This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. '...He risked his...

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JAMB 1990

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

'...He risked his life that you may boast

A warrior-hunter for your lord...But you-

You sell him to the rhyming rabble

Gloating in your disloyalty...

In these lines the 'rhyming rabble' refers to

  • A. clowns who wait on the Bale
  • B. children in Lakunle's school
  • C. professional singers
  • D. the mummers who dance in mockery of the Bale's rumoured impotence

Correct Answer: D. the mummers who dance in mockery of the Bale's rumoured impotence



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