ors Ait Rigs Reserve LAH SEod POMS eeembneO2io Department of Education, Southern Province. a SCHOO O26 SOSwEG 2OZ ‘Second Term Tost Part 01 Answer all the questions in Part 01 Section A Poetry and Prose Read the given extracts and answer the questions given below them. Poetry 1 “.,,seatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely steep...” (a) From where are these lines taken and who is the writer? (01 mark) (b) What is the natural sight mentioned here? (01 mark) (c) According to the poem who is responsible for the “timely sleep” of the flowers? (O1 mark) j (@ Mention one of the literary devices used here. Give crane. (02 marks) y'Bhuit then: bu shadenty palls th trout of her Thirteen eighteen, The girl’s gone” (a) From where are these lines taken? Who wrote it? (01 mark) (b) Who is “The git!” here? (01 mark) (©) What is indicated by ‘Thirteen eighteen?” (01 mark) (d) What is the tone of the writer here? (02 marks)3 Who, me? Oh I'm doing fine. I always was a drinking man you know and nowadays I'm stepping up my intake quite a bit.” (a) From where are these lines taken? Who wrote them? (01 mark) (01 mark) (01 mark) (a) Describe the feeling created about the man facing the situation mentioned here, (02 marks) Prose “Why didn’t he tell me they were hurting?’ asked the aunt with some asperity. (a) From which work are there lines taken and who is the author? (01 mark) (b) Who speaks these lines? (01 mark) (c) To whom are they spoken? (01 mark) (d) Describe the speaker's character taking light of the given statement ? (02 marks) “It is OK if I die because it is my job and I am ready for it. But you are a hero and if you were to die, it would be a great loss for our country” ; (a) From where are these lines taken and who is the author? (01 mark) (b) Who is the speaker here? (01 mark) (6) To whom are the words spoken? (01 mark) (6) What does the speaker express through these lines? (02 marks) 3 “So she spread her brown wings for Might, and soared into the air. She swept over the garden like a shadow, and like a shadow she sailed through the grove” (@) From which literary work are these lines taken? Who is the writer? (O01 mark) leivivies (01 mark)—— ae (c) What is the situation mentined here? (Ol mark) (@) Mention a literary device used here. x (02 marks) Section B Answer all the questions given below. 01. “One red rose is all I want, “cried the Nightingale, “only one red rose! Is there no way which T can get it?” “There is a way,” answered the Tree; “but it is so terrible that I dare not tell it to you.” “Tell it to me, “said the Nightingale, “I am not afraid.” “If you want a red roe,” said Tree, “you must build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with your own heart’s-blood. You must sing to me with your breast against a thorn. All night Tong you must sing to me, and the thorn must pierce your heart, and your life-blood must flow into my veins, and become mine.” “Death is a great price to pay for a red rose,” cried the Nightingale, “and Life is very dear to all. Itis pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of pearl. Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill. Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?” (j) What is the situation given in the passage? (02 Marks) (ii) What is the way that Nightingale can have a red rose from the Rose ~ Tree? (02 Marks) (iii) Write the meaning of the following in your own words (a) Sun in his chariot of gold... (b) ‘Life is very dear to all’. (02 Marks) (iv) What does this extract reveal about Nightingale’s character? (04 Marks)Paper II Write answers for four questions selecting two from Poems and two from Prose. Poems rd Tennyson communicates messages about the nature. Discuss 1 The Eagle written by Alfred Lor (13 marks) this statement in relation to the poem. 2 The Terrorist, He’s watching by Wislawa Szymborska gives a common scene which people experience in a place where civil war or civil conflicts prevail. Comment on this statement.relating your answer to the poem. (15 marks) 3 The poem The Huntsman is a humorous poem which discusses about human weaknesses written by Edward Lowbury. Discuss this statement in relation to the poem. (15 marks) 4 The poem Clown’s Wife by Johnson Agard shows appearance vs. reality and suffering of the poor. Discuss this statement with the close reference to the poem. (15 marks) 5 Big Match 1983 by Yasmine Gooneratne is about different behaviour patterns of people in society. Do you agree? Relate your answer to the poem. (15 marks) Prose 6 The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde reflects the difficulty in distinguishing between the real love and the materialistic love by youth. Do you agree? Relate your answer to the short story. (15 marks) 7 Anextract from the Colin Cowdrey Lecture—The Lahore Attack by Kumar Sangakkara showcases the importance of team spirit and understanding of others in the experience you meet in life. Explain with examples. (15 marks) 8 Saki, in his short story, The Lumber Room discusses the creativity of children’s world, comparing it with the adults’ world. Do you agree? Closely refer to the text.. (15 marks)