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Question 961

jamb 2007

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
One thing that Angel Clare hates most is

Athe nation of old family

Bmarrying a girl of her parents'choice

CCambridge education

Dbecoming a minister

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Question 962

jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
What is Dan Magaji's advice on the war with the white man?

ACaliph should go into exile

BThe war should start immediately

Cthe palace should be vacated

DCaliph should seek support from neighbours

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Question 963

jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
How does Lugard describe the battle between the white man and the Sokoto Caliphate?

AOne between superior and inferior powers

BOne of life and death

COne between Christians and Muslims

DOne of the superiority of wills

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Question 964

jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Characterization in the play comprises three major groups of

Acounsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers

Bcourt officeials, British soldiers and beggars

Ccourt officials, British official and people

Dpeople soldiers and beggars

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Question 965

jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
The play is about

Aresistance to British administration

Bopposition to Christianity

Cdisunity among the Hausa state

Dunity in the caliphate

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Question 966

jamb 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Abbas' money which is stone from his bag is

Ahis inheritance from his uncle

Bhis inheritance from his father

Cthe proceeds from the goods he sells

Dthe money his friend gives him

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Question 967

jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
But, O, what from of prayer can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul murder!
That cannot be; since I am still possess'd of those effects for which I did the murder
Those effects which Claudius is still possessed of from the excerpt above are

AHamlet's orchard and his crown

Byoung Hamlet and Gertrude

Cthe crown and the queen

DNorway and young fortinbras

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Question 968

jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
'Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister;
And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shoot and danger of danger of desire.
The Chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
In the excerpt above, Laertes warns Ophelia to beware of Hamlet's attentions because

Aof his insanity

Bsuch attentions cannot be given by too young a person

Cof his mournful state

Dthe sincerity of his love is in doubt

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Question 969

jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
The death of Polornius can be partly blamed on Hamlet's

Aanger

Bprocrastination

Cfear

Ddisendantment

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Question 970

waec 2006

The setting is

Athe graveyard

Ba platform in front of the castle

Ca room in Polonius house

Da room in the castle

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Question 971

waec 2006

This speech can be best be interpreted to mean

Athat the murder was an act of revenge

Ba denial of responsibility for the murder

Cthat it is not easy to know who the murderer is

Dthat the murderer is present on the scene

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Question 972

waec 2006

The character who has just been murdered is

AHamlet

BGertrude

CPolonius

DClaudius

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Question 973

waec 2006

The underlined statement illustrates

Airony

Bmetaphor

Cparadox

Dsimile

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Question 974

waec 2006

The speaker is

Athe king

Bthe queen

Cthe ghost

Dpolonius

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Question 975

waec 2006

The character being addressed is

AHamlet

BLaertes

COphelia

DHoratio

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Question 976

waec 2006

The response given to this speech indicates that the attempt was

Aunsuccesful

Bsuccessful

Cprogressing

Ddangerous

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Question 977

waec 2006

The characters being addressed are

AMarcellus and Horatio

BBernado and Francisco

CRosencrantz and Guildenstern

DMarcellus and Francisco

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Question 978

waec 2006

The person being discussed is

AVoltimand

BHamlet

COphelia

DRosencrantz

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Question 979

waec 2006

The speaker is

AGertrude

BOphelia

CClaudius

DPolonius

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Question 980

waec 2006

The underlined statement illustrates

Ametaphor

Bsimile

Chyperbole

Dirony

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