1994 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3
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Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, the man is despised by the wife and family because he
A
does not give them sufficient money to maintain the house
B
does not capitalize on his education and position to get ahead
C
does not join Koomson's political party
D
fails in his campaign to get into the government house
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"....checking the coins against the tickets, he began to count the morning's take. It was mostly what he expected at this time of the month: small coins, a lot of pesewas,..."
Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,what time of the month is being referred to in the above statement from the novel?
A
Passion week
B
Passover week
C
Pay day
D
Rainy day
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"In Oyo's eyes there was now real gratitude.
Perhaps for the first time in their married life the
man could believe that she was glad to have him
the way he was."
Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, from the above excerpts, Why was Oyo unhappy with her husband?
A
The man's moral uprightnesswas vindicted at the end
B
She decided to love the man with all his weaknesses
C
She realized that money was not everything
D
The man suddenly came by a lot of money
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"Now take this boat business for instance. There is a lot of money to be made in it,but start something, and fools will start shouting slogans at you."
Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, who made the above statement?
A
Amankwa
B
Oyo
C
Koomson
D
Osagyefo
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Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,the Chichidodo is hypocritical because it hates
A
shit
B
maggots
C
maggots but eats shit
D
shit but eats maggots
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Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, what is the author's perception of real change in the novel?
A
A change of government
B
A change of rulers
C
The elimination of opponents
D
The transformation of society
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In the novel "Piggy's" glasses symbolizes
A
arrogance
B
childishness
C
intellectualism
D
ignorance
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"The officer, surrounded by these noises,
was moved and a little embarrassed.He turned away
to give them time to pull themselves together, and
waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser
in the distance."
Based on the novel Piggy's,in the above passage,Golding focuses on the
A
sympathy and pity the officer feels for the children
B
contrast between savagery and order
C
inability of the children to organize themselves
D
children's emotional state and its consequences
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"I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs.
Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too."
Based on the novel Piggy's, The split in the group of boys occurs with the departure of
A
Jack
B
Ralph
C
Roger
D
Simon
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"...If someone threw you a rope when you were
drowning. If a doctor said take this because if you don't take this because if you
don't take it, you will die- you would, wouldn't you? I
mean?"
Based on the novel "Piggy's",the "rope" and the doctor's prescription refers to the
A
pig
B
beast
C
conch
D
smoke signal
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