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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1993 Literature In English Questions

Question 21:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
'...How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come back to the children and despise international schools? And then Koomson comes, and the family sees Jesus Christ in him ...
The statement above reveals a feeling of
  • A Despair
  • B Envy
  • C Alienation
  • D Hope
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Question 22:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The title, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
implies that
  • A There could still be an upright man within an amoral society
  • B There is a possibility of moral regeneration
  • C The teacher is not involved in corruption
  • D Any corrupt government will be overthrown
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Question 23:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The dominant images in the novel are those of
  • A Death and time
  • B Filth and time
  • C Death and decay
  • D Filth and decay
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Question 24:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
'' The old man himself does not believe in it
But when people see you doing something to get ahead, they become jealous and shout the slogans against you .''
What is being referred to in these lines?
  • A Christianity
  • B Pan Africanism
  • C Socialism
  • D Capitalism
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Question 25:
This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
Golding writes that the pig's skull ''regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won't tell.''
This implies that
  • A Ralph was the only person with intuition and common sense left on the island
  • B Ralph knew right from the strt what would happen and refused to tell
  • C Ralph had powers of the occult which no one else knew
  • D Ralph was forewarned by Roger but would not disclose it
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