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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MPANDA DISTRICT COUNCIL MOCK EXAMINATION – JULY 2019

CODE: 024 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Time: 2:30 HOURS

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D.
2. Answer two (2) questions in section A and one (1) question from each of section B, C
and D
3. Each question carries 20 marks.
4. Write your examination number on every page of your booklet (s)

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SECTION A (40 MARKS)
THEORY OF LITERATURE
Answer two questions from this section
1. (a) define the following terms
(i) Sympathy
(ii) Enjambment
(iii) Alliteration
(iv) Refrain
(v) Diction

(b) “Poetry is a literary genre with distinctive attributes”. Discuss by outlining five (05) points

2. “Characterization is the key way to introduce and identify characters in a literary work”. Substantiate
this contention with in-depth discussion of types of characters. six (06) points

3. “Literature plays major roles in a society”. How true is the statement with reference to the study of
Literature? Five (05) points
SECTION B (20 MARKS)
PLAYS
Answer one(01) question from this section
TEXTS:
The lion and the jewel. - Wole Soyinka
The Trials of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka
The Swamp Dwellers - Wole Soyinka
Kinjeketile - Ibrahim Hussein
Dilemma of a ghost - Ama Ata Aidoo
The Barbed wire - M. Rugyendo
Dedan Kimathi - Keneth Watene
The Government Inspector - N. Godel

4. With reference to two plays you have done under this course, show how the playwrights have
successfully portrayed various agents of social discontents. Six (06) points

5. “Women are always in the battlefield when it comes to the issue of equality between them and men”.
By using two plays you have read, justify this statement. Six (06) points

6. By using one play you have read, discuss the playwright’s choice of words. Six (06) points
SECTION C (20 MARKS)
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES
Answer one question from this section
TEXT:
Tales of Amadou Koumba David Diod
Quartet Richard Rive
A walk in the night and other stories Alex La Guma
House boy Ferdinand Oyono
The old man and the medal Fredinand Oyono
The concubine Aleck Amadi
Sundiata an epic of Mali Djibri Tamsir Niane
Secret live Ngugi wa Thiong’o
The three solid stories Martha Mvungi
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Girls at war Chinua Achebe
Uncle Thom’s children Richard Wright

7. Show how writers write to denounce bad leadership. Write six (06) points from two novels you have
read under this section

8. Use two readings you have done to discuss the causes of conflicts. Three (03) points from each reading

9. Pick two characters from two novels you have read and express how positively they have contributed to
their societies. Six (06) points.
SECTION D (20 MARKS)
POETRY
Answer ONE (01) question from this section
TEXT:
Selected poems - Tanzania Institute Education (TIE)

10. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follows;
If we must die- let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us back the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accused lot,
If we must die- oh let us nobly die.
So that our precious blood may not shed in vain;
Then even the monster we defy
Shall be constrained to honour us though dead,
Oh kinsmen! We must meet the common foe,
Though for outnumbered, let us show our bravery,
And for their thousand blows on death-blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Questions
(i) What kind of poem is this? Why?
(ii) Mention any three (03) literary devices used in the poem above
(iii) Comment on the tone and mood of the poem
(iv) Mention three (03) possible themes found from the poem above
(v) What do we learn from the poem?

11. “Poets portray various societal burning issues”. Prove this statement by using people two (02) poems
you have read under this statement. Six (05) points

12. With examples from one (01) poem you have done, explain and show how the following terms have
been applied by the poet in the particular poem;
(a) Symbolism
(b) Imagery
(c) Simile
(d) Exaggeration/hyperbole
(e) Metaphor

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