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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 881:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>Lakunel is presented as a
  • A Fine specimen of an education young man
  • B Truly progressive and enlightened youth
  • C Strong defender of the people's tradition
  • D Caricature of a modern educated man
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Question 882:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>...I am the twinkle of a Jewel<br/>But he is the hind-quarters of a lion!...'<br/>These lines suggest that
  • A Sidi is superior to the Bale
  • B Sidi is weaker than the Bale
  • C Sidi is clever than the Bale
  • D The Bale is violent
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Question 883:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>The central theme of the play is the
  • A Ills of modern days
  • B Clash between tradition and modernity
  • C Problem of courtship
  • D Conflict between the old and the young
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Question 884:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>'...But there have been<br/>No new reads cut by his servants<br/>No new cots woven..'<br/>It can be inferred from the above lines that
  • A There has been no harvest in the village
  • B The Bale's sevants are lazy
  • C No children have been born recently
  • D The Bale's servants are revolting
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Question 885:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>'...He risked his life that you may boast <br/>A warrior-hunter for your lord...But you-<br/>You sell him to the rhyming rabble <br/>Gloating in your disloyalty...<br/>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
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