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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!....
Iyase's entreaty comes when
Athe Ifa priest makes his predicitions
Bthe whitemen attack Benin
COvonramwen is discovered in hiding
DOvonramwen is asked to pay homage to the Whiteman
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Question 822
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'' The road was endless. One road led to a thousand others. Which in turn fed into paths, which fed into dirt tracks, which become streets, which ended in avenues and cul-de-sacs'' The Famished Road by Ben Okri.
The description above suggests
Aurban disorder
Ba labyrinth
Cclutter
Ddisharmony
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Question 823
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Poor bastard,
Dumped on the ground to make room
For his nocturnal fathers,
Or on the mat to spend his horrid nights
Among the steaming pots of food
And walking rats.'
''The Bastard'' by B.S. Tibenderana
The picture presented above is one of
Aloneliness
Bhunger
Cdesolation
Dsqualor
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Question 824
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
Going up the river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. ' Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
The landscape described in the passage above is
Aformidable
Bfriendly
Chostile
Doverpowering
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Question 825
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'So Children,
If per chance you see a here that roars
Or an ape perched in a palanquin,
Look on in silence..'
'Africa by David Diop
This excerpt exemplifies
Apoetic climax
Brhetoric
Cparadox
Dconflict
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Question 826
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly... Lord of the Files by William Golding
'Soft hiss of roasting meat' in the passage above refers to the
Agentle response of the animal being roasted
Brudeness of the animal to the hunter
Cgentle process of roasting on the fire
Dfropping of the fat of the meat in the fire
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Question 827
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'' Old father, old artificer
bear me now and ever in good stead''
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.
The word 'artificer' describes
Aa sage
Ba craftsman
Ca magician
Dan artificial person
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Question 828
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village. The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.
Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?
APessimistic
BOptimistic
CNonchanlant
DCynical
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Question 829
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'The morning mist
and chimney smoke
of White City Jabavu
flowed thick yellow
as pus oozing
from a gigantic sore'
'An Abandoned Bundle' by Oswald M. Mtsha 'i
The simile above gives rise to
Aa graphic description
Ban abstract presentation
Ca philosophical statement
Dgraffitti
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Question 830
jamb1992
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'''Yet lunchtime ''
Without thinking of what of what he was saying
the man tapped out, 'Not food'.
Insu Siding answered, 'Plenty here''.
And a conversation had begun.
''Lucky''.
''Come. Transfer. Easy''
''Can't.''
''Why?''
''Secret.''
''Familu?''
''Secret''. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by A.K. Armah.
This is an example of a dialogue that is
Apitchy
Bwitty
Claconic
Dsimple
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Question 831
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'...let the greying day grow
....let the evening horns blow
....let the melting mountains go
....but let the sundown sow''
To Wole with Love' by Atukwei Okai
The use of the words 'melting mountains' is
Ametaphorical
Bsymbolical
Calliterative
Drhythmical
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Question 832
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
The figure of speech used here is
Apathetic fallacy
Bsimilitude
Crepetition
Dzeugma
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Question 833
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The stylistic device that uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a
Asynonym
Bmetonym
Cmataphor
Dantonym
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Question 834
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The word 'image' is associated with
Aattitude
Bmood
Ctone
Dabstraction
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Question 835
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented in a poem is an
Aallegory
Ballusion
Cambiguity
Dapostrophe
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Question 836
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a
Ahexameter
Bhyperbole
Cmetaphor
Dsoliloquy
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Question 837
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A quatrain is
Athe last line of a poem
Bthe fourth line of a sonnet
Ca poem which ends with a question
Da stanza consisting of four lines
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Question 838
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Comic relief is
Athe use of humorous characters speeches or scenes in a tragic work
Ba figure of speech used in comic theatre
Cthe use of hearty and wholesome laughter in plays
Da device used in the theatre where a play ends in marriage
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Question 839
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called
Acatharsis
Btragi-comedy
Cdemetia
Dcleansing
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Question 840
jamb1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called
