Application of English Literary Texts

Model paper 06

Part 01 – Context Questions

1. Part cotton grass and moorland boulder shoveling white stream over her shoulder”
a). From where are these lines taken ? Who wrote them?
b). What is going on this poem line?
c). What is meant by shoveling white steam over her shoulder?

2. “With a whirl of skirts and with a brilliant sparkle in her eyes, she fluttered out the
door and down stairs………
a). From which text are these lines taken?
b). Who is “her” referred to ? why does she behave in this way?
c). What is the effect created by fluttered doors?

3. “Turning again toward childish treble pipes and whistles in his sound”………..
a). What is poem of above lines? And the writer?
b). What is this “turning again” according to the poet?
c). Mention 02 symbolic words from the above poem.

4. “A fire , little liar”

a). Where can you see these lines?
b). Who wrote this ?
c). Why the person is named as “liar”?

5. “Next morning I went up to the room ”

a). From where are these lines taken?
b). what kind of an occation comes next in the poem?
c). What is the relationship of “ I ” with the incident ?

6. “Then round and round , and out and in”

a). What is the speciality of this person?
b). What is this text ? who wrote it?
c). What is the technique / language device perform here?
 Part I
Section B

“This birds are the last free creations on earth. Every thing else has been captured and tamed
and enslaved – tigers behind the bars of the zoos. Lions stared at by crowds in safari parks.
men and women in house like match boxes working in factories, that are like prisons. Only
the birds are free and can take off and fly away into space when they like. His face spoke and
his voice trembled. I suppose that is why I love them- for their freedom which we don’t have”

(i) Who is the speaker ? What is he concerned about? (2 marks)

(ii) What has happened to the animals and men ? (2 marks)
(iii) Distinguish the word : captured. Tamed and enslaved (2 marks)
(iv) What does the line “His face shone when he spoke and his voice
trebled tell us about the speaker’s character ” (4 marks)

Part II
Poetry

(1) What are the seven ages of man described by William Shakespeare in his poem? The
Seven Ages of Man? Do you think they are true of human life even today (15 marks)

Drama
(1) The Villa for Sale leaves all the main characters happy at the end. Trace the action of
the play to show how this happens

Prose
(1) “In the Dark” Years the reader finds Mandella’s true self as a son and a father “Is this
a proper statement to introduce ” The Dark Years

Fiction
(1) Describe the character of “Hari”. What features in his character appealed to you most?
(15marks )