The "rift" in the passage above means:

Here are the answers to the literature questions:

Section A: L.T. Asong: The Crown of Thorns

• Question 17: The person who influences the elders to change Fina Ndee's will is Ngobefuo.

  • The correct option is [C] Ngobefuo.

• Question 18: Chief Nchindia goes to collect Anyi's bride price at Sowa.

  • The correct option is [C] Sowa.

• Question 19: The novel The Crown of Thorns opens with a flashback.

  • The correct option is [A] a flashback.

• Question 20: Antony is not crowned chief mainly because he refuses to marry the bride chosen for him.

  • The correct option is [B] refuses to marry the bride chosen for him.

• Question 21: Antony intercepts the letters between Nchinda and Ntongniong.

  • The correct option is [A] Ntongniong.

• Question 22: The statement "My brothers and the chief, you know that before a dog impregnated its mother, it all began like a joke" is a proverb.

  • The correct option is [C] proverb.

Questions 23 and 24 are based on the quotation:
"There had always existed between the natives of Small Monje on the one hand and the government and Roman Catholic Church on the other hand, a great rift."

• Question 23: The above statement suggests a situation of conflict.

  • The correct option is [A] Conflict.

• Question 24: The word "rift" in the passage above means conflict.

  • The correct option is [A] Conflict.

Section C: Poetry

• Question 25: The statement "'This is spittle which we have spat above our heads. One day it will fall back.'" is made by Ngobefuo (from The Crown of Thorns).

  • The correct option is [C] Ngobefuo.

• Question 26: In the poem "When We Were Young," the poet Takwi is nostalgic.

  • The correct option is [A] Nostalgic.

• Question 27: The lines "'If the ripest must fall first, as they say, how come the untimely fall of the green fruit.'" are taken from the poem "Transition".

  • The correct option is [A] "Transition".

• Question 28: In "Animals," animals are admired by the poet for being calm, composed, and self-satisfied.

  • The correct option is [B] calm, composed, self-satisfied.

Questions 29 and 30 are based on this extract from the poem "Transition":
"When trees shake off leaves from their foliage?"

• Question 29: The quotation above is an example of personification.

  • The correct option is [B] Personification.

• Question 30: The author of the poem from which the excerpt is taken is Mathew Takwi.

  • The correct option is [B] Mathew Takwi.

• Question 31: "Menchum Falls" is a poem written by Mathew Takwi.

  • The correct option is [A] Mathew Takwi.

• Question 32: From the poem "If It Is True," the phrase "the world" refers to humans on earth.

  • The correct option is [C] humans on earth.