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UI Post-UTME Literature in English 2023 (Model questions) Question 17

Question 17

Set Text: The Lion and the Jewel

The following plays are revolutionary in orientation except

  1. A.Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's The Trials of Dedan Kimathi
  2. B.Femi Osofisan's Morountodun
  3. C.Ebrahim Hussein's Kinjeketile
  4. D.Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel)

Explanation

The first three dramatise popular struggles against oppression; The Lion and the Jewel is a comedy about tradition and modernity.