BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION eM < ENGLISH 12/3 Literature Paper 3 October/November 2016 Marks: 45 Time: 2 Hours Candidate’s Examination Number: INSTRUCTIONS 1. Write your examination number in the space provided 2. Write your answers on the space provided on this question paper. 3. Answer ALL questions. FOR EXAMINER'S USE ONLY Section | Marks Scored A B Total Marks This question paper contains 11 printed pages.SECTION A — POETRY (15 Marks) Read the poem below and use it to answer question 1 (a) to (g). ‘THE GARDENER: LOUIS MACNEICE He was not able to read and write; he did odd jobs on gentlemen's places, cutting the hedge or hoeing the drive, with the smile of a saint, with the pride of a King, for he was not quite all there. Crippled by arthritis; he would reach the garden by twelve, his legs in soiled protective clothing, a clay pipe in his teeth, a handkerchief in his cap, a white cat behind him. Between the clack of his shears or the sharpening of the slasher or the rattle of the rake on the gravel; he would talk to amuse the little children, he would talk to amuse himself or the cat, or the bird waiting for worms, perched on the handle of the spade. He would remember pieces of verses from the primary school; and would talk about himself forever, always in the third person, and he would level his stick like a gun, saying ‘Now I'm a Frenchman’, he was not quite right in the head. Adapted from: Sadler-Hallar-Powell: Appreciating Poetry 4. (a) Give a pair of rhyming words from the first stanza, (b) Explain the gardener's attitude towards his job as portrayed in the first three stanzas. Support your answer with relevant examples. (i) Stanza 1.... 196123 2 (1) For examiners Use(ii) Stanza 2. (2) (iii) Stanza 3 (2) (c) What does ‘for he was not quite all there’ suggest about the Gardener? (1) (d) How can the Gardener's personality be described in relation to his interaction with the creatures in the poem? 2. (1) (e) (i) Which poetic device has been used in the lines, “between the clack of his shears or the rattle of the rake on the gravel"? (1) (ii) What does the device represent in the poem? (1) Why did the poet choose to use the device? (1) (f) What are your feelings towards the Gardener in the poem? 196123 3 lEamner’s UseFor Examiners Use (a) What is the mood of the poem? Support your answer with a relevant example from the poem (2) 496123 4SECTION B - DRAMA (30 Marks) Below is an extract from Writing About Imaginative Literature by Edward J. Gordon. Use it to answer questions 2 and 3. [Inside the house Mrs. Popov in deep mourning, staring hard at a photograph, Luka is with her] Luka: Mrs. Popov: Luka: Mrs. Popov: Luka: Mrs. Popov: Luka: Mrs. Popov: Luka: Mrs. Popov: 196123 It is not right madam, you are killing yourself. Every living thing is happy. But you stay moping here in the house like it was a convent. It must be a full year since you set your foot outside... And | am not intending to, Luka. Never! | have nothing to go outside for. My life is done. He is in his grave. | have buried myself alive in this house. We are both in our graves. | will not listen anymore. Mr Popov is dead, but what can we do about that? Have you not done your share of mourning? You cannot go on weeping forever. My old lady died, and I wept over her a whole month. Well, that was it. | could not weep all my life; she was just not worth it. You have buried yourself in this house; forgotten all about your neighbours. It is not like there are no nice people around either. The whole country is swarming with them, There is a regiment at Riblov, with good looking soldiers. They throw a party every Friday. You are young and pretty, you could enjoy yourself before it is late! Never say that again, Luka. Since Popov died, | am dead. Let his ghost learn how | love him! Yes, we both know, he was often unfaithful to the same loyal girl | always was... Madam, you could rest in the garden, take a walk, harness Toby and call on your neighbour! My Popov! He adored that horse. What a rider! Pulling at those reins with all his might and main! Oh Luka! Give Toby an extra portion of oats today. Listen! who is that? Tell them | am not home. Yes, madam. (Soliloquizing) you shall see, my Popov, how a wife can love and forgive, Till death do us apart. Shame on you, Popov! Here is your little wife, being good and faithful that she locks herself up waiting for her own funeral Shame on you, naughty boy! You were terrible! With those awful scenes; stormed out and left me alone for weeks. There is a man asking for you, madam: Tell him that | see no one. Examiner's ‘UseLuka: Mrs. Popov: ‘Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs, Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: ‘Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: ‘Smirnov: Mrs. Popov Smirnov: 196123 Madam he insists. He just curses and swears and comes in anyway A perfect monster! He is in the dining room right now. Why do they insult my grief, intruding on my solitude? Huh? | must enter a convent! Bring him, Ihave the honour of introducing myself, madam. Gregory S. Smimov, landowner and lieutenant of artillery, retired. Forgive me, madam, if | disturb your peace and quiet, | have no choice. Why the agency, sir? God rest his soul! Your husband owed me one thousand two hundred dollars. | really need the money today. How? Oats, madam. Mr Popov owed you money, you shall be paid. But today you must excuse me; | have no ready cash. The day after tomorrow, will do. My steward will be back from town. Again, today is exactly seven months from Mr. Popov's death; | am in no mood to think about money. Madam, if you do not pay up now, they will seize my estate. | do not have ready cash. | need it today! 1am sorry, Mrs. Popov! (sweetly) Yes, of course. | do not have it today. | cannot wait any longer! Be sensible, Mr Smimov. How can | pay if | do not have it? ‘And people expect me to keep cool. The tax commissioner on the street asks me, "Why are you always in such a bad humour, Smirnov?" Bad humour! In God's name! | desperately need money! Yesterday | left home at the crack of dawn; called on all my debtors. Not one of them paid up. Then today, fifty kilometres from home! And you are “not in the mood!" You do not have the money! Christ! Mr Smimov, you will get paid the minute my steward comes back from town What the hell do | care about your steward? | came to see you! 6 For Examiners UseMrs. Popov: Smirnov: Luka: ‘Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: ‘Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs, Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: 196123 What a language! Exactly seven months since Popov's death, huh? How about me? | have a bank loan to re-pay! Of cause your husband died, you are not in the mood and your steward is in town, but how do all this concern me, huh? You are just like other debtors; Gruzdeff, not at home, Yaroshevitsc, hiding out. Kooristin, starts up a row; | throw him through the window. Then | come here, still not a dollar | get! You all are spoiled, and you take me for a fool. Well, enough is enough. Ugh! Hey, you there! Water! Whisky! Where is the logic in all this! A fellow creature desperately needs cash, and this mere cheat of a girl, refuses to pay! Oh, the logic of women! | could do without the idiots. 1 would rather sit on a dynamite, the very thought of them gives me goose bumps. Women! Just to see one in the distance gets me mad. Well, she will not fool me with widow's weep. What an unholy mess! And here is this... this skirt in mourning! No money! Where is that whisky, huh! You there! Here Sir! You paying? No! Then | will have to hang myself in the morning! Mr Smirnov! Huh? Do you think | am joking? This is not a stable. Who said it was? lama lady! Lady, indeed! | have known more women than you have known cats. Fought three fights on their account. Jilted twelve and jilted by nine others. Oh yes, | have played the fool all my life! | have squandered half my fortune on women! All liars! Their behaviour is mere play act; their conversation sheer gossip! Women! Young or old; all false, petty, vain, cruel, malicious, unreasonable with deceptive appearances! Women cannot love anything but a useless man. For a man, love is suffering and sacrifice. Frankly, did you ever know a woman to be faithful or sincere? Women are witches from birth! A faithful woman is a freak of nature; like a cat with horns. For examiners UseMrs. Popov Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: ‘Smirnov: Mrs. Popov: Man? So you think men are faithful? My late husband is “the best" of men! | love him; give him my youth, happiness, life and fortune. | worship him. My reward? Unfaithfulness; Always away for the week- end with other women, Squandered my money! He dies; his desk drawers full of love letters...! But, in spite of that, Mr Smirnov, | was faithful. Unto death. And beyond! Buried alive! Buried alive! Till when some fool with his first moustache come riding by and asks: “Can that be the house of the mysterious Tamara?” Ha! How dare you insinuate...? Look! You have not forgotten to apply makeup. How dare you? Well, do not shout at me, | am not your steward. Oh, leave my house then! Pay me, And | will You will get no money from me! Oh, so that is it! Luka! 2. (a) Explain the different attitudes that Mrs Popov and Luka have towards their late relatives. Support your answer with relevant explanations. 196123 (4) Fer lexaminer’s Use(b) (c) (a) (e) (f) 196123 Explain the figurative expression ‘We are both in our graves’ Ee eeeatan sesseescesseees (2) Why does Mrs Popov feel that Mr Popov loved his horse more than he loved her? Support your answer with a relevant example from the extract. (2) What is interesting about Mr Smirnov's introduction as a retired lieutenant? - (2) What is your opinion about the way Mr Smirnov treats Mrs Popov? ‘Support your answer with a relevant example from the extract. - (2) Mrs Popov seems to have different feelings towards her late husband. State them and support your answer with relevant examples from the extract. (@) [Examiner's Use3. With evidence from the extract compare Mrs Popov and Mr Smirnov's opinion about each of the sexes, say which one you agree with and why? 496123 10 For Examiners UseFor Examiners Use sesseeaseeseeneertesuseveaseass (15) 196123, 4