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  Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                            (1x3=3) And the crass cacophony Blared out from the sumac tree At whose foot the frog each night Minstrelled on till morning light (a) What does the poet mean by the word 'Crass'? (b) The other creatures hate the frog's song. Why? (c) Which word from the passage means the same as 'sang'?

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    (a) The poet means that the song was 'stupid'. (b) They hated his song because he had a very unpleasant and jarring voice. (c) The word which is synonymous to sang is 'Minstrelled'.