Literature in English Test

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BOOKLET

Instructions to candidates:

1) Write your names and index number on your answer booklet as they appear on your registration form.

This paper has 3 sections: A, B&C SECTION A: PROSE and poetry: Attempt ALL questions (45marks)

SECTION B: novels and short stories Attempt All questions (25 marks)

SECTION C: PLAYS (30 marks)

For multiple-choice questions, circle the letter corresponding to the correct answer. For an open ended questions answer in essay form
Erasing or altering answers is strictly prohibited and will lead to zero mark for the affected question.
Use a blue or black pen

6) Use only a blue or black pen.

TOTAL MARKS……………./100

SECTION A: PROSE AND POETRY/ 45 MARKS

Q1. Read the passage below and the questions that follow. /15 MARKS

I had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one. One was highly educated and intelligent; he had a Ph.D. and completed four years of undergraduate work in less than two years. He then went on to Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and northwestern university to do his advanced studies, all on full financial scholarships. The other father never finished the eighth grade. Both men were successful in their careers, working hard all their lives. Both earned substantial incomes yet one struggled financial all his life the other would become one of the richest men in Hawaii.

One died leaving tens of millions of dollars to his family, charities and his church. The other left bills to be paid. Both men were strong, charismatic and influential. Both men offered me advice, but they did not advise the same things. Both men believed strongly in education but did not recommend the same course of study. If I had had only one dad, I would have had to accept or reject his advice. Having two dads advising me offered me the choice of contrasting points of view; one of rich man and one of a poor man. Instead of simply accepting or rejecting one or the other, I found myself thinking more, comparing and then choosing for myself.

The problem was, the rich man was not rich yet and the poor man not yet poor. Both were just starting out on their careers, and both were struggling with money and families. But they had very different points of view about the subject of money. For example, one dad would say, “the love of money is the root of all evil.” The other, “the lack of money is the root of evil” As a young boy, having strong fathers both influencing me was difficult. I wanted to be a good son and listen, but the two fathers did not say the same things.

The contrast in their points of view, particularly where money was concerned, was so extreme that I grew curious and intrigued. I began to start thinking for long periods of time about what each was saying much of my private times was spent reflecting asking myself questions such as, “why does he say that?” and then asking the same question of the other dad’s statement. It would have been much easier to simply say, “Yeah, he’s right. I agree with that”.

Or to simply reject the point of view by saying, “the old man doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” Instead, of having two dads whom I Loved forced me to think and ultimately choose a way of thinking for myself. As a process choosing myself turned out to be much more valuable in the long run rather than simply accepting or rejecting a single point of view. One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle-class struggles in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not in school. Most of us learn about money from our parents. So what can a poor parent tell their child about money they simply say „„stay in school and study hard‟‟ The child may graduate with excellent graded but with a poor persons financial programming and mindset. it was learned while the child was young. Money is not taught in schools. Schools focus on scholastic and professional skills, but not on financial skill. This explain how smart banker, doctors and accountants who earned excellent grades in school may still struggle financially all of their lives. Our staggering national debt is due in large part to highly educated politicians and government officials making financial decisions with little or no training on the subject of money. I often look ahead to the new millennium and wonder what will happen when we have millions of people who will need financial and medical assistance, they will be dependent on their families or the government for financial support. What will happen when Medicare and social security run out of money? How will a nation survive if teaching children about money continues to be left to parents-most of whom will be or already are, poor because I had two influential fathers, I learned from both of them. I had to think about each dad’s advice and in doing so, I gained valuable insights into the power and effect of one’s thoughts on one’s life. For example, one dad had habit of saying, „‟I can’t afford it‟‟ the other dad forbade those word to be used.

He insisted I say how I can afford it‟‟ One is a statement and other is question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you think. My soon-to-be-rich dad would explain that by automatically saying the words „‟ I can’t afford it „‟ your brain stops working. By asking the question „‟ how can I afford it „‟ your brain is put to work. He did not mean by everything you wanted. He was fanatical about exercising your mind, the most powerful computer in the world. „‟my brain gets stronger every day because I exercise it. The stronger it gets; the more money I can make. He believed that automatically saying „‟ I can’t afford it‟‟ was sign of mental laziness. Although both dads worked hard, I noticed that one dad had a habit of putting his brain to sleep when it came to money matters, and the other dad had a habit of exercising his brain. The long-term result was that one dad grew stronger financially and the other grew weaker. It is not much different from a person who goes to the gym to exercise on a regular basis versus someone who sits on the couch watching television.

Proper physical exercise increases your chance for health, and proper mental exercise increases your chance for wealth. Laziness decreases both health and wealth. My two dads had opposing attitudes in thought. One dad thought that the rich should pay more in taxes to take care of those lee fortunate. The other said, „‟taxes punish and reward those who don’t produce. ‟‟ One dad recommended, „‟study hard so you can find a good company to work for. ‟‟ The other recommended, ‟Study hard so you can find good company to buy. ‟‟ One dad said, „the reason I’m not rich is because I have you kids.‟ The other said, „the reason I must be rich is because I have you kids.‟ One encouraged talking about money and business at the dinner table. The other forbade the subject of money to be discussed over a meal. One said, „when it comes to money, play it safe, don’t take risks. ‟ The other said, „learn to manage risk. ‟

Extract from the book rich dad poor dad. Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki

QUESTIONS

Q1 A) what is narrator talking about? /3 marks

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What is the importance of having two dads according to the narrator? /2marks

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Explain: “the love of money is the root of all evil. “the other,” the lack of money is the root of all evil”/3marks

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d) Compare two dad’s attitudes in thought. /3marks

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2.i) According to the narrator, why do the rich get richer and the poor get poorer?

Because rich people work harder
Because money is taught at home, not in school
Because poor people avoid studying
Because the government helps only the rich ii. What did the rich dad forbid the narrator from saying?
“I need help”
“I don’t know”
“I can’t afford it” D. “I don’t like money iii) Which statement reflects the poor dad’s thinking?

A. “Learn to manage risk.”

“Study hard so you can buy a company.”
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
“Study hard so you can find a good company to work for.” iv. Why was it difficult for the narrator to follow both dads‟ advice?
They both lived far away
They did not give advice at the same time
Their advice was contradictory
They were not successful in life

Q2. Give a literary term for each of the following description / 10 marks

………………………………. the writer allows a reader to know more about a situation than a character does. This creates a discrepancy between what the character says and thinks and what the reader knows is true.
1. ……………………. is detected where there is contradiction between the expected result and actual results, or what appears and what is true.
1. ……………………………………. deals with where the play is set, the place.

It may be a real place or an imaginary one.

…………………………………. refers to the time in which the play is set.
- ………………………………………………. refers to the type of society in which the play is set
- …………………………………….. This is a speech in a play in which a character who is alone on stage speaks his or her thoughts aloud it reveals the innermost thoughts of a character.
- ……………………………………This is something which a character in a play says to the audience, but which the other characters in the play are not supposed to hear

…………………………………These include the set and items on stage. The set is made up of the structures placed on a stage and backdrops
- ………………………………………. These are instructions given in italics at the beginning of every act and throughout the play in brackets
- ……………………………………Referral to various contexts considered to be common or known

Q3. Read the following poem and answer questions about it. / 10 marks

Some days I put the people in their places at the table, bend their legs at the knees, if they come with that feature, and fix them into the tiny wooden chairs. All afternoon they face one another, the man in the brown suit,

the woman in the blue dress,

perfectly motionless, perfectly behaved.

But other days, I am the one who is lifted up by the ribs, then lowered into the dining room of a dollhouse to sit with the others at the long table. Very funny, but how would you like it

if you never knew from one day to the next if you were going to spend it striding around like a vivid god, your shoulders in the clouds,

or sitting down there amidst the wallpaper, staring straight ahead with your little plastic face?

Billy Collins

Questions

Guess the title of this poem and the poet talking about? / 2 marks

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Discuss how the poet has used juxtaposition in the poem. /2 marks

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Why do you think the poet has opted for use of juxtaposition? / 2 marks

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Compare and contrast this poem and with limericks. 4/ marks

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Q4. Match the following poetic term with the right definition , after matching give 1 example on metonymy and synecdoche / 10 marks

1.Monosyllabic / masculine rhyme	a) They have more than one syllable ( ex, comely, lonely
2.Polysyllabic /feminine rhyme	b) They have one syllable ( ex,bate, ate,, old , fold
3.sestet	c) This poem consists of three
	quatrains (four-line stanzas)
4.octave	d) The first part (stanza) of Shakespearean sonnet of eight lines section.
5.Quatrain	e) The second part (stanza) of Shakespearean sonnet with six lines
6.couplet	f) Sonnet poem with two-lines stanza) with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
Synecdoche	Instead of using actual name of something , we use the name of something else to refer to that thing closely associate with that thing /concept
Metonymy	g) The part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or the whole thing is used to refer to the part of that thing

SECTION B: NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES /25 MARKS

Q5. Choose ONE of the following short story titles from the anthology

“When the Sun Goes Down and Other stories from Africa and Beyond” by Emilia Ilieva and Waveney Olembo and use it to answer the questions that follow. Either

The Guilt

Diamond dust

Questions

Who is the author of the short story of your choice? (2 marks)

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iii) Choose two characters from the story and describe one-character trait for each. (2 marks)

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v) If you were given chance to advise one of the characters in the story, what piece of advice would you give him/her? (2 marks)

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Q6. Choose one of the passage below: read it carefully and them answer the questions that follow as concisely as possible

A) Either animal farm by George ORWEL/15 MARKS

Read the following passage from the novel and then answer the questions related to it.

(Old major, the prize male pig, is addressing all animals.)

„‟ Comrade, you have heard already about the strange dream that I had last night. But I will come to the dream later. I have something else to say first. I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired. I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I may say I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you. Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to

work to the last atom of our strength, and then the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end were slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery; that is the plain truth. ‟‟ But this is simply a part of the order of nature? Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell up on it? No, comrades, a thousand time no! The soil of England is fertile, its climate is good, and it is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of animals that now inhabit it. The single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sleep-and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining. Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labor is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-man. Man is the only enemy we have. Remove man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever. ‟‟

Questions:

How many types of animals are mentioned in the above passage? Name them. (3marks)

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Old major has something to tell his comrades before he dies. From what he says in the first 10 lines of the above passage. Therefore, one would describe him as (choose the correct answer) (2marks)
- A wise, thoughtful and lonely person/ character.
- An old selfish, but wise and careless character.
- A considerate, wise, thoughtful and old character.
- An old, lonely, wise but arrogant and selfish character.
explain the nature of the lives of animals as described by old major, give reasons to support your answer. (4marks)

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Old Major is not convinced about “the order of the nature” as far as animals are concerned. Why? (3marks)

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What, according to old major, is the ideal solution to their problems? Of what benefit would this solution be?(3marks)

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OR; MINE BOY BY PETER ABRAHAM.

B) Xuma had been in the city for three months now. He had left Leah’s place over two months ago and lived in a room in Malay Camp. He had not been to see Leah since he left there. He did not want to go there for fear that he could meet Eliza. She was like a devil in his blood.

He could not forget her.

He wanted to see Leah, and the others too. Had they not been his first friends when he came to the city? Had they not given him food and a place to live? But because he feared seeing Eliza he would not go. So he had stayed away.

And this night, as he sat in the cold room with no fire, and there was no one to speak to, he longed for the warmth of Leah’s place, and for the brightness in Leah’s eyes and for the drunken nonsense of Daddy and the wise, watching eyes and of old Ma Plank, who saw everything and said nothing. He even longed to see the thin colored woman, Lena, who was like a baby beside Johannes. He longed for them all and his heart felt heavy and the coldness in the room was great.

He lit his pipe and sucked it. The he got up, put on his coat and went out.

He shivered as the night air hit his face.

It was Saturday night and in spite of the cold, the streets were crowded. But it was not as it had been that first Saturday when he had gone walking with Joseph. People moved slowly and clung to each other. And you could not make out the strong men. They were all dressed to keep out the cold. There were no crowds standing on streets corners talking. They all moved.

He went up the street and walked in the direction of the heart of Johannesburg. He passed a couple under a lamplight. The man had his arms round the woman. The woman was laughing into the man’s face. He looked away and hurried past. Everywhere, he saw couples. They walked close together to keep out the cold. And they all seemed so happy. Only he walked alone.

His shoes were thin and the cold came through. His toes began to ache. “But it’s not so bad,” he thought, remembering all the clothes his white man had given him. And there were others who passed him, who did not even have shoes. Many without coats and one could see it in their eyes, so it was not so bad. But even those whose eyes showed how cold they were not alone. Most of them walked with a woman. Others had men friends. Only he walked alone.

Questions:

Explain why Xuma does not want to go to Leah’s place. (2 marks)

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Explain the character of Leah, as it is revealed in this extract? (2 marks)

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In the extract, Xuma longed for many people. Explain this homesickness referring to what happened in the story. (4 marks)

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d)“But it‟s not so bad,” he thought, remembering all the clothes his white man had given him. Which theme does this sentence reveal? (2 marks)

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Explain that theme by giving more evidences from the story. (3 marks)

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Describe the main character as he is presented in the extract? (2 marks)

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SECTION C: OPENED ENDED QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PLAY

Q7. Choose ONE play and answer the question on it in essay form. (15 marks)

Either: (A) BERTOLT BRECHT: The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Liaising with the play „‟ the Caucasian chalk circle” by Betolt Brecht, briefly discuss about the four unusual cases and that of Natella and Grusha as all adjudicated by the judge Azadak, explain the unconventional justice of judge Azdak/15 marks

Or :(B) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar has become so popular and powerful that some citizens fear that he will convince the public to make him a king, changing Rome’s government from a republic to a monarchy, discuss the following characters in their categories, The Supporters of Caesar, The Conspirators against Caesar, Family and Followers of the Conspirators

Calpurnia, Mark Antony ,Casca, Cinna ,Trebonius , Pindarus ,Strato Space in which to answer question 7

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Q8. Choose One novel and answer the question on it in essay form. (15 marks)

Either: (A) Chinua Achebe : A man of the people

Using examples, Explain the following Position and role of women in novel a man of the peopleas an author portrays women in his work of art resembling the real life of women in our societies./15 marks

a) Woman as a weak, humiliated and oppressed person

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Woman as an upholder of traditional values and customs.

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Woman as an intelligent and educated person.

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Woman as an unfaithful person.

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Woman as a person with good advice.

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Woman as a family caregiver

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Or B THE PEARL : BY JOHN STEN BECK

Discuss on the following themes depicted from novella the pearl by John stein beck./15 marks

role of fate and agency in shaping human life
1. oppression and discrimination
1. dreams, hope and ambitions
1. Good and evil

Space in which to answer question 8 b

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