- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one; but this is another.I ordered it. Torvold mustn't know it.
Rank: Oho! Then that was the great secret.
Nora: Of course.Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room.Keep him as long as--
Rank: Make your mind easy; I won'tl et him escape.( Goes into the Helmer's room)
Nora; (to the MAID) And he is standing waiting in the kitchen?
Maid: Yes ; he came up the back stairs.
Nora: But didn't you tell him no one was in?
Maid: Yes, but it was no good.
Nora: He won't go away?
Maid: No; he says he wont until he has seen you ,ma'am.
Nora: Well, let him come in but quietly.Helen, you mustn't say anything about it to anyone.It is a surprise to my husband.
Maid:Yes, ma'am, I quite understand.(exit)
Nora:This dreadful thing is going to happen! It will happen in spite of me! No, no, no , it can't happen - it shan't happen!
1.Place this excerpt in its immediate context.
2.What does " it " refer to and what does it reveal about the character of Nora?
3.Identify and explain one type of irony in this excerpt.
4.Who is being referred to as he and why has he come?
5.Then that was the great secret.Add a question tag.
6.Describe one theme raised in this extract.
7.What dreadful thing does Nora fear might happen? Explain your answer.
8.Describe the character of the maid.
9.Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt.
i)Make your mind easy
ii) I wont let him escape
iii)It was no good
iv)Dreadful
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
Nora: I didn't find it dull.
Helmer: (Smiling) But there was precious little result, Nora.
Nora: Oh, you shouldn't tease me about that again.How could I help the cat's going in and tearing everything to pieces?
Helmer: Of course you couldn't, poor little girl.You had the best of intentions to please us all, and that's the main thing.But it is a good thing that our hard times are over.
Nora: Yes, it is really wonderful.
Helmer: This time I needn't sit here and be dull all alone, and you needn't ruin your dear eyes and your pretty little hands-
Nora(Clapping her hands) No, Torvold, I needn't any longer, need I! Its wonderfully lovely to hear you say so!(Taking his arm)Now I will tell you how I have been thinking we ought to arrange things,Torvold.As soon as Christmas is over_ (A bell rings in the hall).There's the bell.(She tidies the room a little)There's someone at the door.What a nuisance!
Helmer: If it is a caller,remember I am not at home.
Maid:(In the doorway) A lady to see you, ma'am,-- a stranger.
Nora:Ask her to come in.
Maid(to Helmer).The doctor came at the same time sir.
Helmer: Did he go straight into my room?
Maid: Yes, sir.
1.What does Nora refer to in her opening words in this extract?
2.What has happened that has made the couple happy?
3.Discuss two themes evident in this extract.
4."There's someone at the door." Add a question tag
5.A lady has come to see Nora as reported by the maid.Who is this lady and how does her coming affect the Helmers from the rest of the play.(Write your answer in note form)
6.Discuss one aspect of style in this extract.
7.Briefly explain what happens after this extract.
8.Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt.
i)Tease
ii)Dull
iii)Nuisance
iv)A caller
Date posted: March 13, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: (Advancing towards him).Speak low-- my husband is at home.
Krogstad: No matter about that.
Nora:What do you want from me?
Krogstad: An explanation of something.
Nora: Make haste then.What is it?
Krogstad: You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
Nora: I couldn't prevent it Mr.Krogstad. I fought as hard as could, on your side, but it was no good.
Krogstad: Does your husband love you so little, then? He knows what I can expose you to , and yet he ventures-
Nora: How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort?
Krogstad: I didn't suppose so at all.It would not be the least like our dear Torvald Helmer to show so much courage -
Nora : Mr.Krogstad, a little respect for my husband please.
Krogstad: Certainly --all the respect he deserves. But since you haven't kept the matter so careful to yourself,I make bold to suppose that you have a little clearer idea,than you had yesterday, of what it actually is that you have done?
Nora: More than you could ever teach me.
Krogstad: Yes, Such a bad lawyers as I am.
Nora: What is it you want of me?
Krogstad: Only to see how you were,Mrs .Helmer. I have been thinking about you all day long.A mere cahier , a quill -driver, a--- well, a man like me...even he has a little of what is called feeling, you know.
Nora: Show it, then, think of my little children
Krogstad: Have you and your husband thought of mine?But never mind about that.I only wanted to tell you that you ned not take this matter too seriously.In the first place there will be no accusation made on my part.
Nora: No, of course not: I was sure of that.
Krogstad: The whole thing can be arranged amicably; there is no reason why anyone should know anything about it.It will remain a secret between us three.
Nora: My husband must never get to know anything about it.
Krogstad: How will you be able to prevent it?
Am I to understand that you can pay the balance that is owing?
Nora: No, not at present
Krogstad: Or perhaps that you have some expedient for raising money soon?
1.Place this extract in its immediate context.
2.Why does Nora ask Krogstad to speak low?Why has he come to see her?
3.Does your husband love you so little then? Why does Krogstad ask this question?
4.Why does Nora insist that her husband should not know anything about it?
5.Discuss one theme evident fro this extract.
6.Identify and illustrate one stylistic device evident in this extract.
7."The whole thing can be arranged amicably" from elsewhere in the play what does Krogstad have in mind?
8.Give the meaning of the following words as used in the extract.
i)Dismissal
ii)Ventures
iii)Amicably
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
Helmer: Very very well,I will think it over, we shall manage to hit upon something
Nora: That is nice of you.( Goes to the Christmas tree.A short pause .)How pretty the red flowers look-- But tell me, was it
really something very bad that this Krogstad was guilty of?
Helmer : He forged someones's name .Have you any idea what that means?
Nora: Isn't possible that he was driven by necessity ?
Helmer; Yes; or, as in so many cases, by imprudence.I am not so heartles as to condemn a man altogether because of a false step of that kind.
Nora: No, you wouldn't would you,Torvald?
Helmer: Many man has been able to retrieve his character, if he has openly confessed his fault and taken his purnishment.
Nora: Purnishment--?
Helmer: But Krogsatd did nothing of that sort; he got himself out of it by a cunning trick, and that is why he has gone under altogether.
Nora: But do you think it would be.......?
Helmer: Just think how a guilty man like that has to lie and plau=y the hypocrite with every one. how he has to wear a mask in the presence of those near and dear to him even before his own wife and children.And about the children --- that is the most terrible part of it all, Nora.
Nora: How?
Helmer: Because such atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home.Each breath the children in such a house full of germs of evil.
Nora: (Coming nearer him) .Are you sure of that?
1.Put this extract in its immediate context.
2.Was it really something very bad that this krogstad was guilty of? Why does Nora feign ignorance about Krogstad?
3.How is Helmer Torvald portrayed in this excerpt?
4." He got himself out by a cunning trick" From elsewhere in the play explain the trick.
5.Discuss one theme brought out in the excerpt.
6.Identify and illustrate two aspects of style evident in this excerpt
7."Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home."
This foreshadows what happens later in the play.Explain
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
At seven o'clock in the evening after the lights had been up on, and the traditional esuguroi drink had been served in generous measures,tongues loosened and hearts gladdened.Soon after, the party gathered momentum and voices rose.Within no time, one could hardly be heard over the hubhub of talk and laughter.And as the pleasurable and lively celebration progressed, voices became animated ; hands and arms gesticulated vigorously while heads turned more often.Eyes searched out acquaintances within the throng of revelers.
And it was all pomp and gaiety as ivory adorned and bejeweled fingers fluttered; bare shoulders gleamed in the light multi co loured bead ornaments glittered upon elaborately bedecked necks; pendulous ilmiintoni of all colours dangled loosely down extended earlobes: and the bright colours of lesos, Knagas, red shukas and multi coloured blankets , all turned the Ole Kaelo living room into a kaleidoscope of shifting light and colour.
1.Place this extract in its immediate context.
2.State and explain two thematic concerns in this context.
3.What is the significance of the use of words like esuguroi, ilmiintoni, lesos,kangas and shukas.
4.Identify and explain two character traits of Ole Kaelo.
5.Eyes searched out acquaintances within the throng of revelers.Rewrite to form a question.
6.Which other party has an equal weight from the rest of the novel.What is its significance?
7.Comment on the prevalent mood in the context.
8.Explain the meaning of the following words:
i)hubbub
ii)Gesticulated
iii)Gaiety
iv)Dangled
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
'Yes, Papaai," Resian said apprehensively."I am here .Taiyo tells me you are calling me?'
'Yes,yes ,her father replied."Please take a seat."
Yes , Papaai ,"Resian repeated as she sat on her chair far away from her father.
"Come nearer..... child," her father said pleasantly."Why do you sit a mile away?
Come nearer."
Resian moved her chair hardly an inch from where it was and them she looked up into her fathers face with eager expectation.
"If I do remember well," her father began in a low even tone," you will be nineteen in September this year, am I right"
"You are quite right,Papaai ."Resian answered eyeing him curiously.His face was unusually kind.His eyes held hers as he smiled broadly."That's it!"she thought triumphantly.
That must be it!
"You and I have not discussed important issues for a long time,"he said with a friendly chuckle and was intended to bring her closer to him."I thought today would be the best day to break the news.Your future is very important to me, my dear child."
Resian thought the concern in her fathers voice,rang false.She hesitated , but could not hold herself any more.The anxiety was too great.
Papaai, is it Yeiyo or Taiyo who spoke to you?she asked sensationally, thinking she was sating the obvious .But seeing her father's face cloud, she added quickly.
Who between them spoke to you about our enrollment at the Egerton University?"
"What are you talking about child?Her father , who seemed dumbfounded , asked after a long and uncomfortable silence.
Both Yeiyo and Taiyo promised to talk to you about it and I thought she had."
what, in the name of God are you talking about,child.I repeated , this time agitated and shaking his head vigorously.No I have never spoken to anybody about any of you enrolling at the university.Never! when I said I wanted us to discuss your future , that isn't what I meant at all.Of course not! Resian looked at her father's face enquiringly.
1.What has happened just before the excerpt?
2.Explain the irony in this passage? Explain your answer referring else where in the novel.
3."Your future is very important to me , my dear child" From else where in the novel ,explain why Ole Kaelo tells his daughter so.
4.Discuss two character traits of Resian in this excerpt.
5.What theme is addressed in this excerpt?
6. Explain what happens after this excerpt.
7."Who between them spoke to you about our enrolment at the Egerton University?
Rewrite in the direct speech.
8.Apart from Irony, discuss any other aspect of style evident in this excerpt.
9.Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions used in the excerpt.
i)Apprehensively
ii)Sit a mile away
iii)Hold herself
iv)Agitated
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the extract below then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the extract below then answer the questions that follow.
Mrs.Linde: Quite sure, but-----
Krogstad: (with a searching look at her).Is that what it all means?--that you want to save your friend at any cost? Tell me frankly.Is that it?
Mrs.Linde: Nils, a woman who has one sold herself for another's sake,doesn't do it a second time.
Krogstad: I will ask for my letter back.
Mrs Linde: No,no
Krogstad: Yes , of course I will.I will wait here until Helmer comes; I will tell him he must give me my letter back-- thatit only concerns my dismissal--- that he is not to read it.
Mrs. Linde: No , Nils, you must not recall your letter.
Krogstad: But, tell me, wasn't it for that very purpose that you asked me to meet you here?
Mrs.Linde: In my first moment of fright, it was. But twenty- four hours have elapsed since then , and in that time I have witnesses incredible things in this house. Helmer must know all about it.
This unhappy secret must be disclosed; they must have a complete understanding between them, which is impossible with all this concealment and falsehood going on.
Krogstad: Very well, if you will take the responsibility.But there is one thing I can do in any case, and I shall do it at once.
Mrs. Linde(listening) You must be quick and go! The dance is over; we are not safe a moment longer.
Krogstad: I will wait for you below.
Mrs.Linde: Yes , do.You must see me back to my door.......
Krogstad: I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!(Goes out through the outer door.The door between the room and the hall remains open.)
Mrs.Linde:(tiding up the room and laying her hat and cloak ready).What a difference!
What a difference! Someone to work for and live for-- a home to bring comfort into.That I will do, indeed.I wish they would be quick and come---(listens)
Ah ,there they are now.I must put on my things.(Takes up her hat and cloak.
Helmer and Noras voices are heard outside; a key is turned, and hELMER BRINGS nORA ALMOST BY FORCE INTO THE HALL.
She is in an Italian costume with a large black shawl around her ; he is in evening dress and a black domino which is flying open.)
Nora (hanging back in the doorway, and struggling with him).No, no, no! ---- don't take me in.I want to go upstairs again;I dont want to leave so early.
Helmer: But my dearest Nora--
Nora : Please , Torvold dear--- please, please--- only an hour more.
Helmer: Not a single minute, my sweet Nora.You know that was our agreement.Come along into the room;you are catching cold standing there.(He brings her gently into the room, in spite of her resistance).
Mrs.Linde: Good morning.
Nora: Christine!
Helmer: You here, so late , Mrs Linde?
Mrs Linde: Yes , you must excuse me; I was so anxious to see Nora in her dress.
Nora: Have you been sitting here waiting for me?
Mrs.Linde: Yes unfortunately I came too late, you had already gone upstairs; and I thought I couldn't go away again without having seen you.
Helmer:(taking off Norah's shawl).Yes take a good look at her .I think she is worth looking at. Isn't she charming,Mrs Linde ?
Mrs .Linde: Yes , indeed she is.
1.What happens just before this extract?
2.What does Mrs. Linde mean when she says that a woman has once sold herself off for another's sake doesn't do it a second time?
3.Give two traits for each of the following characters as shown in the extract
i)Mrs Linde
ii)Nils Krogstad
4.Briefly discuss any two themes evident in this extract.
5.Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
i)save your friend at any cost
ii)Frankly
iii)Dismissal
iv)Charming
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and then answer the question that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and then answer the question that follow.
Nora: (begins dressing the tree) A candle here and flowers here--
The horrible man!It's all non- sense- there is nothing wrong.The tree shall be splendid! I will do everything I can think
of to please you,Torvald!--I will sing for you-(HELMER comes in with some papers under his arm.)Oh! Are you back already?
Helmer: Yes. Has anyone been here?
Nora: Here?No.
Helmer: That is strange.I saw Krogstand going out of the gate.
Nora: Did you ? Oh yes,I forgot,Krogstad was here for a moment.
Helmer: Nora ,I can see from your manner that he has been here begging you to say a good word for him.
Nora :Yes
Helmer: And you were to appear to do it of your own accord; you were to conceal from me the fact of his having been here; didn't he beg that of you too?
Nora: Yes ,Torvald, but ---
Helmer: Nora, Nora , and you would be a party to that sort of thing?To have any talk with a man like that , and give him any
sort of promise? And to tell me a lie into the bargain?
NORA: A lie---?
HELMER: Didn't tell me no one had been here?(shakes his finger at her).My little songbird must never do that again.A song must
have a clean beak to chirp with no false notes!
(puts his arm round her waist.)That is so,isn't it?Yes ,I am sure it is.(lets her go)
We will say no more about it.(sits down by the stove.) How warm and snug it is here!(Turns over his papers)
Nora: (after a short pause,during which she busies herself with the Christmas Tree)
Torvald!
1.What happens just before this extract?
2.From else where in the play, why does Nora feel the need to lie to Helmer(her husband) about Krogstad's visit?
3.Why does Krogstad need a good word said for him?
4.Discuss two themes brought out in the extract.
5.Identify and explain three aspects of style from this extract.
6.'A songbird must have a clean beak to chirp with..."What does Helmer mean?
7.What happens after this extract?
Date posted: March 12, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
They were silent as they climbed the hill on their way back from Nasila River to draw water.The water containers that they carried on their backs were now heavy. The straps that supported the containers pressed down their heads with a painful exhaustion.
As they walked , each one of them allowed her mind to fleetingly roam the fanciful land of wishful thinking.
Resian thought how wonderful it would be,had she had a chance to enroll at the Egerton University and after graduation had a chance to work with her role model, minik ene Nkoitoi,the Emakererei,at the sheep ranch that she managed.She imagined herself already there driving a large flock of sheep.And when she thought of sheep, her mind flew back to fifteen years or so earlier and reminisced the first time she saw a sheep.It was a childhood memory, a memorable picture from the swirling scene around her which had been captured and preserved by her mind when she and Taiyo accompanied their father to Nakuru Agricultural show.She could still see in her mind a group of big, docile,tawny woolly animals that stood panting drowsily in green pasture,with the sun beaming down brightly from a clear blue sky.She had then admired the white long overcoats that the handlers wore.
Taiyo also though of Emakererei.She would ask Joseph Parmuat, to assist her compose a song in her praise.She had already put words to a tune she had composed to ridicule three women who she thought collaborated with men to oppress the women folk.They were Nasila's three blind mice who , she thought , did not seem to know the world was changing.Those were the enkasakutoni, who threatened to curse intoiye nemengalana and ensures they did not get husbands nor children: the midwife Enkaitoyini who threatened to spy on the young women as they gave birth to ensure that any who was still among intoiye - nemengalana had her status altered there and then; and the dreaded Enkamuratani, who would never tire of wielding her olmurunya menacingly.
1.Place the excerpt in its immediate context.
2.Identify and illustrate two stylistic devices in this excerpt.
3.Discuss two themes bought out in this excerpt.
4.Identify and discuss the character traits of Resian and Taiyo in the excerpt.
5.The straps that supported the containers pressed down their heads with a painful exhaustion.(Rewrite beginning : With.....)
6.How do Resian's thoughts now come to be fulfilled in future? Briefly explain.
7.Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt.
i)Reminisced
ii)Collaborated
iii)Dreaded
iv)Menacingly
Date posted: March 11, 2020. Answers (1)
- The lorry rolled along the Limuru road.(Solved)
The lorry rolled along the Limuru road.
i) Classify the above genre
ii)Identify and illustrate two sound features employed in the genre above.
iii)State two functions of the genre above
Date posted: March 5, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following piece of oral literature and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following piece of oral literature and answer the questions that follow.
A young man borrowed a spear from a friend who said he could have it as a gift.He went to the war with it and drove it through an enemy chief.The enemy chief fled with the spear in his body.The young man was honored and rewarded by his people; but his friend who had rent him the spear became jealous and demanded the spear.
The young man set out to retrieve the spear, accompanied by his fiance, who said that if he were killed, she wanted to die with him.They met the enemy chief's eldest daughter who stole the spear and gave it to him,declaring love for him.The young man fled from his pursuers with the two girls.
On reaching a river, the ferry man refused to take them across the river.The ferry man was killed by his own daughter, who also declared love for the young man and took them across the river.
After crossing the river the young man died and his three wives mourned him.A forth girl revived him magically on condition that she could be his wife.Now which of these women would be his chief wife?
a) i) Classify this oral narrative and give one reason for the classification.
ii)What is the purpose of narrating such a story to students and the society at large?
iii)How would you make the story interesting to the audience?
Date posted: March 5, 2020. Answers (1)
- Memories We Lost and Other Stories: ed. Wanjala Chris.
"Nothing should come between us and our dreams."Drawing specific examples from the life of characters in Bulawayo’s...(Solved)
Memories We Lost and Other Stories: ed. Wanjala Chris.
"Nothing should come between us and our dreams." Drawing specific examples from the life of characters in Bulawayo’s Hitting Budapest, write an essay in support of this statement.
Date posted: November 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Ole Kulet: Blossoms of the Savannah
Citing specific illustrations from Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah, write an essay to show that determination pays.(Solved)
Ole Kulet: Blossoms of the Savannah
Citing specific illustrations from Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah, write an essay to show that determination pays.
Date posted: November 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
0nce upon a time the Tortoise and Osogo the Bird were great friends. They could visit each other almost every day. Osogo the Bird would go and visit the Tortoise and the Tortoise would escort Osogo the Bird up to his home, and then Osogo the Bird would then escort the Tortoise again up to his home. They would escort each other; escort each other; escort each other till morning.
It so happened that Osogo the Bird was good at singing. He would sing like asilili, his voice would blend with virtually everything. So Osogo the Bird was invited to a big feast by some king in a far off place. Osogo the Bird shared his story with his friend the Tortoise for who doesn’t know of the rumour that the Tortoise’s shell makes a wonderful drum.
It so happened then that at that time there was scarcity in the land and all mouths lacked what to eat. The Tortoise’s stomach was so shrunk that it disappeared in his shell.
“Oh, I can escort you my dundedunde and you know my shell is a good drum,” the tortoise said salivating.
“But you can’t fly, I shall be flying to the party with my band members,” replied Osogo the Bird.
Soon the Tortoise had come up with a suggestion. And the birds gave him each a feather and from the feathers which birds gave him, he, the Tortoise fashioned some colourful wings.
They set off, happy and excited. They flew, they flew, and as they flew and along the way, the Tortoise told the bird: “Where we are going, we must change our names because that is those people’s cultures. So, Osogo the Bird changed his name to Osogo Winyo the Singer. The Dove called himself Akuru Wuon Obondo, the Owl called himself, Tula Nyongoro, Hornbill called himself Arum Tidi. They all changed their names. Finally it was the Tortoise’s turn to give his new name. He called himself a strange name: he said he would be called: All Of You. Everybody laughed and they sang him a song;
Opuk rakoti
Yaye opuk rakoti
Yawa opuk rakoti
Wait! They soon reached the place, they were going and those people welcomed them. They settled down and played their music, Osogo the Bird singing his heart out. Then at meal time things changed. When food was brought, the Tortoise who was now salivating asked their host, “Whose food is this?”
The host replied, “It is for all of you.” Upon which the Tortoise looked at Osogo the Bird with a knowing smile and settled down for proper eating. He ate all the delicacies that were served and his stomach swelled and filled his shell. Osogo Winyo the bird and the band members watched as the Tortoise ate and had to gnaw the bones of the left overs. Soon the bird left for home bitter and hungry.
That is the end of my story.
Question
1. Giving a reason, classify the above narrative?
2. Explain the significance of the following oral devices as used in the above narrative:
a. Repetition
b. Use of song
c. Opening formula
3. Why does the story use animal characters as opposed to human being?
4. Identify and explain any political activity evident in the story.
5. What is the moral teaching of this story?
6. Why would we say that the birds were gullible?
7. Why do you think Osogo the Bird shared his story with the Tortoise?
8. Why did the tortoise look at Osogo the Bird with a knowing smile?
9. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage
a. Dundedunde
b. Fashioned
c. Gnawed.
Date posted: November 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- THE PLAY A DOLL’S HOUSE BY HENRICK IBSEN
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
THE PLAY A DOLL’S HOUSE BY HENRICK IBSEN
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
NORA: What I ought to make an end of?
Mrs Linde: Of two things, I think. Yesterday you talked some nonsense about a rich admirer was to leave you money---
Nora: An admirer who doesn’t exist, unfortunately! But what then?
Mrs Linde: Is Doctor Rank a man of means?
Nora: Yes, he is.
Mrs Linde: And has no one to provide for?
Nora: No, no one; but----
Mrs Linde: And comes here every day?
Nora: Yes, I told you so.
Mrs Linde: But how can this well-bred man be so tactless?
Nora: I don’t understand you at all.
Mrs Linde: Don’t prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds?
Nora: Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing? A friend of ours, who comes here everyday! Do you realise what a horribly painful position that would be?
Mrs LInde: Then it really isn’t he?
Nora: No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Besides, he has no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.
Mrs Linde: Well, I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora.
Nora: No, it would never have come into my head to ask Doctor Rank. Although I am quite sure that if I had asked him---
Mrs Linde: But of course you won’t.
Nora: Of course not. I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary. But I am quite sure that if I told Doctor Rank---
Mrs Linde: Behind your husband’s back?
Nora: I must make an end of it with the other one, and that will be behind his back too. I must make an end of it with him.
Mrs Linde: Yes, that is what I told you yesterday, but---
Nora: (walking up and down) A man can put a thing like that straight much easier than a woman---
Mrs Linde: One’s husband, yes.
Nora: Nonsense! (standing still) When you pay off a debt you get your bond back, don’t you?
Mrs Linde: Yes, as a matter of course.
Nora: And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces, and burn it up- the nasty
dirty paper!
Mrs Linde: (looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly.) Nora you
are you concealing something from me? .
Nora: Do I look as if I were?
Mrs Linde: Something has happened to you since yesterday morning. Nora, what is it?
Questions
a) What happens immediately after this extract?
b) Discuss any two issues brought out in this extract.
c) How is Mrs Linde depicted in this extract?
d) In which ways does the playwright use dramatic irony in the extract?
e) Because you do as your husband wishes. (Add a question tag)
f) How effective is the use of humour in this extract.
g) From this excerpt, Helmer is hardworking. How is this character trait brought out elsewhere in the play and how does it complicate the drama?
h) Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt.
a) a man of means
b) prevaricate
c) came into his money
d) concealing
Date posted: November 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
'No Joseph,'she said in an infantile whimper. "I can't bear that we can’t express the love that we have for one another because of some primitive culture. If by loving you, I offend the sensibilities of Nasila then let me offend and face the consequences of doing so!"
"I also love you very much," Joseph Parmuat responded finally. "I loved you the moment I saw you during your father’s homecoming ceremony. But then the clan matter came to separate us. It is true we have no blood relation. But Nasila culture dictates who are related and who are not. We are slotted among those who cannot marry."
"No, it can’t be, I cannot accept its verdict,” she said petulantly her words agonized. "No way, never!" She stopped, confused and angry with herself at her inarticulate outburst. She took several long steadying breaths and then said, "I cannot accept that a culture that does not feed,clothe or house me comes to control my life. Our lives belong to us, Joseph. The destiny of our lives is in our own hands. We should guard it jealously."At last they drew a little a part .His eyes were open, honest and steady upon her face.
1. What happens before this excerpt?
2. For both Joseph and Taiyo, give and illustrate two character traits.
3. How is dialogue significant in this excerpt?
4. Explain any two thematic concerns addressed in the excerpt.
5. From elsewhere in the novel, how does Joseph sacrifice for his love for Taiyo?
6. Explain the meaning of the following vocabulary as used in the excerpt.
a) destiny
b) infantile
c) petulantly
d) primitive
7. What happens immediately after this extract?
Date posted: November 6, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following story and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following story and then answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, the pot and the drum got into an argument. They were sitting idly in a house when the pot suddenly said to the drum, 'You know, I’m tougher and stronger than you.' 'Oh!'Exclaimed the drum. 'Are you now? How’s that?' 'Well, just look at me,” said the pot. “Isn’t it obvious?' The drum took a long and hard look. The pot was a huge round thing, all made of clay and
black with soot from years and years of cooking over hot, smoky fires.
'I sit over fires day in, day out,' continued the pot after a while. 'The more they burn me, the stronger I get. Could you, drum, sit over a fire for even half a minute? Why, you would be burnt to ashes.' The drum could not dispute that. He certainly would not dare sit over a blazing fire. He was made of wood, you see, a hollowed-out trunk, spread with a skin at both ends. So he said to the pot, 'I agree with you. I couldn’t stand a fire even for a brief moment. But how about you facing my drummer with his drumsticks? I would love to see you stand up to the kind of pummeling he gives me day in, day out.' he pot was scared stiff at the thought of being struck with drumsticks. He immediately suggested that they drop the argument, and they did.
Questions:
i) Identify and illustrate three characteristics of narratives present in this story.
ii) What two features of oral performance would you employ in the effective delivery of the story?
iii) List down the reason why the pot feels he is stronger than the drum and vice versa.
iv) How does the drum hit back at the pot?
v) Who won the argument and why?
vi) How would you classify the above narrative? Give a reason.
vii) Give a suitable title for the above narrative
Date posted: October 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following story and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following story and then answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, the pot and the drum got into an argument. They were sitting idly in a house when the pot suddenly said to the drum, 'You know, I’m tougher and stronger than you.'
'Oh!'Exclaimed the drum. 'Are you now? How’s that?”
'Well, just look at me,' said the pot. 'Isn’t it obvious?'
The drum took a long and hard look. The pot was a huge round thing, all made of clay and black with soot from years and years of cooking over hot, smoky fires.
'I sit over fires day in, day out,' continued the pot after a while. 'The more they burn me, the stronger I get. Could you, drum, sit over a fire for even half a minute? Why, you would be burnt to ashes.'
The drum could not dispute that. He certainly would not dare sit over a blazing fire. He was made of wood, you see, a hollowed-out trunk, spread with a skin at both ends. So he said to the pot, 'I agree with you. I couldn’t stand a fire even for a brief moment. But how about you facing my drummer with his drumsticks? I would love to see you stand up to the kind of pummeling he gives me day in, day out.'
The pot was scared stiff at the thought of being struck with drumsticks. He immediately suggested that they drop the argument, and they did.
Questions:
i) Identify and illustrate three characteristics of narratives present in this story.
ii) What two features of oral performance would you employ in the effective delivery of the story?
iii) List down the reason why the pot feels he is stronger than the drum and vice versa.
iv) How does the drum hit back at the pot?
v) Who won the argument and why?
vi) How would you classify the above narrative? Give a reason
vii) Give a suitable title for the above narrative.
Date posted: October 14, 2019. Answers (1)
- "Greed and Materialism can lead to grave consequences." In reference to the story "How Much Land Does Man a Need by Leo Toistoy," write an...(Solved)
"Greed and Materialism can lead to grave consequences." In reference to the story "How Much Land Does Man a Need by Leo Toistoy," write an essay to illustrate the truth of this statement.
Date posted: October 14, 2019. Answers (1)
- "Greed leads to evil." Write a composition to show the truth of this statement using illustrations from John Steinbeck’s The Pearl(Solved)
"Greed leads to evil." Write a composition to show the truth of this statement using illustrations from John Steinbeck’s The Pearl
Date posted: October 14, 2019. Answers (1)