Jamb Literature in English 1991 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1991

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

Question 27:

• JAMB 1991

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

Question 28:

• JAMB 1991

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

Question 29:

• JAMB 1991

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

Question 30:

• JAMB 1991

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