1993 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3

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

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

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

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?

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

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

The destruction of the conch along with Piggy's death in the novel suggests

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

The main significance of the fire in the novel is to

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

The image of Beelzebub in the novel effectively captures the character of

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

'' I could swim when I was five. Daddy taught me...

What's your father?''

''May dad's dead,'' he said quickly, ''and my mum...''

This dialogue is between

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An insincere literary work is known as