Correct Answer: D. as a sacrifice to their gods

Correct Answer: A. prove his love

Correct Answer: D. hyperbole

Explanation

Pokuwaa and Korarnoa are very close friends. As girls, they spend a lot of time in each other's company and share a lot of things and play Ampe and Asogoro. Fortunately, the girls meet and fail in love with two friends, Kofi Daafo and Kofi Dede respectively. 'The two couples get married at about the same time, Unfortunately, the two women are not blessed with children early in their marriages. Their attitudes to their predicament are however different.

Despite the stigma surrounding a woman who is presumed barren. Koramoa sticks to her guns and endures her deprivation with her husband. She does not leave him and search for a solution elsewhere, even though the temptation to do so is very strong. Pokuwaa, on the other hand is very impatient. She soon starts to fret and eventually succumbs to her mother's pressure for her to move on, against the advice of Koramoa, marrying two other husbands after her first marriage. Pokuwaa's change of husbands does not lead to immediate results. She still remains childless. In the meantime, Koramoa's persistence pay's off. She conceives and gives birth to a child. This upsets Pokuwaa all the more as at that time she is with her second husband, Kwaku Fosu and still childless.

In her frustration, Pokuwaa confides in Koramoa her intention to discontinue her sacrifices in a bid to get the gods to bless her with a child. Koramoa is rational in her approach and reveals this in her pleas With Pokuwaa not to give up hope. Koramoa has had a child, but she catches her husband with another woman. This almost leads to a break-up in their marriage. However, it must be noted that Kwadwo Fordwuo, in spite of his first wife, is more committed to their relationship. He continually encourages Pokuwaa, raising her hopes when in a state of despair. He admonishes her:. "to give up sacrifices is to give up life itself'. In time, Pokuvaa conceives with her third husband though she still irks at having to share him with his other wife.

Correct Answer: B. abab

Explanation

The poem highlights the conflict of cultures between Western values and African traditional values. On the side of Western values are the 'experts' who claim to be scientific and rational because their conclusions are based on laboratory test of urine to determine the presence or otherwise of pregnancy. On the side of tradition are 'the midwives of the spirit' who depend on intuition and feeling to prove the presence of pregnancy.

The conflict is therefore manifested in the different opinions each group has concerning the proof of the pregnancy. `The midwives of the spirit' claim that if they 'hear' a heart-throb when they put their finger on the navel, and 'feel a foetal throb', then, there is pregnancy. The 'experts' claim that the proof of pregnancy can only be established through urine test, 'palpation' results and 'the fundal height'.

The conflict is further accentuated by the so-called 'experts' description of the traditionalists as 'mad' just because their methods are not scientific. The persona counters this claim by declaring: "If madness nurtures such lucidity, God, make us mad- Make us more mad".

The Persona's quotation of Blaise Paschal at the head of the poem indicates his support for the traditionalists. The 'quizzical glare' of the experts show that they are the ones who are confused, not the traditionalists whom they describe as mad. It is presumptuous on the part of the experts to claim that God is on their side.

Explanation

The poem is about suffering and survival. The title, The grieved lands is a personification of Africa in grief. Yet its peoples are able to overcome various forms of deprivation. The poem shows that the period extends from colonial to modern times, the grieving is due to colonialism and slavery. In the tearful woes of the ancient and modern slave of other seas (stanza 1). t is also due to seduction In the infamous sensation of the stunning perfume of the flower (stanza 2) as well as the violence meted out By the wickedness of iron and fire. Africa's means of survival will be through resilience. The never-dying spirits that '..bubble up in dreams. Decked with dance by the baobab (stanza 4) also through an alliance with kindred souls and through the sacrifice of the dead. Africa's hope for the future ies in coming together/forming a union: In the harmonious sound of consciences. This lies in the exercise of integrity, it lies in the observance of universal justice. In the pure and simple rightness of the stars' existence and in the continuance of the African race.

Correct Answer: B. his inheritance from his father

Correct Answer: D. metaphysical persuasion on the immortality of man

Correct Answer: B. she discovered she was 3 months pregnant and abortion was impossible