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a) What expression had Nora used about their marriage?
She had claimed that Helmer had never really loved her but rather only thought it pleasant to be in love with her. He had always treated her like a doll.
b) How does this excerpt add relevance to the title of the play?
The play is entitled A Doll's House and this comes out so well in this excerpt where Nora claims that their home has been nothing but a playroom where Helmer treats her like a doll- your doll-wife. She compares this to the treatment she got from her dad where she was his doll-child. She goes ahead to add that she too has been treating her kids like dolls —my dolls. This makes the title relevant since all the happenings take place in Nora's house where she is treated like a doll.
c) Give two-character traits for each of the following characters as brought out in the excerpt.
Helmer:
Abusive — He refers to Nora as a blind foolish woman
Dictatorial — He tells Nora that he would not allow her
to leave and says 'l forbid you!
Nora:
Decisive — She decides to leave Helmer
Realistic — She looks at things realistically and discovers that there has been no happiness in their marriage and that all along she has been treated like a doll.
d) What theme comes out in the excerpt?
Change — Nora changes her perception of marriage and life and discovers that there has been no happiness in her marriage. She decides to walk out on Helmer.
e) explain place of women in society
Women in the society are not treated as human beings but rather as play items. This is why Nora feels that her father treated her like a doll and when she got married the husband treated her as his doll-wife.
f) I am going away from here now. (Change into a negative statement)
I am not going away from here now.
marto answered the question on August 19, 2019 at 13:19
- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Africans are undoubtedly a very enduring race and have the capacity to utilize the available natural resources for the betterment of life. The biggest challenge however, is to identify ways and means of creating an environment that is likely to encourage development in Africa.
Perhaps the greatest strategy would be to develop political structures and government institutions that have the capacity to formulate and implement genuine poverty alleviation strategies. Administrative arrangements that no longer serve our needs should be overhauled or discarded altogether. Governments should foster exploitation and management of natural resources by providing an enabling environment. Having stable governments may not be effective if we don’t fight corruption. We should ensure that leaders and government agents become answerable to the taxpayers. The public should be educated on the ills of corruption. Those who have stolen public funds must be made to return it or face the full force of the law. Again, people known to have stashed money in foreign banks should be forced to repatriate that money so as to improve cash flow in our economies.
Apart from this, African countries must find a way of solving their internal conflicts without involving the international community; after all, we are all brothers with a common cause. The need to unite and exist as unitary states should be stressed as this overrides clan and tribal rights or sentiments that fuel animosity. The African union should be strengthened to enable it to arbitrate intra and inter – states disputes. The resulting peace will provide a suitable environment for economic growth and set us on the road to recovery and prosperity.
Another solution would be to develop rural –based economies since the bulk of our population lives in the rural areas. Industries that process farm produce and those that manufacture farm inputs, machinery and implements should be located in rural areas. Similarly, mining concerns should establish processing plants near mines. Such industries will naturally recruit manpower from the locality involved and consequently reduce the incidence of rural – urban migration. Setting up industries in the rural areas will necessitate development of infrastructure, which will open up the rural areas for business. This will further encourage agricultural expansion and increase food production to counter perennial
food shortages in Africa. For instance, development of dairy and beef processing industry in the rural areas will encourage development of sustainable livestock keeping and probably bring to an end the loss of cattle to drought. A rural based economy will basically raise the income of the rural people and bridge the disparity between the rich and the poor.
We could also introduce appropriate technology in exploitation of natural resources and in wealth creation. Since imported technologies are expensive to maintain, Africans should tap the local expertise to develop technologies appropriate to our needs. Home – grown technology should enable us alleviate Africans food insecurity for utilizing river and lake water for irrigation and by harvesting wind and solar energy.
Lastly, our regional economic units such as ECOWAS, SADC and EAC should be transformed into common markets by removing unnecessary tariffs on goods at various entry points so as to realize the benefits of a common market.
The people of Africa should continually seek a better life. We have the resources; the manpower and the capacity to make things move.
a) From paragraph 1, what is the author’s opinion of Africans?
b) What should African countries do to fight corruption?
c) Explain how Africans can open up rural areas
d) We have the resources; the manpower and the capacity to make things move.
(Rewrite adding a question tag)
e) Using information in the passage, summarize the ways of fostering development in African countries in not more than 50 words.
f) What is the tone of the last paragraph of this passage? Give reasons from the passage to support your answer.
g) Explain the meaning of each of the following expressions as used in the passage.
i) stashed
ii) disparity
iii) fuel animosity
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill the blanks with the correct preposition.(Solved)
Fill the blanks with the correct preposition.
(i) The accused was so confused that he was lost________________ words.
(ii) A friend is someone you should be able to count _______________when you are in difficulties.
(iii)The county Director of education conferred _______________the class teacher before entering the class.
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following in passive voice.(Solved)
Rewrite the following in passive voice.
i) People say this new material is very good
ii) A student dentist took two of my teeth out.
(iii)A guide took me round Fort Jesus.
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Punctuate the following sentences correctly:(Solved)
Punctuate the following sentences correctly.
(i) The frog states an old African proverb does not jump without a reason
(ii) The principal said thank you for the information Mrs. Mulwa.
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Punctuate the following sentences correctly.(Solved)
Punctuate the following sentences correctly.
(i) The frog states an old African proverb does not jump without a reason
(ii) The principal said thank you for the information Mrs. Mulwa.
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each .Do not change the meaning.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each .Do not change the meaning.
(i) Lillian Gilbreth invented the step - on garbage can. Her children wrote about her life.
(Join into one sentence using ‘whose’)
(ii) My brother and me have been taking piano lessons for six years. (Rewrite correctly)
(iii) Is this the only blue car in your showroom?
(Begin: Aren’t)
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: Yes, read it.
Helmer: (standing by the lamp) I scarcely have the courage to do it. It may mean ruin for both of us. No, I must know. (Tears open the letter, runs his eye over a few lines, looks at a paper enclosed, and gives a shout of joy) Nora! — No, I must read it once again Yes, it is true! I am saved! Nora, I am
Nora: And l?
Helmer: You too, of course; we are both saved, both you and l. Look, he sends you your bond back. he says he regrets and repents —that a happy change in his life -- never mine what he says! We are saved, Nora! No one can do anything to you, Oh, Nora, — no, first I must destroy these hateful things. Let me see - . (takes a look at the bond) No, no, I won't look at it. The whole thing shall be nothing but a bad dream to me. (Tears up the bond and both letters, throws them all into the stove and watches them burn.) There — now it doesn't exist any longer. He says that since Christmas Eve you —These must have been three dreadful days for you, Nora.
Nora: I have fought a hard fight these three days.
Helmer: And suffered agonies, and seen no way out but-. No, we won't call any of the horror to mind. We will only shout with joy, and keep saying, 'It's all over! It's all over!' Listen to me, Nora. You don't seem to realize that it is all over. What is this? — Such a cold, set face! My poor little Nora, I quite understand; you don't feel as if you could believe that I have forgiven you. But it is true, Nora, I swear it. I have forgiven you everything. I know that what you did, you did out of love for me.
Nora: That is true
Helmer: You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient lcnowledge to judge of the means you used. But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me, because you don't understand how to act on your own responsibility? No, no; only lean on me; I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this Womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes. You must not think any more about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me. I have forgiven you, Nora; I swear to you I have forgiven you.
Nora: Thank you for your forgiveness. (She goes out through the door to the right.)
Questions:
a) What is it that Nora asks Helmer to read?
b) After reading the letter, Helmer exclaims. 'l am saved!' What does this reveal about him?'
c) What style is brought out when Helmer says, 'I know that what you did, you did out of love for me.’
d) Explain what happens after the excerpt.
e) From your knowledge of the play what made Krogstad change his stand.
f) Thank you for your forgiveness. (Use the word appreciate instead of thank you)
g) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt?
1.ruin
2.Dreadful
3.Agonies
4.Overwhelm
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow. (Solved)
Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow.
Two weeks before the fateful examination began; I was indiscreet enough to fight the principal’s son. He was a fellow fifth former with whom ,up till then ,I had no quarrel at all .He was inclined to be a little overbearing at times ;but then a flint needs contact with another flint in order to spark, and I had been forced to develop from the start an easy-going and tolerant disposition .I suppose as the examination drew nearer, our nerves became tauter and our tempers shorter .When, during a discussion in our classroom about careers Samuel declared unnecessarily loudly that he believed all persons who came from North should return to it to find employment ,I suddenly felt my anger rising like a column of mercury. I asked him why, in as calm a voice as I could assume. He replied with a sneer by quoting a Sagroson proverb whose meaning was roughly that even a man who does not know where he is going to ought, at least, to know where he has come from: and the gentle laughter, which greeted it brought my temper to boiling point. I was tall and well built, but so was he. Three strides took me beside him and by the time the class prefect succeeded in separating us, Sagrosan blood and Lokko blood had mingled on the floor. Moreover, as is the custom with us, the fight was as much verbal as physical and a torrent of abuse directed mainly against the other’s antecedents was flowing out of each battered mouth.
We were bloody, sweaty, and dusty when it was over but still only partly through our respective stocks of abuse. Nothing more than a heighted respect each for the other might have come out of the fight, had Samuel been a boarder. Unfortunately for both of us, however, he lived very much under his august father’s eye and the marks I had succeeded in leaving on his face were too distinctive to be hidden by any sort of artifice. I prepared for the worst (prepared in spirit that is, for physical preparations were known to be unavailing at such times.)The summons to the principal’s office duly came after lunch the same day.
He was quite impartial, I’ll say that for him. We were both arched over his desk and inscribed across our rumps with two dozen strokes of a bamboo four-footer .Then we were made to shake hands with each other and sent off for walk together along the beach and back (this was the principal’s usual way of dealing with a pair of fighters, and one which usually made bosom friends of them.)That thrashing and the walk which followed ,gave me the moments of deepest mortification I have experienced ,and drove home to me the utter futility and wastefulness of making issue of tribal divisions, in a land where much else required our attentions and our energies .Having heard from us how the fight started ,the principal might so early have wasted our time and his reading us along patriotic sermon on the essential brotherhood of all the people of Songhai .
Such a theme would have made him appear to me hypocrite and to Samuel a traitor –for we both knew only too well that the difference between us were real, if not deep .Instead, we were made to share a fellowship of misery and humiliation which linked us together more effectively than any half-believed fiction about cultural or ethnic affinities could have succeeded in doing.
QUESTIONS:
(a) What was the cause of the fight?
b)Show how the statement “A flint needs contact with another flint in order to spark” is applicable to this story?
c) With illustrations show the difference in character between the narrator and his classmates?
(d) What is the narrator’s attitude towards the head teacher?
e) Identify three phrases in the passage to describe the fierce nature of the fight?
(f) Identify two images that are used to show the extent of the narrator’s anger?
(g) Identify a case of parenthesis in paragraph one?
h) Get a quotation from the passage that shows the fight did not end the tribal differences between the two groups?
(i) Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in passage: (2marks)
(i) bosom friends
(ii) Patriotic sermon
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following passage and then answer the question that follow .(Solved)
Read the following passage and then answer the question that follow.
Africa are undoubtedly a very enduring race and have the capacity to utilize the available natural resources for the betterment of life. The biggest challenge, however, is to identify ways and means of creating an environment that is likely to encourage development in Africa. Perhaps the greatest strategy would be to develop political structures and government institutions that have the capacity to formulate and implement ‘genuine poverty alleviation strategies’. Administrative arrangements that no longer serve our needs should be overhauled or discarded altogether. Government should foster exploitation and management of natural resources by providing an enabling environment. Having stable government may not be effective if we don’t fight corruption. We should ensure that leaders and government agents become answerable to the tax payer. The public should be educated on the ills of corruption.Those who have stolen public funds must be made to return them and face the full force of the law. Again, people known to have stashed money in foreign banks should be forced to repatriate that money so as to improve cash flow in our economies.
Apart from this, Africa must find a way of solving their internal conflicts without involving the international community. After all, we are all brothers with a common cause .The need to unite and exist as unitary state should be stressed as this overrides clan and tribal rights or sentiments that fuel animosity. The Africa union should be strengthened to enable it to arbitrate intra and inter-state disputes .The resulting peace will provide a suitable environment for economic growth and set us on the road to recovery and prosperity. Another solution would be to develop rural-based economies, since the bulk of our population live in the rural areas. Industries that process farm produce and those that manufacture farm inputs, machinery and implements should be located in the rural areas .Similarly mining concerns should establish processing plants near the mines. Such industries will naturally recruit manpower from the locality involved and consequently reduce the incidence of rural-urban migration. Setting up industries in the rural areas will necessitate development of infrastructures which will open up rural areas for business This will further encourage expansion and increase food production to counter perennial food shortage in Africa .For instances development of dairy and beef processing industry in the rural areas will encourage sustainable livestock keeping and probably bring to an end loss of cattle to drought. A rural based economy will basically raise the income of the rural people and bridge the disparity between the rich and the poor.
We should also introduce appropriate technology in exploitation of natural resources and in wealth creation. Since imported technologies are expensive to maintain, Africa should tap local expertise to develop technologies appropriate to our needs. Home grown technology should enable us alleviate Africa’s food security by utilizing river and lake water for irrigation and by harnessing wind and solar energy.
Lastly our economic units such as ECOWAS, SADC, and EAC should be transformed into common markets by removing unnecessary tariffs on goods at various entry points so as to realize the benefits of a common market. The people of Africa should continually seek a better life. We have the resources; we have the manpower, and the capacity to make things move.
Questions
a) What should African countries do to fight corruption?
b) Explain how Africans can open up rural areas
c)What do you understand by the term ‘genuine poverty alleviation strategies’?
d) How can we reduce the incidence of rural –urban migration?
e)Why is appropriate technology useful?
f)How can African government improve cash flow in their economies .
In not more than fifty words write a summary on the various ways of fostering development in African countries
a)Rough copy
b)Fair copy
h) What is the tone of the last paragraph of this passage concerning the future of Africa?
i) The public should be educated on the ills of corruption. (Add a question tag)
j) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrase as used in the passage.
i) Stashed
ii) Disparity
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blanks.(Solved)
Choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blanks.
i) He was asked to choose between John and .......(I /me )
ii) I have forgotten ……………………… I gave my book. ( who/whom
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Replace the underlined words with one word that means the same as the underlined phrase.(Solved)
Replace the underlined words with one word that means the same as the underlined phrase.
i) The city council pulled down all the structures on road reserves.
ii) He passed out during his grandmother’s funeral.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Replace the underlined words with gender - friendly words. (Solved)
Replace the underlined words with gender - friendly words.
i) The spokesman of the government was at the function.
ii) The Musyokis have a very hard - working housegirl.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. (Solved)
Fill the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets.
The chief (shrink) ..........from taking the (decide).................. step.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences as instructed without changing the meaning.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed without changing the meaning.
i) Is she the only entrant for the 100-metre race? (Begin: aren’t…)
ii) The second meal she cooked was even less successful than the first.
(Rewrite using ..... as .....as.....)
iii) I expect you to do well in this exam if you follow the instructions (Rewrite using unless instead of if)
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
“NATURALLY”
I fear the workers: they writhe in bristling grass
And wormy mud: out with dawn, back with dusk.
Depart with seed, and return with fat- bursting fruits.
And I ate the fruit.
And still they toil at boiling point,
in head – splitting noise and threatening saws:
They suck their energy from slimy cassava
And age – rusty water taps: till they make a Benz
And I ride in the benz: festooned with
stripped rags and python copper coiling monsters
While the workers clap their blistered hands
And I overrun their kids.
They build their hives: often out
of broken bones of fallen mates
And I drone in them – “state house”
Them,“collegize” them, officialize them.
And I……. I whore their daughters
Raised in litter – rotting hovels
And desiring a quickquickhighhighlifelife
To break the bond.
And I tell the workers to unite:
knowing well that they can’t see, hear or understand:
what with sweat and grim sealing their ears
And eyes already blasted with welding sparks,
And me speaking a colourless tongue
But one day a rainstorm shall flood
The litter rotten hovels and
wash the workers’ ears and eyes clean,
Refresh the tattered muscles for a long – delayed blow
a)Describe the working conditions of the workers as depicted in stanza 1 and 2.
b) The persona assumes different roles in stanza 3, 4 and 6.With illustrations explain these roles.
c) Identify and explain 2 images from the poem
d) Which bond do the girls want to break in stanza 5 and how do they do it.
e) What reasons are given for the workers’ inability to understand the persona?
f) What is the poem suggesting in the last stanza?
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow.
As amatter of courtesy, we had decided we would not eat until he arrived. Although he was expected at six o’clock in the evening, it was not until two hours later that he showed up. Not only had we grown impatient andirritated, but our attitude towards
him was also becoming hostile. We had looked forward to his coming because those among us who knew him had spoken highly of him.but doubtful thoughts now crept into our minds and we resented his apparent lack of consideration. The aroma of freshly cooked dishes gradually disappeared as our keen appetites intensified our restlessness.
A screech of brakes, a sudden buzz of activity and a group of solemn looking officials walking briskly into the hall announced his arrival. He was dressed in full uniform which was awe-inspiring, with his tall, well-proportioned figure, he was quite imposing. We immediately settled down to the now cold meal which we ate sparingly and in silence. Then the ceremony began.
The chairman made a brief introductory speech and then invited the guest speaker to address us. We clapped politely. He stood up, looked around the room and before he began to speak, glanced and smiled at each person in turn. His warm and sincere manner disarmed us and dissolved our hostility. The reasons for his lateness were so genuine that we felt ashamed of our ill- feelings towards him. We accepted his apology gladly.
No sooner had he begun his address than we realized that we had an interesting and thought -provoking evening ahead of us. Instead of the usual state pronouncements of administrators like himself, he spoke about real issues that face our generation and which few people have the courage or the conviction to discuss. But he warned that we should not be completely satisfied because there were areas where we had done very little. He said that we needed a sense of discipline in our national affairs. His talk was illustrated with descriptions of our disregard for traffic regulations. My colleagues nodded in agreement.
My mind began wandering. I thought of many drunken drivers I had seen and the numerous grisly accidents I had witnessed. The speaker was right. I remembered the scenes at bus stations and ‘matatu’
stands at peak hours and at the end of the month. I recalled the pushing, jostling and scrambling crowds
struggling for a place .It then dawned on me that we often thought only of our comfort and convenience. We ignored the
desperate, beseeching eyes of the children, the weak and the handicapped.
I woke from my day dream. The speaker was now expressing his concern about poor use of leisure time. After work, bars were full to overflowing while in homes wives remained without husbands and children without fathers. Free time was used unproductively. In conclusion he stressed the dangers of behaving irresponsibly and deplored the bad use of public facilities. He cited the examples of careless garbage disposal and thoughtless use of public toilets. Wasn’t it ironical to hear people complaining when the outcome of their own misdeeds inconvenienced them or posed danger to their health? He sat amidst hearty applause. We scrambled to shake his hands and assured him that his talk had inspired and encouraged us to exercise discipline in our own lives.
i) Why were the people disappointed and angry?
ii) Why do you think the food was eaten sparingly and in silence?
iii) Explain the reason for the change of attitude towards the guest speaker.
iv) On what lines did the narrator’s mind wander in the course of the speech?
v) What factors was the speaker highlighting when the narrator came out of his reverie?
vi) According to the passage, lack of discipline in different areas leads to undesirable results. What are the results of the following?
i) Disregard for traffic regulations.
ii) Concern only for personal convenience.
iii) Poor use of leisure time.
vii) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
i) had spoken highly of him
ii)disarmed
iii)beseeching.
iv) dawned on me.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined words with a gender word.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined words with a gender word.
i) Our maid stole money from my mother’s purse.
ii) The firemen took a long time to arrive at the scene of the accident.
iii) Mankind thrives on cooperation.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the meanings of the following sentences. (i) Only Mutungi spoke to him.(Solved)
Explain the meanings of the following sentences.
i) Only Mutungispoke to him.
(ii) Mutungi spoke to him only.
(iii) Mutungi only spoke to him.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Replace the phrasal verb with word of the same meaning. (i) The student kept breaking in on our conversation.(breaking in).........(Solved)
Replace the phrasal verb with word of the same meaning.
(i) The student kept breaking in on our conversation.(breaking in)
(ii) We stood up for what they believed.(stood for)
(iii) We must pull together to make sure our team wins.(pull together)
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions. (i) Mwende is indebted ______ him for the help he gave me.(Solved)
Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions.
(i) Mwende is indebted ______ him for the help he gave me.
(ii) The thief who snatched my bag walked __________ a limp.
(iii) Harambee stars won because the spectators cheered them.
Date posted: August 16, 2019. Answers (1)