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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Those who have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying let them spend our earth's fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war. The last banquet shall be their children's blood.

Kofi Anyidoho, "Blood Harvest"

The stanza above succinctly presents the

  • A. problem of war
  • B. problem of hunger
  • C. folly of soldiers
  • D. repercussion of violence
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Thus; quixoting till a cast-off of my land I sing and fare, person to loved-one pressed braced for this pressure and the captor's hand that snaps off service like a weathered strand...'

Dennis Brutus 'A Troubadour I Traverse'

In the lines above, the poet-persona expresses

  • A. defiance
  • B. resignation
  • C. fear
  • D. sorrow
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs...
I have never known you but your blood flows in my veins
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields....

David Diop, "Africa"

In the lines above, Diop uses

  • A. personification
  • B. metaphor
  • C. simile
  • D. onomatopoeia
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LINDA: (hearing WILLY outside the bedroom, calls with some trepidation): Willy!

WILLY: It's all right, I came back.

LINDA: Why? What happened? (slight pause). Did something happen, Willy?

WILLY: No, nothing happened.

Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Linda's words above express a feeling of

  • A. darkness and horror
  • B. fear and sadness
  • C. fear and anxiety
  • D. suspicion and shock
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Willy's first words show that his coming back is

  • A. ill-timed
  • B. too early
  • C. not expected
  • D. normal
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