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Unilorin Post-UTME Use of English 2019 (Model questions) Question 1

Question 1

Comprehension
2019/2020 Passage I: adapted from Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men
The passage, as printed

Based on the first paragraph, it is most reasonable to conclude that while in college, the author:

  1. A.decided to become a professor of anthropology
  2. B.decided that she did not want to live permanently in Eatonville, Florida
  3. C.felt that her teachers prevented her from studying what she wanted
  4. D.became disenchanted with anthropology
  5. E.understood her own culture in new and different ways.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: E (understood her own culture in new and different ways.)

Explanation

She says only at college, away from home, could she 'stand off and look at' her own culture through anthropology.