THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA
CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
024 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
(For Both School and Private Candidates)
Time: 3 HoursMonday November 2019 p.m
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions from sections A and B and three (3) questions from section C of which questions 7 and 8 are compulsory.
3. Section A carries fifteen (15) marks, section B forty (40) marks and section C carries forty five (45) marks.
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1.For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
(i) The term that expresses a situation whereby non- humans (animates and in animates) are given human qualities is called
(ii) If you read a play and become sad, what type of drama would you have read?
(iii) The following expressions represent some aspects of the functions of literature except
(iv) Which of the following describes a legend?
(v) Which of the following expressions best distinguish the features of tragedy?
(vi) A technique that is used to plot the events in a story where the last may be at the beginning is called
(vii) Imagine you are reading a lyric poem and you come across the verse; that school is a garden of ideas”. The word “garden” in that context has been used as
(viii) What technique will you use when you want to refer to a literary work from history of an important person for more clarification?
(ix) Which of the following elements of literature belongs to a form?
(x) Which of the following pairs of words is an example of assonance?
2. Match the descriptions in List A with the corresponding type of character in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number in the answer booklet provided
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SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. Briefly explain the differences between the following literary items
(a) Novel and Novella
(b) Flashback and foreshadowing
(c) Character and characterization
(d) Poem and poetry
(e) Irony and satire
View Ans4. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow
NOZIZWE
You were to be the centre of our dream
to give life to all that is abandoned
You were to heal the wound
To restore the bones that were broken
But you betrayed us!
You chose a lover from the enemy
You paraded him before us like a sin
You led your clans to the gallows
You shouted our secrets before the little strangers
You mocked the sacred heads of our elders
You parleyed their grey hair before the children
Their lips that hold the ancient truths were sealed
By their sunken eyes your body was cursed
The moving river shall swallow it!
Questions
(a) What was the expectation of being “the center of our dream” so important to the poem?
View Ans(b) How did the person in the poem betray his people?
View Ans(c) In what ways did the person in the poem disrespect the elders?
View Ans(d) Find a pair of words in verse 5 which alliterate
View Ans(e) Briefly explain how relevant the poem is to the Tanzanian society
View Ans5. With examples, differentiate the following literary terms
6. Which literary term is being described by the following characteristics
SECTION C (45 Marks)
Answer three (3) questions from this section
Answer question 9 and 10 and choose one (1) from either question 7 or 8
LIST OF READINGS
Plays
The Lion and the Jewel - Soyinka, W.
The Trials of Brother Jero - Soyinka, W.
The Dilemma of a Ghost - Aidoo, A.A.
The Government Inspector - Gogol, N.
Novels
A Walk in the Night and Other Stories - Guma, A.
Houseboy - Oyono, F.
The Old Man and the Medal - Oyono, F.
The Concubine - Amadi, E.
Poetry
Selected poem - Tanzania Institute of Education
Growing up with poetry - David Rubadiri
7. If you were given a chance to advice two main characters from any two novels read under this programme, what advice would you give for their betterment in life? Give three points from each novel
View Ans8. How does hypocrisy hinder Africans in their efforts to build a good future? Give three points from each of the two novels you have read under this programme
View Ans9. In three points, show how form is helpful in giving out the message intended. Support your answer with two points
View Ans10. “Misunderstanding in several African societies were as a result of the introduction of new ideas brought about by education:” By using the Plays “The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka and “The Dilemma of a Ghost by Christina Ata Aidoo, support the statement with three points from each reading
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