Question

Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option after each:
So little cause for carolings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around

What is the meaning of ‘nigh’?

[1 mark]

• A. A dark night
• B. Sound similar to a horse's neigh
• C. a short distance away
• D. The nest of an animal

Answer 1

The correct option is C a short distance away

c