Can artistic proofs ever really make up for a flimsy, illogical argument?

what is the context here? we need to know what story you're talking about : )

hello!

i don't seem to see any options! could you tell me what they are? !

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”