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The factor which led to the collapse of the Benin Empire was
Atribalism
Bbetrayal
Cimperialism
Dcheiftaincy title
Erivalry
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Question 792
jamb1994
In his judgement over the elders,Ovonramwen reveals his preference for
Adiplomacy
Bintimidation
Cloyalty
Dconsensus
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Question 793
jamb1993
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
What are the main motives of the British in the Beinin Kingdom?
ADomination of the kingdom and its trade
BMediation in Benin's domestic problems
CElimination of Oba Ovonramwen
DInstallation of a puppet regime in Benin Kingdom
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Question 794
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
''Virture in Russia as in his childhood, seemed something that arose from men, like a comforting body odour, rather than something from above that impaled the struggling soul like a moth on a pin.''
John Updike, Beech: A Book
The tone of the passage above is
Aauthoritative
Bmocking
Cappreciative
Dscathing
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Question 795
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'In the cold hands of death...
his mouth was cotton filled, his brain on scales-was this a trick to prove fore-knowledge after death ?
Wole Soyinka: Post Mortem'
These two stanzas capture the
Afear of death
Bugliness of death
Cmystery of death
Dknowledge of death
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Question 796
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Otto's wife was a potter. Nessa remembered Sandra. Davis telling hr this. Not just a wife, not just a mother- as Nesa's own mother had been, as all the women in her childhood were and were expected to be: cooks and floor scrubbers, fanatical table polishers and chairback starchers nest builders.'
Georgina Hammie, Habits
In the passage above, Otto's wife
Ascrubbed floors and polished tyables like the other women
Bwas a pooter and was therefore spared other domestic jobs
Cwas a potter like Nessa's mother
Dwas a potter in addition to being a wife and mother
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Question 797
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.'
Immersed in the great depression, they had kept their families together, kept their feet from touching bottom, and kept their faith in the future-their children's future more than their own
John Updike, Beech: A Book
In the above passage, ''Kept their feet from touching bottom'' suggests staying
Aafloat literally
Bbuoyant economically
Calive
Daffluent
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Question 798
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'.
Georgina Hammick, Habits
The passage above suggests
Ahaste
Black of organization
Ccontrolled movement
Duntidiness
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Question 799
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
To stop himself from cutting off the sound in anger the man turned and just watched the fan, only just then another feeble, useless movement would happen and blades would be drawn through another arc. Only a long hour later did the noise finally stop - 4:30p.m
A.K Amah. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
In this passage, the writer
Acreates a mood of suspense
Benhances an oppressive atmosphere
Cdescribes the man's anger
Dcaptures the man's habitual impatience
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Question 800
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'My first interview with the manager was curious...
He was commonplace in complexion, in feature, in manners and in voice. He was of middle size and of ordinary build. His eyes, of the usual blue were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe'.
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
In the passage above, the manager is described as being
Adetermined
Bwarm
Csociable
Dhostile
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Question 801
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'The eyes of the house dog sprawled between my legs followed, full envy, piece after piece of fish down the throat of his master, my host.'
Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy
The dog in the passage
Afollowed his master about
Bran after his master's fish
Ccaught the fish between the legs
Dwatched as his master ate the fish
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Question 802
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'On the lower deck in the babel of two hundred voices he would forget himself, and beforehand live in his mind the sea life of light literature,.
Joseph Conrade Lord Jim
The character in the above passage is
Atalking
Bsleeping
Creading a literature book
Dday-dreaming
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Question 803
jamb1993
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Still stand stubborn
To stones that strangle the dawn,
Still stand stubborn
To stones that maim the morn,
still stand stubborn
To stones that assail the sun'
Atukwei Okai, 'Sunset Sonata'
The dominant literary device employed in the above passage is
Aonomatopoeia
Brepetition
Cmetonymy
Dalliteration
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Question 804
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth,'
John Keats, 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The above lines are an example of
Atautology
Bcomic relief
Ceuphemism
Dconsonance
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Question 805
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A play that tells a single story, has one setting and takes place within a specified period is said to
Abe heavilymoralistic
Bbe clearly cohesive
Cpossess the unities
Dhave tragic elements
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Question 806
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The ode and the elegy are examples of
Asonnet
Blyrical poetry
Cnarrative poetry
Dblank verse
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Question 807
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When words or phrases in either poetry or prose rise and fall measuredly, it is said that they
Ahave a regular rhythm
Brhyme
Care accented and unaccented
Dare well structured
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Question 808
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called
Adeus ex machina
Bendnote
Cclimax
Ddenouement
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Question 809
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A creative process in which abstract entities such as virtues and vices are used with intended double meaning is called
Atragedy
Bfallacy
Callegory
Dfarce
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Question 810
jamb1993
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In literature, a round character is associated with
