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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2011 (Objective)

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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

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Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or the patience of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake. You don't joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers _ at kindergarten level, as at university level _ form a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and snares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.

The writer's mood is that of _
Answer Details
The writer's mood is that of optimism. The passage is about the noble nature of the teaching profession, where the writer considers teachers at all levels as an army accomplishing daily feats, never praised or decorated, but forever vigilant in planting the flag of knowledge and morality. The use of words such as "noble army," "accomplishing daily feats," and "forever vigilant" all indicate a positive and optimistic tone towards the teaching profession. Therefore, the correct answer is optimism.
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