- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Bertolt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Bertolt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
AZDAK: Listen! Am accused instigating war? Ridiculous! Am saying ridiculous!
That enough? If not, have brought lawyers. Believe five hundred.
(He points behind him, pretending to be surrounded by lawyers) requisition all available seats for
lawyers! (The IRONSHIRTS laugh:the FAT PRINCE joins in).
NEPHEW (to the IRONSHIRTS): You really wish me to try this case? I find it rather unusual from the taste angle,
I mean.
FIRST IRONSHIRT: Lets go!
FAT PRINCE: (smiling): Let him have it, my little fox?
NEPHEW: All right. People of Grusinia versus Grand Duke. Defendant, what have you got to
say for yourself?
AZDAK: Plenty. Naturally, have read war lost. Only started on the advice of
patriots. Like Uncle Arsen Kazbeki. Call Uncle Arsen as witness.
FAT PRINCE (to the IRONSHIRTS. Delightedly): what a madcap!
NEPHEW: Motion rejected. One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which
every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
AZDAK: Rubbish! Did not run it at all! Had it run! Had it run by Princes!
Naturally, they messed it up.
NEPHEW: Do you by any chance deny having been commander in chief?
AZDAK: Not at all! Always was commander-in-chief. At birth shouted at wet nurse. Was
trained drop turds in toilet, grew accustomed to command.
Always commanded officials rob my cash box. Officers flog soldiers only on
command.
IRONSHIRTS (clapping): He’s good! Long live the Grand Duke!
FAT PRINCE: Answer him according to the dignity of the law. Defendant, preserve the dignity of
the law!
AZDAK: Agreed. Command you proceed with trial!
NEPHEW: It is not your place to command me. You claim that the Princes forced you to declare
war. How can you claim then that they-er- “messed it up”.
AZDAK: Did not send enough people. Embezzled funds. Sent sick horses.
During attack, drinking in whorehouse. Call Uncle Arsen as witness.
NEPHEW: are you making the outrageous suggestions that the Princes of this
country did not fight?
AZDAK: No. Prince fought. Fought for war contracts
FAT PRINCE: (jumping up): That’s too much! This man talks like a carpet weaver!
AZDAK: Really? Told nothing but truth.
FAT PRINCE: Hang him! Hang him!
FIRST IRONSHIRT (pulling the PRINCE down): Keep quiet! Go on, excellency!
NEPHEW: Quiet! Now render a verdict; you must be hanged! By the neck! Having
lost war!
AZDAK: Young man, seriously advise not fall publicly into jerky clipped speech. Cannot be watchdog
if howl like wolf. Got it? If people realize Princes
speak same language as Grand Duke, may hang Grand Duke and prince, huh? By the way,
must overrule verdict. Reason? War lost, but not for Princes. Princes won their war. Got
3,863,000 piasters for horses not delivered, 8,240,000 piasters for food supplies not produced.
Are therefore victors. War lost only for Grusinia, which is not present in this court.
(a) 'am accused instigating war?' Explain the circumstances that led the speaker to say these words.
(b) Why do you think the nephew is reluctant to try the case?
(c) Explain who according to the extract is responsible for instigating the war.
(d) Discuss at least two dominant themes in this extract.
(e) Identify and illustrate two character traits of Arsen Kazbeki as brought out in this extra
(f) Pick out two stylistic devices and comment on their effectiveness.
(g) Explain the ironic twist that takes place in this extract.
(h) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(i) I find it rather unusual. (Add a question tag)
(ii) Defendant, preserve the dignity of the law.
(Rewrite in the passive).
(iii) 'It is not your place to command me.'
(Rewrite in indirect speech.)
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Witi Ihimaera ‘The Whale Rider’
'Women have no place in the society portrayed in the novel'. Drawing examples from the Whale Rider by
Witi Ihimaera,...(Solved)
Witi Ihimaera ‘The Whale Rider’
'Women have no place in the society portrayed in the novel'. Drawing examples from the Whale Rider by
Witi Ihimaera, Write a composition in support of this statement.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- a) The Short Story.
Iliera and Olembo (Ed) 'When the Sun Goes Down and Other stories'
People encounter many problems in search for greener pastures....(Solved)
a) The Short Story.
Iliera and Olembo (Ed) 'When the Sun Goes Down and Other stories'
People encounter many problems in search for greener pastures. With examples from Seti Atta Short
Story 'Twilight Trek'.
Write an essay in support of this statement.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- 'The River and the Source” by Margaret Ogola.
'Despite good parenting, children can sometimes be a disappointment'. Using Elizabeth and Mark children, write
an essay in...(Solved)
'The River and the Source” by Margaret Ogola.
'Despite good parenting, children can sometimes be a disappointment'. Using Elizabeth and Mark children, write
an essay in support of this statement.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Longhorn Publishers: When The Sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa and beyond
'Terror gangs bring about devastation to any society.' Write an essay in...(Solved)
Longhorn Publishers: When The Sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa and beyond
'Terror gangs bring about devastation to any society.' Write an essay in support of this statement with close reference to Moses Isegawa’s story ‘The War of the Ears’.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
OLD MAN: Pursued. Need undivided attention. Make proposition . . .
AZDAK: Make what? A proposition? Well, if that isn’t the height of insolence. He’s
making me a proposition! The bitten man scratches his fingers bloody, and the leech that’s
biting him makes him a proposition! Get out, I tell you!
OLD MAN: Understand point of view! Persuasion! Pay hundred thousand piasters one night!
Yes?
AZDAK: What, you think you can buy me? For a hundred thousand piasters? Let’s say a
hundred and fifty thousand. Where are they?
OLD MAN: Have not them here. Of course. Will be sent. Hope do not doubt.
AZDAK: Doubt very much. Get out!
The OLD MAN gets up, waddles to the door. A VOICE is heard offstage.
VOICE: Azdak!
The OLD MAN turns, waddles to the opposite corner, stands still.
AZDAK (calling out): I’m not in! (He walks to the door.) So you’re sniffing around here again,
Shauwa?
SHAUWA (reproachfully): You caught another rabbit, Azdak. And you’d promised me it
wouldn’t happen again!
AZDAK (severely): Shauwa, don’t talk about things you don’t understand. The rabbit is
dangerous and destructive beast. It feeds on plants, especially on the species of plants known
as weeds. It must therefore be exterminated.
SHAUWA: Azdak, don’t be hard on me. I’ll lose my job if I don’t arrest you. I know you
have a good heart.
AZDAK: I do not have a good heart! How often must I tell you I’m a man of intellect?
SHAUWA (slyly): I know, Azdak. You’re a superior person. You say so yourself. I’m just a
Christian and an ignoramus. So I ask, you: When one of the Prince’s rabbit is stolen and I’m
a policeman, what should I do with the offending party?
AZDAK: Shauwa, Shauwa, shame on you. I catch a rabbit, but you catch a man. Man is
made in God’s Image. Not so a rabbit, you know that. I’m a rabbit-eater, but you’re a man
eater, Shauwa. And god will pass judgement on you. Shauwa, go home and repent. No, stop,
there’s something . . . (He looks at the OLD MAN who stands trembling in the corner.) No, it
is nothing. Go home and repent. (He slams the door behind Shauwa.) Now you are surprised,
huh? Surprised I couldn’t hand over a bedbug to that animal. It goes against the grain. Now
don’t tremble because of a cop! So old and still so scared? Finish your cheese, but eat like a
poor man, or else they will catch you. Must I even explain how a poor man behaves? (He
pushes him down, and then gives him back the cheese.) That box is the table. Lay your elbow
on the table. Now, encircle the cheese on the plate like it might be snatched from you at any
moment – what right have you to be safe, huh? – now, hold your knife like an undersized
sickle, and give your cheese a troubled look because, like all beautiful things, it’s already
fading away. (AZDAK watches him.) They’re after you, which speaks in your favour, but
how can we be sure they’re not mistaken about you? In Tiflis one time they hanged a
landowner, a Turk, who could proof he quartered his peasants instead of merely cutting them
in half, as is the custom, and he squeezed twice the usual amount of taxes out of them, his zeal
was above suspicion. And yet they hanged him like a common criminal – because he was a
Turk – a thing he couldn’t do much about. What injustice! He got in the gallows by a sheer
fluke. In short, I don’t trust you.
1. Place this excerpt in its immediate context.
2. Who is the old man and why is he being pursued?
3. Identify any theme present in the excerpt.
4. Why has Shauwa visited Azdak’s home?
5. Identify any instance of irony in the excerpt
.
6. What are the traits of the characters in this excerpt?
a. Azdak……………………………………………………………………………………
b. Old Man ………………………………………………………………………………….
c. Shauwa……………………………………………………………………………………
7. Must I explain how a poor man behaves? (Change into a declarative)
8. In less than 35 words, summarise the ways in which a poor man behaves.
9. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions as used in the excerpt.
a. Insolence ________________________________________________________________
b. Exterminated _____________________________________________________________
c. Ignoramus _
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the genre below and answer the questions that follow.
‘Slipperiness knows no king.(Solved)
Read the genre below and answer the questions that follow.
‘Slipperiness knows no king.
i). Classify the above genre .
ii). What is the most appropriate audience for the above genre.
iii). What would be lost if the above genre is translated into another language.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Man, His Son and The Squirrel(Solved)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Man, His Son and The Squirrel
There was a certain town whose only occupation was catching squirrels (ground squirrels). There was a man in
this town who excelled at catching squirrels. One squirrel was so smart that it eluded everyone in town. It was said
that only this man said to his son, “Come, let’s go to catch the squirrel.” They took an axe; they found the squirrel
near its hole. Then the squirrel ran and entered its hole. They searched out all the holes, then they stopped them
up. Then the man said to his son, “Don’t let the quirrel get out of its hole.” He answered, “Okay.” But one hole
wasn’t stopped up, and the squirrel escaped. When it escaped, the father came to his son and said to him, “Why
did you let it escape? If I go home now, I will be ashmed.” He grabbed the axe and struck his son. Then he went
on his way and left his son unconscious. Ants began to fill his eyeballs an his ears; vultures were circling above
him.
In the afternnon, the headman of a rich caravan arrived at the spot. When he arrived, he setp up camp. Then he got
up and went for a stroll and saw the boy. He called his slaves to take him and have him washed and shaved. The
boy recovered. The headman had no offspring. When he took the boy, he decided that he would make him his son.
He sent a message to the chief of the town, telling him that he had an offspring, that he was happy he had become
a complete man, and that he would now receive the gifts due to him.
The chief said, “This is a lie. He is not his son. If he is his son, then let him come that I can see.” Then the
headman arrived in town. The chief gave his sons horses worth ten pounds. He said, “Go and join the son of the
headman. Have a race. When you finish give these horses away” (forcing him to do the same). They did it and
they returned. the next day, the chief again gave them horses worth ten pounds. They did as the day before. They
did it five times. They ran out of horses. Then the chief said, “Indeed, it is his son I have run out of horses. If it
weren’t his son, he wouldn’t agree to let him give his own horses away to match the presents.” Then the chief
summoned his daughter. The Gralladima brought his to help. The Madaki also gave, and the Makama gave.
Altogether, four wives. The chief gave a big house. The headman came and brought twenty concubines and gave
to his son. There was continuous feasting.
Then one day the son saw his father, the one who had knocked him down with the axe because of the squirrels.
The father came to the house of his son and said, “Throw away your gown and start catching squirrels.” The
slaves of the headman said, “This is a crazy man, let us all strike him.” The boy said to him, “This is my father,
the one who sired me.” The headman said, “I have already lied to the chief. Let us keep that secret. I will give
your father wealth. Let him go home. Should he want to see you, let him come to visit you. If you want to see him,
then you can go and visit him.” The real father said he did not agree. Then the headman said, “Well then, let us go
out in the countryside.” They went. The headman unsheathed his sword. He handed it to the son, and said, “Kill
one of the two of us.” Here ends the story
Questions
(a) (i) Classify the above narrative.
(ii) What are the characteristics of the above classification?
(iii)What is the function of this narrative?
(b) Identify and illustrate any three features of oral narrative evident in the story.
(c) Give one economic activity that is undertaken by the community referred to in this narrative.
(d) Describe the character of the following:
(i) The young man
(ii) his father
(e) Whom do your think would be the most appropriate audience of this story.
(f) What is the moral lesson of this narrative?
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Grusha: Hide him. Quickly! The Ironshirts are coming! I laid him on your
doorstep. But he isn’t mine. He’s from a good family.
Peasant Woman: Who’s coming! What Ironshirts?
Grusha: Don’t ask questions. The Ironshirts that are looking for it.
Peasant Woman: They’ve no business in my house. But I must have a little talk with your, it
seems.
Grusha: Take off the fine linen. It’ll give us away.
Peasant Woman: Linen, my foot! In this house I make the decisions! “You can’t vomit in
my room!” Why did you abandon it? It’s a sin.
Grusha (looking out of the window): Look, they’re coming out from behind those trees! I
shouldn’t have run away, it made them angry. Oh, what shall I do?
Peasant Woman: (looking out of the window and suddenly starting with fear): Gracious!
Ironshirts!
Grusha: They’re after the baby.
Peasant Woman: Suppose they come in!
Grusha: You mustn’t give him to them. Say he’s yours.
Peasant Woman: Yes.
Grusha: They’ll run him through if you hand him over.
Peasant Woman: But suppose they ask for it? The silver for the harvest is in the house.
Grusha: If you let them have him, they’ll run him through, right here in this room!
You’ve got to say he’s yours!
Peasant Woman: Yes. But what if they don’t believe me?
Grusha: You must be firm.
Peasant Woman: They’ll burn the roof over our heads.
Grusha: That’s why you must say he’s yours. His name’s Michael. But I shouldn’t
have told you. (The Peasant Woman nods). Don’t nod like that. And don’t tremble –
they’ll notice.
Peasant Woman: Yes.
Grusha: And stop staying yes, I can’t stand it. (She shakes the Woman). Don’t you
have any children?
Peasant Woman: (muttering): He’s in the war.
Grusha: Then maybe he’s an Ironshirt? Do you want him to run children through
with a lance? You’d baw him out. “No fooling with lances in my house!” you’d
shout, “is that what I’ve reared you for? Wash your neck before you speak to your
mother!”
Peasant Woman: That’s true, he couldn’t get away with anything around here!
Grusha: So you’ll say he’s yours?
Peasant Woman: Yes.
Grusha: Look! They’re coming!
There is a knocking at the door. The women don’t answer. Enter
Ironshirts. The Peasant Woman bows low.
Corporal: Well, here she is. What did I tell you? What a nose I have! I smelt her.
Lady, I have a question for you. Why did you run away? What did you think I would
do to you? I’ll bet it was something unchaste. Confess!
Grusha: (While the Peasant Woman bows again and again): I’d left some milk on
the stove, and I suddenly remembered it.
Corporal: Or maybe you imagined I looked at you unchastely? Like there could be
something between us? A carnal glace, know what I mean?
Grusha: I didn’t see it.
Corporal: But it’s possible, huh? You admit that much. After all, I might be a pig. I’ll
be frank with you: I could think of all sorts of things if we were alone.
(To the Peasant Woman) Shouldn’t you be busy in the yard? Feeding the hens?
(a) Give reasons that motivate Grusha to leave Michael at the peasant woman’s doorstep. Answer in note form
(b) Identify two aspects of style used in the excerpt.
(c) Why does Grusha feel that she shouldn’t have revealed the baby’s name to the peasant woman?
(d) 'They’re after the baby'. Explain who are after the baby, under whose orders and for what reasons?
(e) With illustrations give one character trait for each of the following characters.
(i) Grusha ………………………………………………………………………………….
(ii) Corporal ………………………………………………………………………………..
(f) In reference to the rest of the text where else (a part from this scene) does Grusha encounter the same
corporal.
(g) You mustn’t give him to them. Add a question tag.
(h) What happens after this excerpt?
(i) Explain the meaning of the following as used in the excerpt.
(a) Bawl ………………………………………………………………………………
(b) Run him through ………………………………………………………………………
(c) Carnal glance …………………………………………………………………………
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the oral poem below and respond to the questions that follow.
A BAREFOOT BOY(Solved)
Read the oral poem below and respond to the questions that follow.
A BAREFOOT BOY
A barefoot boy! I mark him at his play…
For May is here once more, and so is he,…
His dusty trousers, rolled half to the knee,
And his bare ankles grimy, too, as they:
Cross- hatchings of the nettle, in array
Of feverish stripes, hint vividly to me
Of woody pathways winding endlessly
Along the creek, where even yesterday
He plunged his shrinking body – gasped and shook
Yet called the water ‘warm’ with never lack
Of joy. And so, half enviously I look
Upon this graceless barefoot and his track,…
His toe stubbed…, his big toe-nail knocked back
Like unto the clasp of an old pocketbook.
i) Identify and illustrate two devices that make the poem musical.
ii) How would you effectively recite line 13 of this poem?
iii) Which word would you stress in line 12? Give a reason
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- The Novel, Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider.
'Change can sometimes be detrimental to the set order of things in a society.' Drawing your illustrations from
Witi Ihimaera’s,...(Solved)
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'Change can sometimes be detrimental to the set order of things in a society.' Drawing your illustrations from
Witi Ihimaera’s, The Whale Rider, Write an essay in support of this statement
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- Drama, Francis Imbuga, Betrayal in the City.
'In a dictatorial regime; the prisoners are not only the incarcerated.' Drawing illustrations from Imbuga’s
Betrayal in the City,...(Solved)
Drama, Francis Imbuga, Betrayal in the City.
'In a dictatorial regime; the prisoners are not only the incarcerated.' Drawing illustrations from Imbuga’s
Betrayal in the City, write an essay to justify this statement.
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- When the Sun Goes Down and Other stories from Africa and Beyond by Longhorn Kenya Limited
'Alcohol abuse can have dire consequences.' Write an essay in...(Solved)
When the Sun Goes Down and Other stories from Africa and Beyond by Longhorn Kenya Limited
'Alcohol abuse can have dire consequences.' Write an essay in support of this statement drawing your illustrations from Retraction by Onjezani Kenani
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow
SIMON: I thank you, Grusha Vashnasdze. And good-bye!
He bows low before her. She does the same before him. Then she runs quickly off without looking round. Enter the
ADJUTANT from the gateway
ADJUTANT (harshly): Harness’ the horses to the carriage! Don’t stand there doing nothing, scum!
SIMION SHASHAVA stands to attention and goes off. Two SERVANTS crowd from the gateway, bent low
under huge trunks. Behind them, supported by her women, stumbles NATELLA ABASHWILI she is followed by
a WOMAN carrying her CHILD.
GOVERNOR’S WIFE: I hardly know if my head’s still on. Where is Michael? Don’t hold him so clumsily. Pile
the trunks onto the carriage. No news from the city, Shalva?
ADJUTANT: None. All’s quiet so far, but there’s not a minute to lose. No room for all those trunks in the
carriage. Pick out what you need. (Exit quickly.)
GOVERNORS WIFE: only essentials! Quick, open the trunks! I’ll tell you what I need (The trunks are lowered
and opened. She points at some brocade dresses.) The green one! And of course, the one with the fur trimming.
Where are Niko Mikadze and Mika Loladze? I have suddenly got the most terrible migraine again. It always starts
in the temples. (Enter GRUSHA.) Taking your time, eh? Go and get the hot water bottles this minute!( GRUSHA
runs off, returns later with hot water bottles; the GOVERNOR’S WIFE ordered her about by signs.) Don’t tear
the sleeves.
A YOUNG WOMAN: Pardon, madam, no harm has come to the dress.
GOVERNOR’S WIFE: Because I stopped you. I’ve been watching you for a long time. Nothing in your head but
making eyes at Shalva Tzereteli I ‘ll kill you, you bitch! (She beats the YOUNG WOMAN)
ADJUTANT (appearing in the gateway) : Please make haste, Natella Abashwili. Firing has broken out in the city.
(Exit)
GOVERNOR’S WIFE :( Letting go off the YOUNG WOMAN) Oh dear, do you think they‘ll lay hands on us?
Why should they? (She herself begins to rummage in the trunks.) How’s Michael? Asleep?
WOMAN WITH THE CHILD: Yes madam.
GOVERNOR’S WIFE: Then put him down a moment and get my little saffron-coloured boots from the bedroom.
I need them for the green dress. (The WOMAN puts down the CHILD and goes off.) Just look how these things
have been packed! No love! No understanding! If you don’t give them every order yourself............At such that
moments you realize what kind of servants you have! They gorge themselves at your expense, and never a word of
gratitude! I’ll remember this.
ADJUTANT: (entering, very excited) Natella, you must leave at once!
GOVERNOR’S WIFE: Why? I’ve got to take this silver dress- it cost a thousand piasters. And that one there,
where’s the wine-coloured one?
a) Why does simon thank Grusha?
b) Explain the sense of urgency displayed by the Adjutant.
c) Describe what happened immediately after this excerpt ?
d) Identify and illustrate a character traits of each:
(i) Natella Abashwili
(ii) Shalva Tzereteli
e) Identify the main theme in this excerpt.
f) I hardly know if my head’s still on. Where is Michael? (Rewrite this in reported speech)
g) Describe the mood of the excerpt.
h) What is Natella’s attitude towards the servants?
i) Identify one stylistic device used in this excerpt and comment on its effect
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- The Short Story: Longhorn (E.D) 'When the Sun Goes Down and other stories from Africa and Beyond.
With illustrations from Sandisile Ishuma’s story 'Arrested Development' show...(Solved)
The Short Story: Longhorn (E.D) 'When the Sun Goes Down and other stories from Africa and Beyond.
With illustrations from Sandisile Ishuma’s story 'Arrested Development' show how appropriate the title
'Arrested Development' is to the story.
Date posted: May 23, 2019. Answers (1)
- Margaret Ogula’s The River and the Source
Drawing illustrations from Margaret Ogula’s The River and The Source, write an essay proving that Akoko is at
the centre...(Solved)
Margaret Ogula’s The River and the Source
Drawing illustrations from Margaret Ogula’s The River and The Source, write an essay proving that Akoko is at
the centre of the change process in the society of the River and The Source
Date posted: May 23, 2019. Answers (1)
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Literary Appreciation
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow(Solved)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Literary Appreciation
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow
GRUSHA : Simon!
SIMON : Is that Grusha Vasnadze?
GRUSHA : Simon!
SIMON (formally): A good morning to the young lady. I hope she is well.
GRUSHA (getting up and bowing low): A good morning to the soldier. God be thanked he has returned in good
health.
SIMON : They found better fish, so they didn’t eat me said the haddock
GRUSHA : Courage, said the kitchen boy. Good luck, said the hero
SIMON : How are things here? Was the winter bearable? The neighbor considerate?
GRUSHA : The winter was a trifle rough, the neighbor as usual Simon.
SIMON : May one ask if a certain person still dips her toes in the water when rinsing the linen?
GRUSHA : The answer is no. Because of the eyes in the bushes.
SIMON : The young lady is speaking of soldiers. Here stands the paymaster
GRUSHA : A job worth twenty piasters?
SIMON : And lodgings?
GRUSHA (with tears in her eyes) : Behind the barracks under the date trees
SIMON : Yes there. A certain person has kept her eyes open
GRUSHA : She has, Simon.
SIMON : And has not forgotten? (GRUSHA shakes her head) So the door is still on its hinges as they
say? (GRUSHA looks at him in silence and shakes her head again) What’s this? Is anything
not as it should be?
GRUSHA : Simon Shashava, I can never return to Nuka. Something has happened.
SIMON : What can have happened?
GRUSHA : For one thing, I knocked an Ironshirt down
GRUSHA : Simon Shashava, I am no longer called what I used to be called
SIMON (after a pause):I do not understand
GRUSHA : When do women change their names, Simon? Let me explain.
Nothing stands between us. Everything is just as it was. You must believe that.
SIMON : Nothing stands between us and yet there is something?
GRUSHA : How can I explain it so fast and with the stream between us?
Couldn’t you cross the bridge there?
SIMON : Maybe it’s no longer necessary
GRUSHA : It is very necessary. Come over on this side, Simon. Quick!
SIMON : Does the young lady wish to say someone has come too late?
a) Place this excerpt in its immediate context
b) Where is this scene taking place .
c) Discuss the relationship between Grusha and Simon in this excerpt.
d) 'May one ask if a certain person still dips her toes in the water when rinsing the linen?' In which other scene does
Simon use the very words to Grusha? Explain what was happening in that scene .
e) Grusha says she cannot go to Nuka because something has happened. Explain. .
f) Describe the character trait of Simon as brought out in this excerpt .
g) Explain the meaning of the following saying and word as used in the excerpt
i) They found better fish, so they didn’t eat me, said the haddock.
ii) Gaily
h) Identity and illustrate the major theme present in this excerpt
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- The Short StoryEmilia Ilieva and Waveney Olembo, When the Sun Goes Down With illustrations from Moyez Vassanji’s ‘Leaving’, write an essay to show what leads individuals to seekeducation...(Solved)
The Short Story
Emilia Ilieva and Waveney Olembo, When the Sun Goes Down
With illustrations from MoyezVassanji’s ‘Leaving’, write an essay to show what leads individuals to seek
education opportunities in foreign countries.
Date posted: May 23, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and respond to the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and respond to the questions that follow.
GUESTS (loudly):
- Have you heard? The grand Duke is back! But the princes are against him.
- They say the Shah of Persia has lent him a great army to restore order in Grusinia.
- But how is that possible? The Shah of Persia is the enemy….
- The enemy of Grusinia, you donkey, not the enemy of the Grand Duke!
- In any case, the war’s over, so our soldiers are coming back.
GRUSHAdrops a cake pan. GUESTS help her pick up the cake.
AN OLD WOMAN (to GRUSHA): Are you feeling bad? It’s just excitement about dear Jussup. Sit
down and rest a while, my dear (GRUSHA staggers.)
GUESTS: Now everything’ll be the way it was. Only the taxes’ll go up because now we” ll have to pay
for the war.
GRUSHA (weakly): Did someone say the soldiers are back?
FIRST MAN (to a woman): Show her the shawl. We bought it from a soldier. It’s from Persia.
GRUSHA (looking at the shawl): They are here. (She gets up, takes a step, kneels down in prayer,
takes the silver cross and chain out her blouse, and kisses it.)
MOTHER –IN –LAW (while the guests silently watchGRUSHA): What‘s the matter with you? Aren’t
you going to look after our guests? What’s all this city nonsense got to do with us?
GUESTS (resuming conversation while GRUSHA remain in prayer):
- you can buy Persian saddles from the soldiers too. Though many want crutches in
exchange for them.
- The leaders on one side can win a war, the soldiers on both sides lose it.
- Anyway, the war’s over. It’s something they can’t draft you anymore.
The dying man sits bolt upright in bed. He listens.
- What we need is two weeks of good weather.
- Our pear trees are hardly bearing a thing this year
MOTHER –IN –LAW (offering cakes): Have some more cakes and welcome! There are more!
(a) Describe the events leading to this extract.
(b) Explain what the guests mean by the statement 'The grand Duke is back'
(c) Why does the mother-in-law welcome the guests to eat cakes?
(d) Identify and explain three ironic situations in this extract.
(e) Identify and explain two themes in this extract
(f) What happens immediately after this extract?
(g) What makes the dying man sit bolt upright?
(h) 'Did someone say the soldiers are back? GRUSHA asked.
(Rewrite the sentence in reported speech.
(i) 'The mother-in-law’s action was an effort in futility.' Do you agree with this assertion? Justify your response
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- Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
AZDAK: (sitting down): I accept. (Sighing, the inkeeper hands him some money). Good.
Now the formalities are disposed of. This is a case of rape?
INKEEPER : Your Honour, I caught the fellow in the act. Ludovica was in the straw on the stable
floor.
AZDAK : Quite right , the stable. Lovely horses! especially liked the little roan.
INKEEPER : The first thing I did, of course , was to question Ludovica. On my son’s behalf.
AZDAK : ( seriously ): I said I especially liked the little roan.
INKEEPER : ( Coldly ) : Really ? Ludovica confessed the stableman took her against her will.
AZDAK : Take your veil off, Ludovica. (she does so) Ludovica, you please the court. Tell us
how it happened.
QUESTIONS.
1. What happens before this excerpt (3marks)
2. ‘I accept’ Explain what is implied by this statement (2 marks)
3. “Your honour, I caught the fellow in the act.” Identify and explain one theme that can be deduced from the
statement. (3 marks)
4. “Ludovica you please the court – Tell us how it happened.” In note form, explain Ludovica’s defense.(4 marks)
Rough copy.
Fair copy.
5. Using the excerpt, state and explain two character traits of Azdak and two of Ludovica. (4 marks)
6. Why do you think Azdak asks Ludovica to remove her veil in this excerpt. (2 marks)
7. '(Sighing, the inkeeper hands him some money). Good. Now the formalities are disposed of.' What turns out to
be ironic about this statement? (3 marks)
8. 'I caught the fellow in the act.' Explain what this statement alludes to in the Bible (2 marks)
9. Give the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt.
i) Roan
ii) Stable
Date posted: May 23, 2019. Answers (1)