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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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