Emmy35: Elite? Common people? Haba!!!!! Check your dictionary na

spenca:
So elites aint common ppl? Common mahn its a waste of time to have ds convo

Fynestboi: Elites is d ryt ansa..

Elites means d richest, most powerful...

Pleb means a person of a low class while

politician means a member of govt..

Fynestboi: OAU PQ 2011

1. Star, hide your fires;
let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye winks at the hand; yet let that be whch the eye fear, when it s done to see
in the line, shakespeare uses
a. Hyperbole b. Metonymy c. Onomatopoeia d. Simile e. Apostrophe

2. She unpacked the novels she had brought with her, and turned them over. There were the books she had collected over the years from the mass that had come her way. She had read each one a dozen times, knowing it by heart, following the familiar tales as a child, listens to his mother telling him a well known fairy tale.
This character may be best describe as a woman
a. Of habit b. Of poor means c. Wide literacy interest d. With poor memory

3. We are all diseased and with our surfeiting and wanton hourr
Have brought ourselves into a burning fever. And we must bleed for it.
The images in the passages mostly draw attention to
a. Fun b. Ill-health c. Carelessness d. Sacrifice d. Dieting

4. When he was turned over, his feedback stared upward. In amazement and horror hir mouth was locked open wide; His trousers, soaked wit blood, were tope open, and exposed to the cold, white air of morning. The thick hairs of his groin matted together, black and rust-red, and the wound that seemed to be throbbing still......
This passage achieves realism through the use of
a. Details b. Simple words c. The long sentence d. The past tensd e. Punctuation

5. Earth has not anything to show more fair.
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by.
A sight so touching in its majesty:
The city now doth, like garment, wear
The beauty of the morning.
It s suggested in these lines that
a. The beauty of the morning gains from the beauty of the city
b. The beauty of the city gains from the beauty of the morning
c. The beauty of the city and the beauty of the morning are related
d. The beauty of the sun has nothing to do with either the city or the morning
e. There s no beauty on earth..

shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet
6. The tragedy in shakespeare's Romeo and juliet can be traced to
a. Genuine altruism b. Loving hatred c. Tempestuous jealousy d. Impetuous haste

7. The news of Juliet's death is broken to Romeo by
a. Balthasar
b. Gregory c. Servant d. Nurse

8. Tybalt in shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is
a. Mercutio's brother
b. Sampson's cousin
c. Nurse's suitor
d. Lady Capulet's Nephew

9. And for that offence immediately we do exile him hence'
The offense in the above excerpt is commited against
a. Romeo
b. Friar lawrence
c. Tybatt
d. Montangue

10. Romeo's dream in Act V signifies
a. Death
b. Marriage
c. Wealth
d. Hatred

Sons and daughter
11. From the setting of his house, it is clear that James ofosu has special taste for
a. Asian sette
b. Imported furniture
c. Iron chairs
d. Silk curtains

12. The disagreement between James Ofosu and his son is over
a. Reckless attitude to money
b. Keeping late nights
c. Poor performance in school
d. The choice of a career

13. The most conspicuous item of a furniture in James ofosu's sitting room is a
a. Mahogamy camel stool
b. Large digital radiogram
c. Coloured wall calendar
d. Silver metal trolley

14. But I will not sit by with my hands between my legs while my brother's daughter is ruined.
The speaker in the except above is
a. Adowa b. Fosuwa c. Hannah d. Mr. Bornu

15. HANNAH: Leave us alone, Maanan
(Exit Maanan UC, rather reluctantly)
UC in the stage direction above means
a. Uncomfortably
b. Unending circle
c. Up and coming
d. Upstage centre

Nineteen eighty four
16. From the conclusion of the novel, one can say that Orwell is
a. An optimist b. A pessimist c. An evangelist d. A capitalist

17. In the novel, Orwell is out to comdemn a form of govt called
a. Democracy
b. Unitarism
c. Totalitarianism
d. Federalism

18. After the revolution in Oceania, the ministry responsible for war is called the Ministry of
a. Truth
b. Love
c. Peace
d. Plenty

19. The leader of the brotherhood is believed to be
a. Goldstein
b. Winston
c. Julia
d. Churchill

20. The official incharge of altering newspaper reports and destroying old records at the ministry of Truth is
a. O'Brien
b. Julia
c. Big brother
d. Winston

African and Non African Poetry

21. David rubadiri the author of an african thunderstorm hails from
a. Kenya
b. Rwanda
c. Ghana
d. Malawi

22. In david rubadiri. "An african thunderstorm" the poet describes the cloud through the use of
a. Irony
b. Personification
c. Alliteration
d. Meiosis

23. The dominant mood in the Naked soles is that of
a. Pleasure admist pain
b. Doom and despair
c. Regret and optimism
d. Hope and resignation

24. In Gbemisola Adeoti's Naked soles' lisping lips and clanging teeth depicts
a. Fatigue
b. Joy
c. Exitment
d. Horror

doyinmolah: 1 b
2 c
3 c
4 d
5 b
6 d
7 a
8 d
9 c
10 a
11 b
12 d
13 a
14 b
15 a
16 a
17 c
18 c
19 a
20 d
21 d
22 b
23 b
24 d

Fynestboi: OAU PUME 2010


Sons and Daughters
1. Lawyer bornu in de grafts sons and daughters can be described as a
a. Caring father b. Faithful husband c. Deceitful friend d. Shrewd politician

2. De grafts Sons and Daughters is structured into
a. Three acts b. Four scenes c. Two acts d. Five Episodes

3. The central conflicts in de grafs sons and daughters is primarily
a. Political b. Generational c. Racial d. Communal

4. The thematic pre-occupatn of De graft sons and daughter can be summarize as
a. The import western education
b. The roles of women in modern economy
c. How to becme a Lawyer
d. Family life in the face of social changes

OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL
5. Kelara in Oyono's old man and the medal is
a. Mvodo's sister
b. Commandants miad
c. Meka's wife
d. Agatha's cousin

6. In Oyono's old man and the medal, ignatius obebe is a
a. Driver b. Soldier c. Carpenter d. Catechist

7. He already had five wives and was soon going to break the legs of the antelope for the sixth time" The expression " break the legs of the antelope" means to:
a. Be on honeymoon
b. Offer ritual sacrifice
c. Hunt for antelopes
d. Have a new baby

8. The medal in Oyono's old man and the medal is a compensation to meka for the loss of his two sons and his:
a. House b. Horse c. Land d. Job.

9. The medal in Oyono's old man and the medal is a symbol of
a. Colonial deceit
b. African pride
c. Genuine reward for loyalty
d. Respect and honour

seleted african poems
10. In Mazizi Kunene's A heritage of Liberation' this season" refer to the period of:
a. Oppression b. Freedom
c. Migration d. Ressettlement

11. Eagles in Mazizi Kunene's A heritage of Liberation' is a symbol of
a. Deceit b. Peace c. Agility
d. Death

12. "Dancing through blooming thorns" in Gbemisola Adeoti Naked soles conotes:
a. Hoeing a field of thorns
b. Dancing in a keen competition
c. Being merry amidst suffering
d. Playing flowers and plants

13. " in Gbemisola Adeoti Naked soles: the expression "red milk of grief' refer to:
a. Wine b. Ink c. Blood d. Palm-oil

14. The tone " in Gbemisola Adeoti Naked soles is that of
a. Reconcilation
b. Lamentation
c. Exhortation
d. Admiration

based on Non- African Poetry
15. The attitude of the poet-personal toward bats in D.H. Lawrence's "Bats" is that of
a. Revulsion b. Veneration
c. Admiration d. Indifference

16. In China, according to D.H. Lawrence's "Bats" are symbols of:
a. Death b. Birth c. Caution
d. Joy

17. In Wendy Cope's Sonnet VII, poetry is regarded as a God given weapon to
a. Musicians
b. Recluses
c. Nomads
d. Pilgrims

18. The greatest challenge to the poet persona in Andrew Marvell's To his coy mistress is
a. Chariot b. Love c. Time d. Youth

Literary Appreciation
19. "The diary maids and men had flocked dwn from their cottages and out of the dairy-house with the arrival of the cows from the meads; the maids walking in patterns, not on account of weather, but to keep their shoes above the mulch of the barton".
The setting of the above passage can be described as:
a. Urban b. Celestial c. Pastoral d. Religious

20. "O mother, my mother!.... How could I be expected to know? I was a child when I left this house four months ago. Why didnt you tell me there was danger in men-folk? Why didnt you warn me? "The speech above achieves its literary effect through the use of:
a. Litotes
b. Onomatopoeia c. allusion
d. Repetition

21. The tone of the speaker in the excerpt above is that of
a. Agony b. Joy c. Fulfilment
d. Admonition

22. "But the pigs were so clever that they could think of a way around every difficulty. As for the horses, they know every inch of the field and in fact understood the business of mowing and raking". The dominant literary device in the excerpt above is
a. Repetition b. Mimesis
c. Ellipsis d. Personification

23. "The animal saw no reason to disbelieve him, especially as they could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the rebellion. All the same, there were days when they felt that they would sooner have had less figures and more food" The tone of the passage above is quite:
a. Exhilarating b. Cynical c. Optimistic d. Obsequious

24. "We are tired of waiting for another war.
Our trees their leaves have shed
The winter has come and gone.
Spring flowers have blossomed and withered"
In line 2 of the poem above , the poet uses
a. Ellipsis b. Alliteration
c. Inversion d. Oxymoron

25. I come and go a pilgrim grubbily unkempt stubbornly cheerful defiantly whistling hope and grubbling for crumbs of success out of all near-defeats"
The poet personal in the poem above is:
a. Resigned to fate
b. A holyman
c. A daily traveler
d. Suffering but optimistic

doyinmolah: 1 a
2 a
3 b
4 d
5 c
6 d
7 a
8 c
9 a
10 a
11 c
12 c
13 c
14 b
15 a
16 d
17 b
18 c
19 a
20 c
21 a
22 d
23 d
24 b
25 d
pls do the correction of the first question

doyinmolah: Fynestboi how far na, how ur result be na my teacher, hope say u kill jamb and i want to know the university you choosed, maybe we can still help ourself more

doyinmolah: Fynestboi how far na, how ur result be na my teacher, hope say u kill jamb and i want to know the university you choosed, maybe we can still help ourself more

doyinmolah: Fynestboi how far na, how ur result be na my teacher, hope say u kill jamb and i want to know the university you choosed, maybe we can still help ourself more

Fynestboi: hmmmmmmmmm kill and bury JAMB was mai plan, bt so unfortunate 4 me JAMB played foul on me and mind u am just a candidates dat cnt questn JAMB so dats dat abt dat... I choose OAU AND UI..

Wat abt u? Whch skul and wats ur score....

Am also a learner oo, i tap 4rm evri ones knwledge just lyk u guys do...

Fynestboi: hmmmmmmmmm kill and bury JAMB was mai plan, bt so unfortunate 4 me JAMB played foul on me and mind u am just a candidates dat cnt questn JAMB so dats dat abt dat... I choose OAU AND UI..

Wat abt u? Whch skul and wats ur score....

Am also a learner oo, i tap 4rm evri ones knwledge just lyk u guys do...

doyinmolah: i also choosed OAU and UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, my score also is not an encouraging one, i got 227, but that was not wat i was expecting. We can as well bond cos we choosed d same university, so we can keep our selves up to date on the things going on in OAU

Fynestboi: u can join us in OAU thread. Wat course?

doyinmolah: law

Fynestboi: whao dats gud hope to meet u on OAU PUME DAY...

doyinmolah: i hope to also see u there, maybe we can even get to know each other, just keep in touch, and i need that oau postume past question link

Fynestboi: just drop ur email i wuld send it to u..

simplifier: @ fynest, dont know if one can get a hard copy of unilorin's pume past question
pls drop the link if you have it

Samtolly4JESUS: Please lets resurrect this thread to prepare against pume of various institutions.