JAMB Literature in English 2005 Question 3

Question 3

Other Set Texts: African Drama

In Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru, Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the

  1. A.Muslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British soldiers use rifles
  2. B.Emir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora
  3. C.emirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abdulrahman
  4. D.emirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto
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Answer: D (emirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto)

Explanation

The emirates do not stand together; each is left to face the British alone and they unite only when Sokoto itself is attacked, which makes conquest easy.