Questions and answers on the Dilemma of a Ghost in the Cockcrow.
1. What is the conflict in the Dilemma of a Ghost?
ANS: The conflict arises as a result of the cultural expectations of how a wife is supposed to behave.
2. What does the Dilemma of a Ghost talk about?
ANS: It talks about the return of Ato with his fiancée, Eulalie, from the United States of America and problems which arise as a result of cultural differences.
3. Why was Eulalie not having a child?
ANS: She was not ready to have a child
4. Who are Mansa and Akroma in the story?
ANS: Mansah is Ato’s younger aunt and Akroma is Ato’s younger uncle
5. Who is the master scholar in the Dilemma of a Ghost?
ANS: Ato
6. Who is Ebow?
ANS: Ebow is a young Ghanaian graduate and also the main character.
7. Who was the Ghost and what was his dilemma?
ANS: In Ato’s dream, a boy and a girl sung about a ghost. In the lyrics of the song, a ghost was in a dilemma of whether or not to go to Elmina or capecoast.
8. What are the main themes of the dilemma of a ghost?
ANS: 1. Cultural differences 2. Tolerance 3. Marital conflict
9. Explain how Ato’s mother, Esi Mom, felt about her son returning home with an African-American wife.
ANS: She felt that she was an unlucky soul
10. What literary device can be found in the statement, “Already, naughty slumber is stealing over my senses”?
ANS: Personification
11. Narrate Ato’s dream in your own words.
ANS: He saw a Boy and Girl singing about a confused ghost as to which direction to go
12. What did Nana mean by saying, “Ato, do not talk with the foolishness of your generation?
ANS: She meant that Ato was ignorant of ancient wisdom.
13. In the story, who was known to have “the hardest mouth” in their town , and why was this person described this way?
ANS: It was Monka because she was known for talking too much.
14. Why did Eulalie throw away Esi Kom’s gift and how did that action reveal her character?
ANS: She threw away the gift because she was disgusted by it. It reveals that she was disrespectful or unappreciative.
15. What was Esi Kom’s intention when she gave the gift to Ato and Eulalie?
ANS: She intended to please them with the gifts
16. Where did Eulalie come from?
ANS: The United States of America
17. Why did Ato slap Eulalie?
ANS: She called Ato’s people savages with no understanding.
18. Why was Ato’s reason for not telling his family the truth about his plan to delay childbirth?
ANS: He said they wouldn’t understand
19. Who informed Maami that Eulalie had thrown away the snails?
ANS: Monka
20. When did Ato have his dream?
ANS: On a Saturday afternoon.
21. What was Nana’s reason for disapproving Ato’s marriage?
ANS: She claimed Ato had married a slave which she found unacceptable.
22. Mention the three major clans stated in the prelude.
1. Obrumankoma
2. Odapadjan
3. Osun
23. What was Ato’s family remedy for the childlessness of Eulalie?
ANS: They wanted to wash Eulalie’s stomach with medicine and pour libation to drive away evil from Ato and his wife.
24. What is the name of the second woman?
ANS: Aba
25. What suggestion did Nana give to Akroma concerning her wife’s stomach?
ANS: He told him to take her to a herbalist in Kofikrom
26. What was Esi Kom rearing in Ato’s name and why did she sell the sheep?
ANS: She was rearing a sheep and she sold it to save some money for Ato’s bride price.
27. State one proverb in the drama.
ANS: One must take time to dissect an ant in order to discover it’s entrails.
28. What opinions did 1st woman and 2nd woman have concerning childbirth?
ANS: First woman claimed that childbirth was always profitable while 2nd woman argued childbirth was not always profitable.
29. Who is referred to as the daughter of slaves?
ANS: Eulalie
30. What was Eulalie’s reaction to the drum roll in Africa?
ANS: She was really scared because she thought it was witch-hunting.
Read also: Summary of the Dilemma of a Ghost
What the drama is about?
The drama is about the problems which ensues when a young Ghanaian graduate marries an African-American woman. Their stay in Africa was not as peaceful as they had imagined.
The sample questions and answers above are helpful in preparing students for exams.
However, teachers should make sure that students are familiar with the text in the cockcrow to develop a good understanding of the drama.
If there are any questions you would like me to address, please put them in the comment section and I will do my best to answer them. Thank you.
Eulalie:shall I die where you will die?
Ato:yes____And if you want you shall be buried there also
What literary devices is used here
@Bawana, the literary device in the first line is called “Repetition” ( die and die) and the second line is “Alliteration” ( be buried)
Who is the heroine in the story?
Eulalie Yawson
Do you think nana is a best character
She is an interesting character
What was the topic between the two women in the opening act of the drama
Eulalie: shall I die where you die?
Ato: yes____And if you want you shall be buried there also?
1. What literary device is used here?
Parallelism
Alliteration
Repetition
What does the bird of the wayside implies
What narrative technique is used for the dilemma of the ghost
What game did the boy and girl in Ato’s dream agree to play at first
What are are the literary devices used in the dilemma of the ghost
Illustrate the statement that both Ato and Eulalie were impatient
Literally devices in the poem
Who was barren in the Drama
First Woman
Who was drinking coke?
Eulalie
Which my soul has drawn out of me.
What is the literary device is in the extract
please explain the answer to question 7
Why does the 2nd woman refer to herself as a commonslaue
This is because she is always the one doing the house chores even though she has children.
I have work can you do it for me
Bring it on board
One who is the speaker
who said, already naughty slumber is stealing over my senses
Nana
Which of the following villages women in play was barren
1st woman
Drop refers to
I want the literary devices
Okay will add that soon.
If you can also come out with the literally devices in every scene of the drama, it would help we the new English language teachers
Okay bro I will put that in mind
Do you think nana is a best cha
According to Nana, what did women do during their youthful days
Who was rearing a sheep in ato’s name
If nakedness promise you clothes asked his name.
Personification
Explain why Ato’s mother felt about her son returning home with an African American wife
She was shocked and displeased at the same time.
According to Ato how long he married his wife Eulalie
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what does the saying “if nakedness promises you cloth ask his name” mean
It means you can’t trust the words or advice of a proven failure.
Pls
“Ah ! And yet I thought I was alone in this… The lonely woman who must toil from morn till eve , before a morsel hits her teeth or a drop of water cools her throat.”
1.who is the speaker?
2. Why does she refer to herself as lonely woman.
3. Where was the speaker returning from.
The fuss is in reference to