Three hours
Answer one question from each of the sections, A, B and C. Choose a fourth question from any of the sections but from a different text. In all therefore, answer FOUR questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
You are reminded of the necessity for good English and orderly presentation in your answers.
SECTION A – DRAMA
ARTHUR MILLER; Death of a Salesman
- Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman lives more in the past than in the present. Do you agree?
- Comment on Miller’s use of symbolism in Death of a Salesman.
OLA ROTIMI: Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again
- How is the traditional African society presented in Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again.
- Write short notes on any THREE of the following in Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again.
(a) Love and marriage
(b) Setting
(c) Songs
(d) Polycarp
(e) Politics
SECTION B- PROSE
CHARLES DICKENS: Hard Times
- Dickens is preoccupied with childhood in Hard Times. How far is this true?
- Coketown, according to Dickens strikes the keynote in Hard Times. Why?
TSITSI DANGAREMBGA: Nervous Conditions
- “Nyasha is an admirable as well as a despicable character in Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions”. Comment on the validity of the statement.
- Select any three dramatic scenes in Nervous Conditions and show how they develop the plot of the novel.
JOHN NKEMNGONG NKENGASONG: Across the Mongolo
- Across the Mongolo presents a drama of pain spiced with occasional moments of joy Discuss.
- Comment on the use of vivid descriptions in Nkengasong’s Across the Mongolo.
SECTION C: POETRY
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER: The General Prologue and The Franklin’s Prologue and Tale.
- Show how Chaucer is a didactic poet in both The General Prologue and The Franklin’s Prologue and Tale
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ALEXANDER POPE: The Rape of the Lock
- Write short notes on the roles played by any three of the following in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.
(i) The Baron
(ii) The Sylphs
(iii) Umbriel
(iv) Betty
- Comment on Pope’s effective use of exaggeration in The Rape of the Lock
WOLE SOYINKA(ed): Poems of Black Africa
- With reference to any three poems by three different poets from the selection show how the African poet pays tribute to women.
- With close reference to any three poems from the selection discuss the dramatic qualities displayed by the poets.
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