WAEC Literature in English 2011 Objective — Question 27
Question 27 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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[Poem] "Here stood our ancestral home / The crumbling wall marks the spot / Here a sheep was led to the slaughter / To appease the gods and atone / For faults which our destiny / Has blossomed into crimes / There my cursed father once stood / And shouted to us, his children / To come back from our play / To our evening meal and sleep." Read the poem and answer questions 26-30. The sheep was led to the slaughter
- A. A. to prepare their evening meal
- B. B. because it was a troublesome sheep
- C. C. because their father was a butcher
- D. D. as a sacrifice to their godsCorrect
Explanation
The sheep was led to the slaughter as a sacrifice to their gods. This is evident in lines three and four of the poem: 'Here a sheep was led to the slaughter / To appease the gods and atone...'
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