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Question
Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.
Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.
- Who tells us to hate our brothers?
- What happens when we hate our brothers?
- What do we do to ourselves?
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Solution
- The evil rulers tell us to hate our brothers.
- When we hate our brothers, we hate ourselves.
- We dispose, betray and blame ourselves.
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