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Major Sergius Saranoff is a Bulgarian army commander who leads his regiment to win a battle against the Serbs at Silvinitza. However, both his critics and admirers consider him to be a failure and he admits he is. To Catherine, who sees him as a future son-in-law and to Raina his fianc

Correct Answer: B. fight

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Robin intends to stop the duel between Demetrius and Lysander.

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Question 5

(1) Relation to the theme: One of the themes explored in the novel is racial discrimination in America and how it affects black. Bigger's reaction to the system lands him in jail and he heads for the electric chair

(2) Character identification: (i) Bigger is the protagonist. (ii) Max is Bigger's lawyer; he is a member of the Communist Party. (iii) The last meeting between Bigger and Max takes place in Bigger's cell.

(3) Bigger's crime and his punishment: (I) Bigger has killed Mary Dalton and his girlfriend Bessie. (ii) He is hunted down and tried in a Chicago court. (iii) Max offers to defend Bigger in court in spite of Bigger's initial suspicion of Max and Jan.

(4) Max's defence and Bigger's death sentence: (i) Max pleads Bigger is not in court to plead innocence.(ii) He appeals to the jury to consider Bigger as a victim of state policy and social discrimination. (iii) Bigger is to die on or before midnight of Friday, March 3rd, in a manner prescribed by the been pretty deep in me to make me kill'.

(5) The last moments with Max: (i) Bigger uses his last moment to 'accustom his mind to death as much as possible, reflecting on past events and how he has lived. (ii) Bigger yearns and 'longed to talk to Max more than ever even though he is not sure of what to discuss with him. (iii) Max shares insightful experiences about life with him and says.. in the work, I'm doing, I look at the world in a way that shows no whites and no blacks, no civilised and no savages. (iv) Bigger clears his mind about death; he 'didn't want to kill. But what I killed for, I am! It must've been pretty deep in me to make me kill'.

(6) Significance of the moments: (i) The meeting showcases Bigger's psychological reaction to his impending death. (ii) It concludes the writer's concerns about the black man's identity. (iii) It reveals Bigger as a fulfilled character who accepts his fate happily, bidding Max Good-bye. I am all right, For real I am'.

Question 6:

(1) Relation to theme: The novel explores the theme of fear in a racially segregated America. It is this fear that triggers Bigger's reaction, culminating in his committing murders and thus advancing the plot.

(2) Character identification: (i) Bigger full name is Bigger Thomas, the protagonist in the novel. He is driven to violence by fear. His girlfriend is Bessie Mears. (ii) Bessie is Bigger's girlfriend. She works for a white family as a domestic servant. She is depressed.

(3) Purpose of the visits: (i) To gratify his sexual needs. (ii) To escape from the persistent questioning at the Daltons, lest he gives himself away. Thus, he wants to escape from the feeling of strain that had come over him while talking to Mrs. Dalton.

(4) His first visit: (i) Bessie's reception of Bigger is cold. She calls him a 'stranger and she shied away from his attempt to kiss her' (ii) They make love (iii) Bigger hits on the idea of demanding a ransom (iv) They go out for drinks at 'Paris Grill'. (v) They share stories about 'Loeb and Leopold'.

(5) Second visit: (i) On this occasion, Bigger is apprehensive. (ii) Bigger and Bessie run to a hide-out in 'a black, looming, empty, apartment building'. (iii) Bigger kills Bessie

(ii) They trigger the sub-plot of the novel. (6) Significance: (i) The visits give added information about Bigger's evasive and violent nature. (ii) They demonstrate how fear affects the black characters. (iii) They trigger the subplot of the novel (iv) They show Bigger's and Bessie's relationship as purely sexual. (v) They reveal Bessie's dependence on liquor as a way to suppress her depression. (vi) They intensify the violence.

Correct Answer: C. most eligible suitor

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Chief Toje is a rubber merchant in Urukpe who has made his mark in the business before the arrival of Oshevire. Oshevire is a younger businessman who uses better skills to produce a high quality latex preferred by the buyers. Thus, Oshevire's success in business makes Toje jealous of him. Toje considers himself as a very influential personality in the town around whom every issue or project must revolve. As such, Toje feels he cannot afford to watch his chances in business jeopardized by an up-and-coming person - Oshevire.

Thus, the war situation becomes the fertile ground on which Toje's evil seeds against Oshevire must grow. Knowing Oshevire's predicament as an Urukpe man who is married to a Simbian wife, Toje plots to implicate him as the leader of the rebel collaborators in Urukpe. Toje sends a memorandum to Major Bello accusing Oshevire of being a saboteur and enlists Rukeme to bear false witness against him before a military tribunal. This plot by Toje costs Oshevire three years in military detention but even so, Oshevire's troubles have just begun. By seizing the opportunity of Oshevire's detention to destabilize his family, Toje has brought untold tragedy in Oshevire's life.

Presenting himself as influential to the military leadership, Toje becomes the only person allowed to interact with Oshevire's family members -Aku and her son, Oghenovo. Toje takes advantage of Aku's economic vulnerability to exploit her sexually. His sexual advances to Aku are made with the hope of reviving his failing manhood. He underrates Odibo's sexual power and "uses him" as a go-between. His plan thus backfires. Toje sees Odibo's action as an insult too difficult to bear and gets into a near fatal fight with Odibo. This brings everything out into the open resulting in dishonour to Oshevire and his family.

This shameful situation compounds Oshevire's troubles and paves the way for his tragic end. Oshevire's release and subsequent home coming, pathetically turn into a curse rather than a blessing. Oshevire cannot his wife again or live in the same town that has brought so much ruin to him and his family. He opts to leave the'town with his family in the dead of the night after setting his house ablaze. Oshevire's tragic end s caused by the shame visited on his family by Toje.

Correct Answer: A. realistic

Correct Answer: D. no society exists where everyone is equal

Correct Answer: C. acting like foolish Romans who killed themselves with their own hands

Correct Answer: D. Othello didn't make him the Lieutenant

Correct Answer: B. Symbolism