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No. no! Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.
The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'


O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.

The speaker in the passage is

  • A. reckless
  • B. insane
  • C. a coward
  • D. a hero
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'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups'


Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino

The poet in the lines is saying that
  • A. the speaker is very hygienic
  • B. the person referred to takes Western medicine
  • C. herbal medicine is dangerous
  • D. the speaker prefers Western medicine
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48
He is a faithful liar

The line above is an example of
  • A. epigram
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. euphemism
  • D. antithesis
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'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'


Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is
  • A. metaphor
  • B. simile
  • C. personification
  • D. hyperbole
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