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JAMB Literature in English 1978 Question 45

Question 45

Other Set Texts: African Prose

The Concubine by Elechi Amadi. The title of this novel is justified because

  1. A.Ihuoma, the heroine, is everyone's concubine
  2. B.Ihuoma having once been married to Emenike has vowed never to marry again
  3. C.everyone who married Ihuoma or expressed a wish to do so came to harm
  4. D.Ihuoma prefers to be a mistress rather than wife
  5. E.being the spirit-wife of the jealous Sea-king, any marriage subsequently contracted cannot be valid; she is condemned to the status of a concubine.
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Answer: E (being the spirit-wife of the jealous Sea-king, any marriage subsequently contracted cannot be valid; she is condemned to the status of a concubine.)

Explanation

As wife of the Sea-King, Ihuoma can only be a concubine to any human husband.