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Both characters belong to the educated class and were both educated in England. Apart from this scant reference about Mr. Borofosem, a few more things are said about Mr Onyimdze while he was in England. He trained as a lawyer, and lived an almost recluse life, deliberately not allowing his ability to speak English to suppress his Fanti. Therefore, he spoke Fanti to himself whenever he could.

In Cape Coast, Mr Onyimdze, who is unmarried, establishes a law firm and is eugaged in active practice. Mr. Borofosem, however, has a wife, Mrs Borofosem, whom he allows to henpeck him and virtually direct what he does in the matrimonial home. He is not allowed to speak Fanti, though he loves to; he must be kissed by his wife, and he must smoke and leave the ashes on the carpet. He suffers his wife's domination indulgently, all for peace to prevail. He dare not speak Fanti while Mrs Borofosem is around and while he follows her to the Cosmopolitan Club.

Mr Onyimdze, however, loves his Fanti language, food, clothes and all. As soon as he returns home from court, he is in his element: he changes from English and formal dress, which belongs to the court, into African clothes. He is also indulgent, and accepts to educate Mr Okadu, whose sole desire to learn English is to be able to woo and marry Miss Tsiba, whose father has sent her to Mrs Borofosem to learn English and English manners. Seeing his mistake in encouraging the relationship between Mr Okadu and Miss Tsiba, who get hurriedly married in chu, he switches to the side of Miss Tsiba's grandmother, Nana Katawerwa, when she sues for the annulment of the marriage and asks Mr Onyimdze to represent her in court. By winning the bigamy case, Mr Onyimdze protects traditional values against western encroachment and brings back all those anglicised characters, like Mrs Borofosem, to appreciate their culture.

In the end, Mr Borofosem recognizes the wisdom of tradition: "The people of the old days were wise indeed: if only we would follow the customs they left us a little more, and adopt the ways of other races a little less, we should be at least as healthy as they were".

Correct Answer: A. resistance to British administration

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Correct Answer: C. caesura

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Correct Answer: B. novel

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The question isolates two groups for special comment. These are the so-called patriots and the so-called elites society. The poem states how these two groups contribute to the poverty of the masses.

In the poem these two groups are separated as a matter of convenience. However, as the first stanza demonstrates they are one and the same. The metaphor of the "head" and the "anus" demonstrates how lopsided their interests are. Instead of using their heads to serve their country, it is rather the "left overs" of their corrupt activities which their country men are made beneficiaries of.

Using damning language the poet describes these two groups as not worthy of the name "saviour". As merchants they "loot" to "boost" the economies of their colonial masters. As office holders they are; loafer', incompetent are avaricious with their kleptomaniac fingers "and" sucking filaments" which turn them into predatory insects.

They are not worthy of the name "patriot" who withhold from the people what is due to them until famished and hungry, they abandon conscience and power and are themselves corrupted by the affluent in the society. As th political elite, they flaunt their ill-gotten wealth in front of the people in the form of "air conditioned chambers" an exotic cars while their constituencies are deprived of any form of modern life- their roads are "death traps" they have mud for water "candle for light" and the children go to school under trees and lack food and nutrition. The poem successfully demonstrates how the so called patriots and elites of society have become parasites turning their countrymen into destitute in the name of governing them.

Correct Answer: B. metaphor

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Correct Answer: B. Viola to Olivia

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Correct Answer: B. the rhetorical question

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Correct Answer: C. officious fool

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Correct Answer: D. a hyperbole

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