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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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