Post Utme Osustech 2025 Literature Question 31

Practice objective / multiple choice question 31 from the 2025 Post Utme Osustech Literature examination.

Post Utme Osustech 2025 Literature Objective / Multiple Choice

Question 31 POST_UTME_OSUSTECH • 2025 • LITERATURE • objective

In the poem 'Mother to Son' by Langston Hughes, what is the significance of the speaker's use of the metaphor 'life is a stairway'?

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. The speaker is emphasizing the difficulties and hardships of life.

B. The speaker is suggesting that life is a journey with many twists and turns.

C. The speaker is comparing life to a staircase with many steps to climb.

D. The speaker is using the metaphor to convey the idea that life is a never-ending struggle.

Correct Answer

Correct Option:

The speaker is emphasizing the difficulties and hardships of life.

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This is Post Utme Osustech 2025 Literature Question 31. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Post Utme Osustech Literature examination.

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