WOLMER S BOYS SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE THIRD FORM END OF YEAR EXAM JUNE 19, 2017 STUDENT S NAME:

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1 WOLMER S BOYS SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE THIRD FM END OF YEAR EXAM JUNE 19, 2017 DURATION: 1 hour 45 minutes STUDENT S NAME: FM: TEACHER: Instructions: This paper is divided into two sections, section A and Section B. You are to read section A carefully and answer ALL questions set in that section. You are to answer TWO questions from section B; one question from each book. No book is to be repeated. SECTION A You are to answer EACH question in this section. Circle the corresponding letter of the answer of your choice on the question paper. Read the questions carefully before you make your selection. Choose the option which best answers the questions. 1. A play is typically subdivided into? a. chapters and paragraphs b. acts and scenes c. mood and atmosphere d. language and tone 2. What is dramatic irony? a. It is when someone knows something that others do not know. b. It is when a character is on stage. c. Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not. d. Is a technique. 3. What is a symbol? a. An element b.a device c.a word used to describe literature. d.a thing that represents or stands for something else. 4. When the following: a telephone, a radio and a chair are used on a stage, they are part of what is called? a. stage directions b. stage properties c. stage conventions d. stage back drop 5. When actors dress up on stage, they are usually wearing what is called? a. Stage clothes b. Funny clothes c. Costumes d. Props 6. The following combinations are all examples of stage conventions except? a. lighting and sound b. chapters and stanzas c. props and costumes d. dialogue and movement 7. In the play The Tempest, Prospero is originally from which country? a. England b. Italy c. Cyprus d. Athens 8. A tempest is a form of? a. storm b. anger c. wind d. rain

2 9. How did Prospero and Miranda come to live on the island? a. Prospero was lost and decided to live on the island b. Prospero's brother Antonio and Alonso, the King of Naples, conspired and overthrew Prospero. c. They were born on the island d. Prospero used magic and transferred his daughter and himself there. 10. What do Anthony and Sebastian do while the others sleep? a. They steal Prospero's fortune. b. They attack Miranda. c. They conspire with Caliban. d. They plot to kill Alonso. 11. Antonio criticises the Boatswain during the storm, because he believes the sailors are: a. drunk b. disrespectful c. lazy d. incompetent. 12. The only nobleman who has a calm and positive attitude during the storm at sea is? a. Gonzalo b. Ferdinand c. Antonio d. Alonso 13.. Before Prospero and Miranda arrived on the island, Ariel was? a. Sycorax s servant b. the ruler of the island c. Caliban s half-brother d. Prospero s servant 14. The only character among the shipwrecked Italians who is willing to trust providence is? a. Antonio b. Gonzalo C. Alonso d. Ferdinand 15. One example of dramatic irony in the play is? a. The ship is returning from a trip to Africa b. Ariel creates the tempest c. The boatswain is angry d. The play is considered to be Shakespeare s last play. 16. One example of symbols in the play The Tempest is? a. the storm b. the characters words c. the dramatic elements d. the main acts 17. Whom does Caliban mistake for one of Prospero s spirits sent to torment him? a. Miranda b. Trinculo c. Stephano d. Ferdinand 18. How long have Prospero and Miranda been on the island? a. Nine years b. fifteen years c. twelve years d. ten years 19. What does Prospero mean when he says: Thy mother was a piece of virtue and\ She said thou wast my daughter? a. Your mother was unfaithful and she said you were my daughter. b. Your mother was extremely virtuous and she said you were my daughter. c. Your mother wasn t virtuous and she said I am your father. d. Your mother was unkind and she said you were my daughter.

3 20. What figurative device is used in the following: Oh my heart bleeds\ To think o th teen that I have turned you to? a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. pun 21. Caliban's principal task around Prospero's cell is? a. cooking and cleaning b. fetching firewood c. carrying in fresh water d. taking care of Miranda 22. What does Prospero promise Ariel? a. to make him ruler of the island b. his freedom c. Caliban as his servant d. his own island 23. Prospero initially tests Ferdinand s love for Miranda by? a. assigning him feats of physical strength b. asking him to track down Caliban c. making him his servant d. making him perform magic 24. Caliban thinks that Stephano is a brave god because of his? a. regal appearance b. kindness towards Caliban c. eloquent language d. celestial liquor 25. Which three men are referred to in this quote? You three men of sin did supplant good Prospero a. Antonio, Alonso and Sebastian b. Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano c. Antonio, Sebastian and Ariel d. Stephano, Trinculo and Alonso 26. What does Miranda mean when she says: Make not too rash a trial of him, for\ He s gentle and not fearful. a. Do not judge him too quickly he is a good man and brave too. b. Test him to see how good and gentle he is c. He is a rash and gentle man. d. He is too rash and not fearful 27. What is the dramatic function of the storm? a. It allows Prospero to explain to Miranda why they are on the island. b. It allows Alonso to curse the Boatswain. c. It allows Prospero to enslave Caliban. d. It allows the Duke to be banished. 28. What does Caliban mean by the following: You taught me language and my profit on t, is I know how to curse. a. You should have taught me language and then I would know how to curse. b. You taught me language so I wouldn t curse c. You taught me language but the only thing I learnt is how to curse. d. You taught me language but I don t know how to curse. 29. What figurative device is used in the following quotation? All three of them are desperate: their great guilt / Like poison given to work a great time after, / Now gins to bite the spirits. a. Simile b. Onomatopoeia c. Allusion D. Pun PLEASE TURN OVER

4 SECTION B ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION. YOUR ESSAYS MUST BE WRITTEN ON DIFFERENT GENRES. For each question in this section, in addition to the 25 marks indicated for content and argument, a maximum of 10 marks are also allocated for structure, development and competence in the mechanics of writing. You must state the title of the books or poems to which you refer in your answer. Kindly note that the essay question on the exam for 2018 will not be structured (a,b,c). A WLD OF POETRY Choose TWO poems from the prescribed list in which a social issue is presented. a. For EACH poem, describe the social issue. (8 marks) b. Discuss how either the speaker or the title is used in presenting the social issue. (9 marks) c. Identify two devices in EACH poem which is used t present this issue effectively. (8 marks) * Social Issue:-Social Problem is an issue or condition that is facing currently by the people in their society The poems This is The Dark Time My Love and The Woman Speaks To The Man Who Has Employed Her Son, are both poems about sadness\grief. a. Briefly outline the issues of sadness or grief in EACH poem. (8 marks) b. Discuss two poetic devices used in EACH poem to create the sad mood. (9 marks) c. Explain how each poem ends. (8 marks) ANIMAL FARM A theme of the novel Animal Farm is that power corrupts those who possess it. a. Briefly describe one character in the novel who possess power. (8 marks) b. Show two ways how this character becomes corrupt as a result of power. (8 marks) c. Discuss the extent to which this characters corruption affects other characters in the novel. (9 marks) The attitude of the animals in the novel Animal Farm is influenced by the person(s) in charge. a. Describe the animals attitude under Mr. Jones leadership. (8 marks) b. Show how the animals attitude change when there was a change of leadership. (9 marks) c. Say in your opinion who was the better leader and why. (8 marks) THE TEMPEST 1. The Tempest is really about the powerful and the powerless. With reference to the text: a) Describe ONE incident in which ONE character exerts power over another. (8 marks) b) Describe how the powerless character identified in (a) responds to the situation. (8 marks) c) Discuss Shakespeare s use of ONE dramatic technique in the presentation of power relationships in the play. (9 marks)

5 2. Prospero is an interesting character. With reference to The Tempest a) Give examples of Prospero as a controlling, tyrannical man. (8 marks) b) Give examples of Prospero as a kindly god-like figure. (8 marks) c) What comment do you think Shakespeare is making about rulers through his representation of Prospero. (9 marks) Total 35 marks END OF EXAM