Plot - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 206:

• 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 207:

• 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 208:

• 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 209:

• 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

Question 210:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
'Ah, you know, the chichidodo is a bird
The chichidodo hates excrement with all its soul.
But the chichidodo only feeds on maggots, and you know the maggots grow best inside the lavatory. This is the chichidodo'.
Which character in the novel is likened to his bird?

A. Koomson
B. Oyo
C. The man
D. Teacher