Explanation

Emecheta employs irony to great effect in the novel. The title of the novel is itself ironical. In fact, the novel could have been appropriately titled The Sorrows of Motherhood. Indeed, Emecheta demonstrates that motherhood in the traditional African society which she presents can have no joy. The mothers presented in the novel have no joy. Agunwa, Agbadi's senior wife, dies in despair and shame after her husband has made love noisily to his mistress in their compound with everyone fully awake.

Nnu Ego, the novel's protagonist, demonstrates more than any other character the reward which mothers get in society. Here Emecheta's irony is at its most pungent, her sarcasm most virulent. Nnu Ego suffers pain and distress in her first marriage when she fails to bear children. Amatokwu, her husband unsympathetically packs her off to her father's house. Her problems result from her inability to be a mother. When Nnu Ego moves to Lagos and marries Nnaife, she does bear children - very many of them. Presumably she should be happy and contented now and enjoy a blissful life. But ironically this does not happen. When she bears two male children, Nnaife begins to pay more attention to them than to her. She has borne him male children, and that is her only importance.

The boys belong to their father. This does not stop him from inheriting his brother's young widow Adaku and, running off to Ibuza to impregnate another of his brother's widows, Adankwo, a middle aged woman. Emecheta's use of irony is also seen in her presentation of Nnu Ego s children's attitude towards her. She toils to raise them and pays for the education of Oshia with great strain. Eventually, he goes off to America and abandons her.

He does not write to her, not to talk of sending any money to help her educate the other children. Adim is more sympathetic to his mother's plight, but, he also cares more about his future than about the suffering of the mother who has sacrificed everything for him and his brother. The greatest irony in the novel is that even though Nnu Ego has many children, some of them the prized male" breed, she dies a lonely death in Ibuza. Her only reward is.that "she had the noisiest and most costly second burial Ibuza had ever seen". Finally, there is the irony of a society in transition, yet unwilling to get rid of the old structures within the condition that limit the freedom of women.

Correct Answer: B) chlorophyll

Explanation

Some flowering plants contain accessory pigments which give them their distinct colors. However, these plants still contain a main pigment that is essential for their survival. The question is asking which pigment is still present in these plants despite the presence of accessory pigments. The correct answer to this question is Option B: chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the main pigment found in plants that is responsible for photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy. Accessory pigments, such as carotene and xanthophyll, help to absorb additional light energy for the plant, but they do not replace the function of chlorophyll. It is important to note that melanin, which is Option A, is not a pigment found in plants. It is a pigment found in animals and is responsible for skin and hair color. Therefore, Option A is not correct. For more information on the functions of pigments in plants, please see the relevant sections of your Biology textbook.

Correct Answer: C. legislative

Correct Answer: C. Race and colour of workforce

Correct Answer: A. its shares can be traded on the stock exchange

Correct Answer: D. addressee went out and hanged himself

Explanation

The event where the addressee (Peter) went out and hanged himself is not immediately after the accusation mentioned. Instead, it is a later event involving Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. The correct sequence of events immediately after the accusation

Correct Answer: A. maize gain

Correct Answer: D. better terms of trade in the world

Correct Answer: A. relative humudity