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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1991 Literature In English Questions

Question 26:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
'You forget that I have a heart, a mind, that I am not an object to be passed from hand to hand.
You don't know what marriage means to me....'These words by Ramatoulaye are addressed to
  • A Mawdo
  • B Her mother-in-law
  • C Daouda Dieng
  • D Tamsir
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Question 27:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
''A wife must understand once and for all, and must forgive; she must not worry herself about 'betrayals of the flesh. The important thing is what there is in the heart.''
These words are spoken by
  • A Tamsir in breaking the news of Modou's second marriage to Ramatoulaye
  • B Modou in support of his relationship with Binetou
  • C Aunty Nabou in trying to convince Mawdo to marry her niece
  • D Mawdo Ba to justify his marrying Nabou out of a sense of duty
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Question 28:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
'If you can procreate without loving, merely to satisfy the pride of your declining mother, then I' find you despicable...'
Whose words are these?
  • A Aissatou
  • B Ramatoulaye
  • C Young Nabou
  • D Jacqueline
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Question 29:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
''...The sugar-daddy of the boutique dresses wants to marry Binetou. Just imagine...'''
What is ironical about this statement ?
  • A The speaker is Binetou's friend
  • B The sugar-daddy is the speaker's husband
  • C Binetou is the speaker's rival
  • D The sugar-daddy is the speaker's father
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Question 30:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
In which of the following genres is the term 'soliloquy' generally used?
  • A Novel
  • B Drama
  • C Epic
  • D Poetry
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