Questions on Mtshali's "Nightfall in Soweto"

What is Oswald Mtshali's middle name?

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. . . . best captures the subject matter of the poem "Nightfall in Soweto"?

• War and the terrors of war

• The unsafe nature of the housing system in South Africa

• The high handedness of the South African police force

• The debilitating effect of the Apartheid regime on black lives

The poem falls into which category of poetry?

• Biblical epic

• Protest poetry

• War poetry

• Poetry of nature

The choice of the word "Nightfall" is . . . . ?

• Symbolic

• Allusive

• Synecdochic

• Hyperbolic

The setting of the poem "Soweto" is a blend meaning . . . . ?

(a)  

The comparison of the coming of Nightfall to that of a dreaded disease epitomises . . . . ?

• The preference of night time by criminals

• The choice of night time as a preferred time when animals hunt

• The devastating effects of the coming of Apartheid to South Africa

• Diseases come faster at night

I tremble at his crunching footsteps,

I quake at his deafening knock at the door.

"Open up!" he barks like a rabid dog

Thirsty for my blood.

The cause of terror in the above lines is . . . . ?

• The average black citizen of Soweto

• The predatory animal lurking in wait for a prey

• The policeman out to capture and arrest black dissidents in their home

• The white settlers in South Africa on repeated raids to the houses of black dissidents

A common theme that resonates through the poem is . . . . ?

• Man's inhumanity to man

• Law and disobedience

• Pride and prejudice

• Terror and its healing effect

I am the prey;

I am the quarry to be run down

by the marauding beast

let loose by cruel nightfall

from his cage of death.

The lines above showcase the use of which imagery?

• Olfactory

• Scatological

• Animal

• Auditory

Nightfall! Nightfall!

You are my mortal enemy.

The lines above portrays the use of which of the following devices?

• Repetition and rhyme

• Apostrophe and metaphor

• Alliteration and rhythm

• Refrain and synecdoche