This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER. What were the other businesses Jimmy porter had tried apart from the sweet stall business?

Analyze the question: It asks about Jimmy Porter's previous jobs in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, apart from running the sweet stall.

Recall the background: Jimmy Porter is an educated young man from a working-class background. He did not finish a conventional career path. Through the play, we learn that he:

• Worked in journalism, writing for a trade paper about the "glamour" of the business world.
• Worked in advertising, and he mentions that he worked for a firm in that field.
• Worked selling vacuum cleaners, which he mentions as one of his odd jobs.
• Now runs a sweet stall with his friend Cliff, despite having a university-level education.

His frustration is that, despite being intelligent and educated, he ends up in menial jobs. This reflects the "angry young man" theme of post-war Britain.

Check the options:

• A. Farming and teaching are not part of his work history. Wrong.
• B. Teaching, painting and trumpeting: he plays the jazz trumpet, but it is a hobby, not a business. Wrong.
• C. Farming and teaching again do not match. Wrong.
• D. Journalism, advertising and vacuum cleaning: this matches the text. Correct.

Answer: D

Tip: For Literature in English, link each character to a few key facts. Jimmy's jobs are J-A-V: Journalism, Advertising, Vacuum cleaners, with the sweet stall as the final job. Also remember that his trumpet is a passion, not a career.