Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 81
jamb 1998

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Li's initial aspiration in the novel is to

Aescape from village life to the city
Bmarry a handsome man
Cjoin her husband in the city
Dremain in the peaceful village
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Question 82
jamb 1998

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Like many other characters of her type, Li in the novel, is able to attain progress through her

Aprayers to God
Bcriticism of the system
Coptimistic attitude
Ddedication to duty
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Question 83
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as

Aadventurous
Bdrunken
Clively
Drestive
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Question 84
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Browning's 'My Last Duchess'is

Aan epic
Ba sonnet
Can elegy
Da lyric
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Question 85
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
What is the poet-persona's feeling for the reaper in Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper'?

APity
BAdmiration
CHatred
DDelight
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Question 86
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Mtshalis 'The Washerwoman's Prayer' the condition of the woman is portrayed through

Airony
Bjuxtaposition
Ccomparison
Dmetaphor
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Question 87
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

''O incomprehensible God!

Shall my pilot be''

These lines in Okara''s ''The Call of the River Nun'' reveal a religious undertone which also expresses the

Amystery of existence
Bomnipotence of God
Cduality of life
Dinevitability of death
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Question 88
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Dzogbesa Lisa in Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' can be equated to

Asalvation
Bdespondence
Cpoverty
Dfate
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Question 89
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' is concerned with devastation because

Athe poet had fought in many wars
Bof the destruction of part of Africa by the weather
Cof the impact of white domination on parts of Africa
Dof the destruction of the shrines of the ancestors
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Question 90
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
''They too are the earth
Under snakeskin shoes and Mercedez tyres'.
Niyi Osundare uses the lines above to describe the

Amaterial for the shoes of the poor
Brepulsive snakeskin-like bodies of the poor
Chope of the oppressed for a better life
Doppression of the dispossessed
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Question 91
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Who are they that 'live that the earth may die'in Nyi Osundare's ''They Too Are The Earth''?

Athe beggars sprawled in gutters
BThe millions who hew wood
CPeople who fritter the forest and harry the hills
DThose who hurl water
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Question 92
jamb 1998

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

In ''Hurrah For Thunder'', the poet uses the image of the jungle to comment on his country''s lack of

Acivilization
Bcleanliness
Corder
Dleadership
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Question 93
jamb 1998

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The epilogue of the play deals with the

Aimpermanence of nature
Bimpermanence of love
Cimpermanence of nature and womanhood
Dshortness of love and life
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Question 94
jamb 1998

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The play is built on

Amistaken identities
Bsentiments and realities
Ccomedy of errors
Dconttrasts of characters and ideas
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Question 95
jamb 1998

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mrs. Hardcastle's complaint in the play that she misses 'a month's polishing' refers to her

Arusting away in the countryside
Bneed to get the latest fashions in London
Cneed to buy the best polish in London
Dboring life in the countryside
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Question 96
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
In the play, Soyinka's sympathies lie with the

Aexploited
Brich
Cimprisoned
Daccused
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Question 97
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
The play is

Aa melodrama
Ba tragedy
Can epic
Da farce
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Question 98
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
Brother Jero displays an act of ingratitude to his master by

Aenticing the French Jehovah witnesses
Bdispossessing him of his piece of land
Cconniving with the Cherubims and Seraphims
Dorganizing a deceitful dancing competition
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Question 99
jamb 1998

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
Soyinka's depiction of Brother Jero in the play is

Aliteral
Bgraphic
Csentimental
Dsymbolic
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