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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH ENGLISH Paper 2 (Two hours) Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt five questions in all from only three text books. You must attempt at least one question from each of the Sections A, B and C and not more than two other questions from the same books you have already compulsorily chosen. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. SECTION A DRAMA Answer one or more questions from only ONE of the following plays: The Merchant of Venice or The Mousetrap The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare Question 1. Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows: Shylock: "I am bit forth to supper, Jessica; There are my keys, But Wherefore should I go? I am not bid for love: they flatter me. But yet I'll go in hate, to feed upon The prodigal Christian. i. ii. iii. iv. v. Where was shylock going? Why was he going there? Who had come to invite him? [3] Who has been called the prodigal Christian? Why was he called so? [3] What instructions does shylock give letter to Jessica before leaving the house? [3] Explain:[3] a. I am bit forth to supper b. I am not bid for love: How is shylock s fear at this moment justified later in the play? In what way does this affect his thoughts regarding Antonio s Bond? [4] Question 2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: I am the tainted wether of the flock Meetest for death: the weakest kind of fruit. Drops earliest to the ground: and so let me. You cannot better be employ d, Bassanio Than to live still, and write mine epitah. i. Who is the speaker of these lines? Where is the speaker at this point of time and why? [3] ii. Explain [3] a) a tainted wether b) meetest for death c) be employ d iii. What are the two arguments given in the extract by the speaker to indicate that he is meetest for death? [3] iv. Whom is the speaker talking to here? What does he ask him to do? What is the relation between the two? [3] v. State two arguments presented in the court which finally saved the tainted wether referred to in the extract. What do you think of the person? [4] Question 3. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: The first of gold, who this inscription bears; Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire. The second, silver, which this promise carries: Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves. i. ii. iii. iv. What were Morocco's reasons for choosing the gold casket? [3] What casket does Arragon choose? How does he interpret the words many men inscribed on the casket of gold? [3] Why does Bassanio choose the lead casket? How does he praise the Portrait s eyes and hair? (one point each) [3] How does shylock feel and behave when he discovers that his daughter has eloped after robbing him? [3] v. Give reasons with three examples mentioned by Bassanio for rejecting the gold and silver casket respectively? [4] SECTION B POETRY Answer one or more questions from this Section. A Collection of Poems Question 1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: The last man of this forlorn group Did naught accept for gain. Giving only to those who gave Was how he played the game? Their locks health tight in death s still hands Was proof of human sin? They did not die from the cold without They died from the cold within. i. What game does the poet refer to? Who plays the game? How? [3] ii. Why does the poet prefer the group as a forlorn group ? Name the figure of speech used here. [3] iii. What proof do they provide regarding the human sin? [3] iv. Give the meaning of[3] a) in store b) shiftless c) bespoke v. According to the poet, what is the reason behind their death? [4] Question 2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. i. ii. iii. iv. v. How does a caged bird stand on a grave of dreams ? [3] Why does his Shadow shout on a nightmare scream ? [3] What does the refrain in the last stanza highlight? What does the poet wish to convey? [3] What is imagery? Give example of imagery used in the poem. [3] Who and what does the free bird symbolize? [4] Question 3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Some are like fields of sunlit corn, Meet for a bride on her bridal morn, Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire, Tinkling, luminous, tender and clear, Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear. i. ii. iii. iv. v. To what is the color of the bangles worn by a bride on her bridal morning compared? What does it symbolize? [3] Which other colors of the bangles are associated with the marriage of a girl? [3] Explain the meaning of bridal laughter and bridal tear . [3] Give the meaning of:[3] a) rich with the hue b) tinkling c) tender How are the qualities of the bangles similar to the bride s feeling? [4] SECTION C PROSE Answer one or more questions from only ONE of the following books that you have studied: A Collection of Short Stories or Animal Farm or The Call of the Wild A Collection of Short Stories Question 1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: More likely you are seventy, he said to Muni. You also forget that you mentioned a birthday five weeks ago when you wanted castor oil for your holy bath. i. ii. iii. iv. v. Who is the person talking to Muni? Why does he have to discuss Muni s age? [3] Is Muni finally able to enjoy a meal of drumstick in sauce? What is the reaction of his wife? [3] What shows that Muni knew his wife well? [3] Why did Muni prefer to take his goats to the Highway? [3] Describe the horse statue. What was the legend behind it? [4] Question 2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change. i. ii. iii. iv. v. Who speaks these lines? Provide a context. [3] What does he mean when he says, Tomorrow it may be overcast with clouds [3] What terms does Chief Seattle used to refer to the White chief? Why? [3] How does Chief Seattle in his speech describe the population of the white people and his? [3] Why does Chief Seattle refer the Red Indians as orphans? [4] Question 3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Sibia sprang from boulder to boulder she came leaping like a rock goat . i. ii. iii. iv. v. Why were the women going to the cliff above the river? Why was Sibia left alone? Why was she there? What made her spring action? [3] Why didn't the mugger move when the women crossed the river? Describe the crocodile s attack and how Sibia defeated him? What was it that made Sibia overjoyed? What does this reflect about her? [4] [3] into [3] [3]
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