Claude Mickay, 'If We Must Die'
The mood in the lines above is one of

Adisgust

Bindignation

Cfear

Dsorrow

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Question 72

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'One man with a head
shaven clean as a potato
whispered to the rising sun,
a red eye wiped by a tattered
handkerchief of clouds.'
Mtshali, 'Men in Chains
The figures of speech employed in the lines above are

Ametaphor and onomatopoeia

Bsimile and metonymy

Cmetaphor and simile

Dpersonification and onomatopoeia

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Question 73

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'The woman whose breasts I sucked is gone to the worms'.
Oculi, 'Orphan'
These lines illustrate the use of

Asadism

Bsophism

Csatire

Deuphemism

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Question 74

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Romantic poetry emphasizes

Athe beauty of nature

Bintimate relationships

Cthe love in human nature

Dthe romance in human aspirations

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Question 75

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

Aan anagnorisis

Ba tragic flaw

Ca catharsis

Da catastrophe

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Question 76

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A melodramatic play is based on

Aa melodious manipulation of events

Bingredients that mllow down events

Csensational plot and characters

Dthe playwright's didactic overtones

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Question 77

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Shelly''Ode to the West Wind'
The literary device used here is

Aan apostrophe

Ban allegory

Ca poetic license

Da rhetoric

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Question 78

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

Airony

Bparadox

Ccontrast

Dparallelism

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Question 79

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

Ashort verses

Brhythmic verses

Cfree verses

Dirregular verses

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Question 80

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that morns for the

Adeceased

Bbeeaved

Caccused

Dking

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Question 81

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The three main unities in drama are those of

Aaction, time and place

Btime, space and action

Cplace, time and space

Dspace, action and time

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Question 82

jamb 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the

Acentral character in a play

Bvoice of the character

Cthe image a character presents

Dthe personality of a character

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Question 83

jamb 1998

This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Hardy makes the novel realistic by

Ainterspersing humour with seious narration

Bdenying the characters any from of transformation

Cadhering strictly to autolographical facts

Dnarrating the story in the first person

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Question 84

jamb 1998

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
By allowing Henchard to get drunk and sell off his wife, Hardy makes the point that

Alife is valueless

Bdrinking is disastrous

CHenchard is unpredictable

Dcruelty is part of life

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Question 85

jamb 1998

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Mrs. Newson refuses to reward the furmity seller for disclosing the whereabout of Henchard because she

Ahas little money for her

Bcondisers the trade in furmity unscrupulous

Cthinks it is not respectable to talk to the old women

Dhas learned what she wanted from the old woman

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Question 86

jamb 1998

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
The statement, 'Time the magician, had wrought much here' is made when

ASusan Newson sees Henchard at Casterbridge

BElizabeth-Jane discovers her true father

CFarfrae gets married to Elizabeth-Jane

DFarfrae becomes the Mayor of Casterbridge

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Question 87

jamb 1998

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
'''I, Michael Henchard, on this morning;..., do take an oath before God here in this Solemn place...
And this I swear upon the book before me;... !''
The oath above is taken when

AHenchard gets married to Susan

BHenchard collects five guineas as the prize for Susan

CHenchard swears to stop taking strong liquros

DNewson returns Susan to Henchard

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Question 88

jamb 1998

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
By allowing Sule to return to the village in spite of his earlier vow, the author suggests the existence of

Aa destiny that awaits mankind

Ba bond between man and his roots

Chomesickness in city dwellers

Dkind feelings in all villagers

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Question 89

jamb 1998

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
The tell-tale of Li's going to the dance is a

Aburnt finger

Bbroken promise

Ctorn dress

Dbroken fence

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Question 90

jamb 1998

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
In the novel, Faku deserts Garba for

Aprostitution

Bsurvival

Ccity life

Dvengeance

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