So Long a Letter Quizzes

So Long a Letter Quiz 1

1 What is the name of the protagonist?
Aissatou

Ramatoulaye

Mawdo

Modou
2 Why does Ramatoulaye feel frustrated by how her visitors treat her during the initial mourning period?
They talk too loudly

They make too many jokes

They're rude to her co-wife

She feels that they don't pay her enough respect
3 Given what the reader eventually learns about Ramatoulaye, why is she frustrated with her relatives at the start of the novel?
She is fiercely independent and hates being limited by others

She feels that they don't do enough to comfort her

She feels they didn't respect Modou while he was alive

She wants revenge against them
4 What is a griot?
Old Black African woman

Black African who is part-poet, part-musician, part-sorcerer

Black African traditional medicine person

Black African widow
5 Where is the novel set?
Nigeria

Benin

Senegal

Ivory Coast
6 Why does Assiatou leave Mawdo?
He married another woman without her knowledge

He isn't attentive enough to her

He tries to seduce Ramatoulaye

He abandons their children
7 How does Ramatoulaye’s mother feel about Modou?
She is indifferent

She is scared of him

She thinks he is untrustworthy

She loves him
8 What factors into Ramatoulaye choosing Modou instead of Daouda Dieng?
She loves Modou and feels enabled to choose him, despite societal disapproval because of her education

She loves Modou and society would disapprove of her marrying Daouda

She loves Daouda but wants to be rebellious and marries Modou instead

She loves Daouda but marries Modou out of societal obligations
9 What is Sangalkam?
The villa that Modou and Binetou live in after they get married

The seaside town they love to visit

The town where they live

The farm Mawdo inherited from his father
10 What is the tension between Ramatoulaye and her sisters-in-law when it comes to division of work?
Ramatoulaye prefers to do the cooking whereas her sisters-in-law prefer to clean

Her sisters-in-law think she has it easy because she doesn't have to do much housework

Ramatoulaye thinks that her sisters-in-law are lazy

Trick question; there is no tension between them
11 Why does Mawdo’s mother feel socially superior to Assiatou?
She comes from royal blood

Aissatou had something embarrassing happen to her in her childhood

She thinks that Aissatou is stupid

She believes that she is better looking
12 When does Mawdo finally tell Assiatou he is taking another wife?
The day he meets his new wife

Before he meets his new wife

After the wedding date has been confirmed

The day of the wedding
13 What does Assiatou do in response to Mawdo marrying young Nabou?
She manages to survive, throwing herself into her work

She takes an extended holiday

She leaves him, taking their four sons with her

She falls into a depression, becoming extremely sick
14 Who is young Nabou?
Mawdo's second wife

Mawdo's mother's namesake

Mawdo's young cousin

All of these
15 Who pressures Binetou to get married to Modou?
Her professor at university

Ramatoulaye

Her mother

Daba
16 How do Ramatoulaye’s children feel about Modou marrying again?
They have mixed feelings

They are excited to have another woman in the house

They are indifferent

They unanimously disapprove
17 How do young Nabou’s beliefs reflect her upbringing?
She thinks that people without royal blood are less intelligent than her

She doesn't believe that men should only have one wife

She believes that people who practice a trade (goldsmiths, midwives, etc.) are less important than people like doctors

She has very traditional ideas about the role of men and women
18 What is something we can learn about mental illness from Jacqueline’s experience with it?
That mental illness happens when you're in unfamiliar places

That mental illness happens when husbands cheat on wives

That mental illness affects women more than men

That mental illness has serious, often physical implications
19 In light of the information the reader is given throughout the novel, what is Ramatoulaye’s primary feeling for Binetou?
Indifference

Reluctant admiration

Pity

Hatred
20 What word does Ramatoulaye use to describe how she lived her life without Modou?
Wallow

Thrive

Celebrate

Survive
21 Why is it so meaningful that Assiatou buys Ramatoulaye a car?
Her children really want a car

It gives her the ability to show off around town

It is a very expensive gift

It gives her independence
22 What makes Ramatoulaye angry about Tamsir’s offer?
She thinks she is far too good for him

She is jealous of his other wives

She still resents him for not telling her about Binetou

He presumes she will say yes and treats her like an object
23 Who does Daouda Dieng mention advocating for in the government?
Orphans

Women

The poor

Disabled people
24 Why is Ramatoulaye swamped with suitors?
Daba and her husband have secured a very generous portion for her

She is very beautiful

She is extremely respected in the community

Modou left her a lot in his will
25 How does Ramatoulaye react to the news of Aissatou’s pregnancy?
She is shocked, and turns Aissatou out of their home

She is not surprised since the griot woman already predicted it

She is furious and shouts at her, but later takes it back and is kind

She is shocked, but eventually comforts Aissatou

Who is Ramatoulaye writing to in Mariama Bas novel "so long a letter"? provide quote from the novel

To Ramatoulaye's best friend, who she is writing to.

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How are we introduced to Aissatou, through Ramatoulaye's writings? provide quote from the novel.

Aissatou is Ramatoulaye's best friend, who she is writing to. She is divorced, and later moves to the United States and successfully makes a new life for herself. She and Ramatoulaye have a very kindred relationship, and she provides emotional...

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How is friendship different than love?

Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love. Chapter 16, Ramatoulaye

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