Correct Answer: C. Winston Smith

Correct Answer: D. Tamsir

Correct Answer: D. clown

Explanation

In the poem, death is presented as the end of life on and the start of man's return to his maker. The metaphor of a voyage appropriately describes this transition.

The symbols marking the end of life are sunset and evening star. These constitute one clear call for me. Thus, the persona knows when his life has come to an end and he needs only to embark gladly on the voyage home. Death, therefore, is not to be feared.

The barrier between the mortal world and the world of eternity is the human body. This is represented by sand bar. At death, one's spirit leaves the mortal and is free to go home. Without death, the spirit is not freed to set off. This makes death inevitable. Death is described as the final extinguishing of e light of life. It is when the light is gone that le sets out to board the eternity-bound vessel. his is captured succinctly as:

Twilight and evening bell

And after that the dark!

The symbols appropriately echo the earlier Isymbols, marking the end of life:

Sunset and evening start

And one clear call for me!

The certainty of death and the obvious final signposts are clearly put down in the poem. After death, the spirit is transported across the waves as it turns again home. On crossing the bar, the spirit passenger boards the ship and must introduced to the Captain, that is, see my pilot face to face.

The prospect of death and actually dying are not frightful, sorrowful or regrettable. They are all in the scheme of our mortality. As for the persona, he can take these in his stride. However, his experience has been that survivors do mourn for the dead. This is not necessary. He urges survivors of the dead thus:

And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark.

His hope, which is almost a certainty, is that, when he has crost the bar (died), he will be quite safe meeting his Pilot who will take him to his destination, however far it is and however long the voyage lasts.

Through effective metaphors and imagery, death is presented as the inevitable close of the chapter of living on earth and the opening of the way again home.

Correct Answer: B. Olivia

Correct Answer: A. onomatopoeia

Explanation

Life for black people in South Africa is cheerless. The people are oppressed and they lack prospects for a good ife. As far as work goes, they can have only the menial jobs. By law, black people must carry passbooks without which they cannot get work, or move about without getting into trouble with the authorities.

This is the society in which Sizwe finds himself when he arrives in Port Elizabeth without valid papers. Therefore, his stay there is considered illegal, even though he is a native of the land. His discovery in Zola's place leads to his finding refuge in Buntu's place.

While returning with Buntu from an evening out, he encountered a dead man on a rubbish dump. This leads to his so-called death. Buntu comes up with the idea that Sizwe swap identities with the dead man. He even explains that the dead man would have approved Sizwe's adoption of his identity. With the replacing of the dead man's picture in his passbook with Sizwe's, Sizwe Bansi becomes Robert Zwelinzima. The best thing that happens in the life of Sizwe is this death.

The immediate significance of this death is that it enables Sizwe, alias Robert, to avoid imminent repatriation to King Williams's town. Thus he can now live in Port Elizabeth by right and by preference. His death also entitles him to work and to have some marginal dignity in the society. It is ironical that it requires Sizwe's death in the manner it occurs for him to survive in his own country.

Correct Answer: B. kill prospero

Correct Answer: B. an ode