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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's

  • A. intention to resume fighting
  • B. intransigence in the face of authority
  • C. refusal to pay homage to the witeman
  • D. unwillingness to befriend the witemen
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.
beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'
This statement in the play refers to the

  • A. attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
  • B. marital status of Queen Victoria
  • C. hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
  • D. Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
In the play, the Oba's poetic language reveals his

  • A. humility
  • B. heroism
  • C. nobility
  • D. haughtiness
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...The python, seeking assurance of adulthood, measures his length with the palm tree ...
Who is referred to as the palm tree in these lines?

  • A. The chiefs
  • B. Ologbosere
  • C. The royal wives
  • D. The soldiers
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play reaches a turning point when

  • A. Macduff's wife and children are murdered
  • B. Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
  • C. Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
  • D. Macbeth sees the witches a scond time
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