Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
The statement 'the new religion was like a leper' means that

A The new religion, if welcomed, will overshadow the traditional religions
B The Europeans who brought the new religion were lepers
C All those who join the new religion would become lepers
D Religion invites diseases

Question 22:

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
''' It is not bravery for a man to beat his wife.
I know a man and his wife must quarrel; there is no abomination in that... No, you may quarrel; but let it not end in fighting...''
These words concern

A Obika and his mother
B Obika and Okuata
C Akueke and her husband
D All the young men in the village

Question 23:

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
'The crisis over the New Yam Feast arose because

A Ezeulu refused to eat the sacred yams at the appropriate time
B The harvest season came too early
C The Christians in Umuaro diverted their own yams to their church
D Ezeulu's absence from Umuaro had prevented him from eating the sacred yams at the right time

Question 24:

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
''....that no man however great was greater than his people; that no one ever won judgement against his clan.''
Achebe's conclusion was that

A The individual should submit his will to thatof the clan
B Very few people have the ability to dictate to their clan
C A man should impose his judgement on the clan if he is strong enough to do so
D The clan generally ensures that the individual is reduced to weakness

Question 25:

This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
'....One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs knock one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end.'
On what occasion do these lines occur in the novel?

A At the burial ceremony of Ramatoulaye's husband
B After the confession of Ramatoulaye's daughter, that she was pregnant
C When Ramatoulaye was learning to drive the Flat 125
D When Ramatoulaye saw her mother sick in bed