1994 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

In his judgement over the elders,Ovonramwen reveals his preference for

The factor which led to the collapse of the Benin Empire was

UZAZAKPO:

In my madness, I served Oba Adolo, your

father. That same madness has helped me

keep my body in this palace as jester under

your full moon. If you will listen to me and my

madness, I will tell you frankly that the way you

talked to the chiefs was not the right way

The tone of the above statement is

UZAZAKPO:

In my madness, I served Oba Adolo, your

father. That same madness has helped me

keep my body in this palace as jester under

your full moon. If you will listen to me and my

madness, I will tell you frankly that the way you

talked to the chiefs was not the right way'

The play above is basically a

"If

a provoked houseboy

cannot match his

wicked master

strength with strength,

he maims the master's favorite

goat!"

Obaruduagbon employs this proverb to explain why

"There's no art

To find the mind's construction in the face...'

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,the above statement means that there is no

"Why should I play the Roman fool, and die

On mine own sword?"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies

"Rather than so, come fate, into the list,

And champion me to the utterance!"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Rather than so"in the quotation above refers to

"Thou loosest labour

As easy may'st thou the in trenchant air

With thy keen sword impress,..."

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the confidence above derives from the fact that

'...Sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine.Lechery,

Sir, it provokes:it provokes the

desire, but it takes away the performance.'

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the statement above can best be described as