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Question 951

jamb 1987

Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called

Adialetic

Bdecadent

Cdefinitive

Ddidactic.

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Question 952

jamb 1987

The substitution of mild and pleasant expression for harsh and blunt one is called

Aambiguity

Bclimax

Cperipety

Deuphemism.

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Question 953

jamb 1987

Caricature is used to

Aridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features

Bcensure an individual by emphasizing his weakness

Cexpose the folly in literature

Delicit the artistic potential of dramatists.

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Question 954

jamb 1987

Pip's Flippant remarks concerning the tombstones in the opening chapter of Great Expectations indicate

Ahis longing for death

Bthe child's inability to understand

Chis yearning for his parents

Dhis fascination for inscriptions on stonework.

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Question 955

jamb 1987

In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because

APip had in a haste forgotten to pack those old shoes of his

Bthey wanted to play a practical joke on Pip for the last time

CPip had made them angry by his joy to leave home

Dthey believede that the act would bring him good luck.

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Question 956

jamb 1987

''His mouth was such a post-office of a month that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling''.

This description in Great expectations refers to

AMr. Punblechoo

BMr. Wemmick

CMr. Drummle.

DMr. Brown

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Question 957

jamb 1987

At the very end of Great Expectations, Estella disclosed to Pip that the source of her present maturity and wisdom was

Athe sound education she had at school

Bher pleasant association with Mrs. Harvisham

Cthe suffering she had experienced in life

Dher long exposure to high society

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Question 958

jamb 1987

In Great Expectations, Pips nursing of Magwitch is significant because it

Aprevents Magwitch's immediate death by prolonging his life

Benables Magwitch to confirm Pip's as his heir

Crecalls Herbert's nursing of Pip

Dshows Pip's moral regeneration.

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Question 959

jamb 1987

The major cause of the tragedy in The Victims is

Athe African polygamous marriage system

BNwabunor's jealosy

COgugua's moral laxity

DObunua's irresponsibility

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Question 960

jamb 1987

A close reading of The Victims reveals that Ogugua's pr-marital and extra-marital affairs are a reflection of her

Ainnate promiscuity

Blove of public scandals

Cdefiance of social norms

Dself-hate.

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Question 961

jamb 1987

Which of the following best describes Nwabunor in The Victims?

AAn industriouswoman plagued by bad luck

BA quarrelsome woman

CA jealous rival

DA shrewd calculating woman

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Question 962

jamb 1987

In The Victims, the two old women play the role of

Aguardians of tradition

Beavesdroppers

Cwitches

Dchorus

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Question 963

jamb 1987

The sufferings of the protagonist in Birago Diop's 'vanity' are

Acaused by circumstance

Bself-inflicted

Cimposed on them by enemies

Dthe act of fate

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Question 964

jamb 1987

Which of the following best describes the speakers attitude to mother Idoto in Okigbo's poem 'Idoto'?

AObsequious

BDefiant

CArrogant

DSubmissive.

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Question 965

jamb 1987

'I shall sleep under the roof of other heads of hair in shelter from storms'.
In Leopold Senghor's poem 'Long long you have held between your hands', the word 'storms' in the above line refers to

Asea storms

Brain storms

Cstorming raids by the racist police

Dstorms of passion.

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Question 966

jamb 1987

In J.P Clark's Olokun', the line
'So drunken like ancient walls'
means that the worshipers are drunken with

Awine served at Olokun's altar

Bsacred water since Olokun rules the sea

Cbounties to be bestowned by Olokun

Dintense awe of Olokun

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Question 967

jamb 1987

In J.P Clark's 'Olokun', the line 'No greater love has a woman' signifies

Aunrequired love

Bmutual love

Cimpossible love

Derotic love

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Question 968

jamb 1987

At the end of the poem 'pianos and Drums', the protagonist is best described as

Aan authentic African

Ba cultural mulatto

Csophisticated African

Da cultured youth

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Question 969

jamb 1987

''But it is not the time

To lay wreaths

For yesterdays crimes...''

Lenrie Peters in his poem, We Have Come Home'' makes this statement because

Athe future is unpredictatble

Bpast sufferings are best forgotten

Cthere is no point crying over spilled milk

Dmourning can be posponed

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Question 970

jamb 1987

In ''Abiku'', the statement

''Yams do not sprout in amulets

To earth Abiku''s limbs....''

Simply means

AAbiku should not be buried with amulets

Byams and amulets are repugnant to Abiku

CAbiku cannot be appeased

Dyams cannot grow on Abiku's grave.

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