Grade 12 English First Additional Language Paper 2 MayJune 2023

MOPANI WEST DISTRICT
GRADE 12
MIDYEAR EXAMINATION
ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
PAPER 2
MAY/ JUNE 2023
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MARKS: 70 TIME: 2½ hours
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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
Please read this page carefully before you begin to answer questions.
1. This question paper consists of FOUR sections. (See table of contents below)
2. Answer TWO QUESTIONS in all, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections
SECTION A : NOVEL (Answer any ONE question for this section)

QUESTION NO. QUESTION MARKS PAGE NO.
1. Cry, The Beloved Country Contextual 35 3
2. Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Contextual 35 6

OR
SECTION B: DRAMA (Answer any ONE question from this section)
3. Macbeth Contextual 35 9
4. My Children! My Africa! Contextual 35 13

OR
SECTION C: SHORT STORIES (Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts)
5.1. Eveline Contextual 18 17
5.2. A Bag of Sweets Contextual 17 18
OR
SECTION D: POETRY (Answer the questions set on BOTH poems)
6.1. On the Grasshopper and Cricket Contextual 18 21
6.2. What life is really like Contextual 17 22
3. Follow the instructions at the beginning of each section carefully.

4. Number your answers exactly as the questions have been numbered in the question
paper.
5. Start each section on a NEW page.
6. Write neatly and legibly
7. Spend approximately 60 minutes on each section.

SECTION A: NOVEL
In this section, questions are set on the following two novels:
 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton

 STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson
Answer ONE question on the novel you have studied.
QUESTION 1: Cry, The Beloved Country [MARKS: 35]
Read the following extracts (EXTRACTS A and B) from the novel and answer the
questions that follow.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e QUESTION 1.1 AND
QUESTION 1.2
1.1. EXTRACT A
[Kumalo plans to go to Johannesburg]
He held it in his hand, studying it, as though there might be some answer in it, till at last 1
she said, it must be done, Stephen.
– How can I use it? he said. This money was to send Absalom to St. Chad’s.
– Absalom will never go now to St. Chad’s.
– How can you say that? he said sharply. How can you say such a thing? 5
– He is in Johannesburg, she said wearily. When people go to Johannesburg, they do
not come back.
– You have said it, he said. It is said now. This money which was saved for that purpose
will never be used for it. You have opened a door, and because you have opened it, we
must go through. And Tixo alone knows where we shall go. 10
– It was not I who opened it, she said, hurt by his accusation. It has a long time been
open, but you would not see.
– We had a son, he said harshly. Zulus have many children, but we had only one son.
He went to Johannesburg, and as you said — when people go to Johannesburg, they
do not come back. They do not even write any more. They do not go to St. Chad’s to 15
learn that knowledge without which no black man can live.
[Book 1, Chapter 2]

1.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches a name in COLUMN A.
Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers [1.1.1(a) – 1.1.1.(d)]
in the ANSWER SHEET.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Absalom Kumalo A a shopkeeper
(b) John Kumalo B lost son and wife
(c) Theophilus Msimangu C a priest in Sophiatown
(d) James Jarvis D a police officer in Ndotsheni
E a murderer (4)
(4x1)
1.1.2 Refer to line 1 (‘it must be done, Stephen.’)
(a) Identify the one thing that must be done. (1)
(b) Why does Mrs Kumalo think this way? (2)
1.1.3 Why is the following statement FALSE.

Richard Mpiring was an accomplice in the murder of Arthur Jarvis. (1)
1.1.4 Refer to lines 6-7 (‘When people go … not come back.’)

(a) What tone would Mrs Kumalo use in these lines? (1)
(b) Why would Mrs Kumalo use this tone? (1)
1.1.5 What does this extract reveal about Kumalo’s character?

Substantiate your answer. (2)
1.1.6 One of the themes in Cry, The Beloved Country is generosity.

Discuss this theme. (3)
1.1.7 Refer to the novel as a whole.

Absalom’s behaviour is a reflection of the way he was brought up.
Discuss your view. (3)
AND
1.2. EXTRACT B
[Jarvis and Harrison’s conversation about Arthur’s killers.]
For Margaret it would no doubt be so; he would not leave her again to go to bed alone. 1
But for him it was over; he could sit quietly in Harrison’s study, and drink his whisky and
smoke his pipe, and talk about any matter that Harrison wanted to talk about, even
about his son. —
– How long will you stay, Jarvis? You’re welcome to stay as long as you wish. 5
– Thank you, Harrison. I think Margaret will go back with Mary and the children, and
we’ll arrange for the son of one of my neighbours to stay with them. A nice lad, just out
of the Army. But I’ll stay to wind up Arthur’s affairs, at least in the preliminary stages.
– And what did the police say, if I may ask?
– They’re still waiting for the boy to recover. They have hopes that he recognized one 10
of them. Otherwise they say it will be very difficult. The whole thing was over so quickly.
They hope too that someone may have seen them getting away. They think they were
frightened and excited, and wouldn’t have walked away normally.
– I hope to God they get them. And string ’em all up. Pardon me, Jarvis.
– I know exactly what you mean. 15
– We’re not safe, Jarvis. I don’t even know that stringing ’em up will make us safe.
[Book 2, Chapter 4]
1.2.1 Describe the setting of this extract. (2)
1.2.2 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only
the letter (A – D) next to the question number (1.2.2) in your answer sheet.
The fact that Jarvis is prepared to talk about his son shows that he
A has confidence in the police handling the matter.
B has come to terms with the death of Arthur.
C knows who the killers of his son are.
D finds comfort in his son’s fame. (1)
1.2.3 Explain the irony of Absalom’s participation in the murder of Arthur Jarvis. (2)
1.2.4 Refer to lines 8-9 (‘But I’ll stay … the preliminary stages.’)
(a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1)
(b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2)
1.2.5 Refer to line 15 (‘– We’re not safe … make us safe.’)

What do these lines tell us about Harrison’s state of mind
1.2.6 Refer to lines 15-16 (‘– I hope to …what you mean.’)

(a) What does ‘string ’em all up’ mean? (1)
(b) Briefly explain how Harrison’s wish becomes a reality. (2)
1.2.7 Refer to line 17 (‘– We’re not safe … make us safe.’)

Why would ‘stringing’ up the murderers not necessarily make everyone safe? (1)
1.2.8 The death of Arthur delayed the restoration of the dignity of the poor.
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OR

QUESTION 2: Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [MARKS: 35]
Read the following extracts (EXTRACTS C and D) from the novel and answer the
questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a
guide to the expected length of your answer.
QUESTION 2.2
2.1. EXTRACT C
[Jekyll and Utterson talk about Jekyll’s will.]
‘My poor Utterson,’ said he, ‘you are unfortunate in such a client. I never saw a man so 1
distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at
what he called my scientific heresies. Oh, I know he’s a good fellow — you needn’t
frown — an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound
pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant. I was never more disappointed in any 5
man than Lanyon.’
‘You know I never approved of it,’ pursued Utterson, ruthlessly disregarding the fresh
topic.
‘My will? Yes, certainly, I know that,’ said the doctor, a trifle sharply. ‘You have told me
so.’ 10
‘Well, I tell you so again,’ continued the lawyer. ‘I have been learning something of
young Hyde.’
The large handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a
blackness about his eyes. ‘I do not care to hear more,’ said he. ‘This is a matter I thought
we had agreed to drop.’ 15
‘What I heard was abominable,’ said Utterson.
‘It can make no change. You do not understand my position,’ returned the doctor, with
a certain incoherency of manner. ‘I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very
strange — a very strange one.
[Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease]

Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers [2.1.1(a) – 2.1.1(d)]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Henry Jekyll A bludgeoned to death
(b) Edward Hyde B a respected police officer
(c) Richard Enfield C a murderer
(d) Danvers Carew D duality of mankind
E Utterson’s cousin
(4x1) (4)

2.1.2 Refer to lines 1-3 (‘My poor Utterson … my scientific heresies.’)
(a) What stresses Doctor Lanyon the most about Doctor Jekyll? (1)
(b) Why does Lanyon stress so much about this issue? (2)

Mr Pool is a handwriting specialist. (1)
2.1.4 Refer to lines 7-8 (‘You know I … the fresh topic.’)

(a) What tone would Mr Utterson use in these lines? (1)
(b) Why would Mr Utterson use this tone? (1)
2.1.5 What does this extract reveal about Jekyll’s character?

2.1.6 One of the themes in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is loyalty.
2.1.7 Refer to the novel as a whole.

Dr Jekyll is justified in pursuing the science of the duality of human nature.
AND
2.2. EXTRACT D
[Mr Utterson and Mr Guest talk about a strange letter]
There was no man from whom he kept fewer secrets than Mr. Guest; and he was not 1
always sure that he kept as many as he meant. Guest had often been on business to
the doctor’s; he knew Poole; he could scarce have failed to hear of Mr. Hyde’s familiarity
about the house; he might draw conclusions: was it not as well, then, that he should
see a letter which put that mystery to rights? and above all since Guest, being a great 5
student and critic of handwriting, would consider the step natural and obliging? The
clerk, besides, was a man of counsel; he would scarce read so strange a document
without dropping a remark; and by that remark Mr. Utterson might shape his future
course.
‘This is a sad business about Sir Danvers,’ he said. 10
‘Yes, sir, indeed. It has elicited a great deal of public feeling,’ returned Guest. ‘The man,
of course, was mad.’
‘I should like to hear your views on that,’ replied Utterson. ‘I have a document here in
his handwriting; it is between ourselves, for I scarce know what to do about it; it is an
ugly business at the best. But there it is; quite in your way a murderer’s autograph.’ 15
Guest’s eyes brightened, and he sat down at once and studied it with passion.
[Incident of the Letter]

the letter (A – D) next to the question number (2.2.) in your answer sheet.
Refer to lines 1-2 (There was … as he meant). This means that Utterson …
A kept more secrets from Guest than any other person.
B of the least secrets he could reveal, many went to Guest.
C was unable to keep many of the secrets that came from Guest.
D never trusted Guest, hence he only told him few secrets. (1)
2.2.3 Explain the irony of the murder of Danvers Carew. (2)
2.2.4 Refer to lines 11-12 (‘The man, of course, was mad.’)

2.2.5 Refer to line 16 (‘Guest’s eyes brightened … it with passion.’)
What do these lines tell us about Guest state of mind?

2.2.6 Hyde’s lineage is unknown. How did he come into being? (1)
2.2.7 Refer to lines 13-15 (‘I should like to … a murderer’s autograph.’)

(a) What ‘ugly business’ does Utterson refer to? (1)
(b) Briefly explain how he arrived ta this concussion. (2)
2.2.8 Hyde’s behaviour was not as bad as it is made to.

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TOTAL FOR SCETION A: 35

SECTION B: DRAMA
In this section, there are questions set on the following drama books:
MACBETH by William Shakespeare

MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA by Athol Fugard
Answer questions on the drama you have studied.
QUESTION 3: Macbeth
Read the following extracts (E and F) from Macbeth by William Shakespeare and
answer the questions that follow.
QUESTION 3.2
3.1. EXTRACT E
[Macbeth and Banquo’s encounter with the weird sisters]
MACBETH : So foul and fair a day I have not seen. 1

BANQUO : How far is ’t called to Forres? —What are these,
So withered, and so wild in their attire,
That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ the earth
And yet are on ’t? - Live you? Or are you aught 5
That man may question? You seem to understand me
By each at once her choppy finger laying
Upon her skinny lips. You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so. 10
MACBETH : Speak if you can. What are you?
1ST WITCH : All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
2ND WITCH : All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
3RD WITCH : All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
BANQUO : Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear 15
Things that do sound so fair? I’ th’ name of truth,
Are you fantastical, or that indeed
Which outwardly you show? My noble partner
You greet with present grace and great prediction
Of noble having and of royal hope, 20
That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not.
If you can look into the seeds of time
And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your favours nor your hate. 25
1ST WITCH : Hail!
2ND WITCH : Hail!
3RD WITCH : Hail!
1ST WITCH : Lesser than Macbeth and greater
2ND WITCH : Not so happy, yet much happier 30
3RD WITCH : Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!
[Act 1, scene 3]

Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers [3.1.1 (a) –
3.1.1.(d)] in the ANSWER SHEET.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Macbeth A leader of the weird sisters
(b) Macduff B sacrifices own affairs for state
(c) Hecate C dies of depression
(d) Lady Macbeth D son of king Duncan
E a very cruel leader
(4x1) (4)
3.1.2 Refer to line 1 (‘So foul and … I have not seen.)
Describe the kind of day referred to in the above quoted line. (1)
3.1.3 Provide the reason why the witches (lines 2-10) look so untidy. (1)
Ross escapes when the murderers kill Banquo. (1)
3.1.5 Refer to lines 2-10 (‘What are these … you are so...’)
(a) What tone would Macbeth use in these lines? (1)
(b) Why would Macbeth use this tone? (1)
3.1.6 If you were the director of this play, what would you tell Banquo to do when
saying the words ‘To me you speak not (line 21)?
State two actions. (2)
3.1.7 Refer to lines 31-32 (‘Thou shalt get … Macbeth and Banquo!’)
Quote one incident which proves that this prophecy could be true? (1)
3.1.8 One of the themes in Macbeth is loyalty.

3.1.9 Refer to the drama as a whole.

The three witches are responsible for Macbeth’s undesirable behaviour.
AND
3.2. EXTRACT F
[Ross recounts events of the strange night]
OLD MAN : Threescore and ten I can remember well, 1

Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.
ROSS : Ah, good father, 5
Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man’s act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th’ clock ’tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp.
Is’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame
That darkness does the face of earth entomb 10
When living light should kiss it?
OLD MAN : ’Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last
A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. 15
ROSS : And Duncan’s horses – a thing most strange and certain,
Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending ’gainst obedience, as they would make
War with mankind. 20
OLD MAN : ‘Tis said they eat each other.
ROSS : They did so, to the amazement of mine eyes,
That looked upon’t. Here comes the good Macduff
[Enter Macduff]
How goes the world, sir, now? 25
MACDUFF : Why, see you not?
ROSS : Is ’t known who did this more than bloody deed?
MACDUFF : Those that Macbeth hath slain.
ROSS : Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend? 30
MACDUFF : They were suborned.
ROSS :
[Act 2, scene 4]

3.2.2 Refer to lines 2-4 (‘Within the volume … trifled former knowings.’)
Using your own words, explain what the above quoted lines mean. (2)
the letter (A – D) next to the question number (3.2.3) in your answer sheet.
According to the information in the first five lines, how old would you say the
Old Man is?
He is …. years old.
A 13
B below 70
C above 70
D 80 (1)
3.2.4 Explain the irony of Macbeth’s participation in the murder of King Duncan. (2)
3.2.5 Identify TWO incidences, mentioned in the extract, to show that this was an
unusual day. (2)
3.2.6 Refer to lines 9 (‘the day’s shame’)

(a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1)
3.2.7 Refer to lines 29-30 (‘Alas, the day … could they pretend?’)
What do these lines reveal about Ross’s state of mind?

3.2.8 Banquo has an admirable character.

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TOTAL FOR SECTION A: 35
OR

QUESTION 4: My Children, My Africa
Read the following extracts (G and H) My Children! My Africa by Athol Fugard and
answer the questions that follow.
QUESTION 4.2
4.1 EXTRACT G
ISABEL : I meant what I said to him. I really did have a good time. 1
THAMI : Same here.
ISABEL : You did? Because to be honest with you, I wasn’t expecting it.
THAMI : Me neither.
ISABEL : No? 5
THAMI : Nope.
ISABEL : Why not?
THAMI : [Embarrassed] Well … you know.
ISABEL : Let me guess. You’ve never debated with girls before. [He nods, smiling
sheepishly] And white girls at that! I don’t believe it. You boys are all the 10
same.
THAMI : But you were good.
ISABEL : Because I happen to feel strongly about what we were debating. But it was
also the whole atmosphere, you know. It was so … so free and easy. The
debates in my school are such stuffy affairs. And so boring most of the 15
times. Everything is done according to the rules with everybody being polite
and nobody getting excited … lots of discipline but very little enthusiasm.
This one was a riot!
THAMI : [Finger to his lips] Be careful.
ISABEL : Of what? 20
THAMI : That word
ISABEL : Which one?
THAMI : Riot! Don’t say it in a black township. Police start shooting as soon as they
hear it.
ISABEL : Oh… 25
THAMI : [Having a good laugh] I’m sorry. It’s a joke, Isabel.
ISABEL : Oh … you caught me off guard. I didn’t think you joke about those things.
THAMI : Riots and police? Oh, yes, we joke about them. We joke about everything.
[Act 1, scene 1]

Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers [4.1.1 (a) – 4.1.1.(d)]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Thami Mbikwana A hockey player
(b) Dawie Grobbelaar B choir conductor
(c) Isabel Dyson C inspector of Bantu Schools
(d) Sipho Fondini D standard six learner
E Mr M’s favourite pupil
(4x1) (4)
4.1.2 Refer to line 1 (‘I meant what … a good time.’)

Describe the kind of ‘good time’ referred to in the above quoted line. (1)
4.1.3 Provide the reason why Isabel feels that the occasion was beyond her (1)
expectations (line 3).

Mr M was the principal of Camdeboo School for girls.
(1)
4.1.5 If you were the director of this play, what would you tell Isabel to do when saying
the words ‘You boys are all the same’ (lines 10-11)?
State two actions. (2)
4.1.6 Refer to line 18 (‘This one was a riot!’)

(a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1)
4.1.7 One of the themes in My Children, My Africa is loyalty.

4.1.8 Refer to the drama as a whole.

Thami is responsible for the death of Mr M
AND

4.2. EXTRACT H
THAMI : Don’t worry about him, Isabel. I’ll put it in my diary and remind him at school. 1
ISABEL : [Sensitive to a change of mood in Thami] I think you’ll like my folk. My
Mom’s a bit on the reserve side but that’s just because she’s basically very
shy. But you and my Dad should get on well. Start talking sport with him 5
and he won’t let you go. He played cricket for E.P., you know. [Pause] You
will come, won’t you?
THAMI : [Edge to his voice] Didn’t you hear Mr M? “A delight and a privilege! We
accept most gratefully.” [Writing in notebook] Charles Dickens … Thomas
Hardy … Jane Austen … 10
ISABEL : Was he speaking for you as well?
THAMI : He speaks for me on nothing!
ISABEL : Relax. I know that. That’s why I tried to ask you separately and why I’ll ask
you again. Would you like to come to tea next Sunday to meet my family?
It’s not a polite invitation. They really want to meet you. 15
THAMI : Me? Why? Are they starting to get nervous?
ISABEL : Oh come off it, Thami. Don’t be like that. They are always nervous when it
comes to me. But this time it happens to be genuine interest. I’ve told you.
I talk about you at home. They know I have a good time with you … that
we’re a team … 20
[Act 1, scene 5]
4.2.2 Refer to lines 5-6 (‘But you and … let you go.’)
Using your own words, explain what the above quoted lines mean. (2)
4.2.3 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the
letter (A – D) next to the question number (4.2.3) in your answer sheet.
According to Thami, Mr M’s words, ‘A delight and a privilege! We accept most

gratefully’ (quoted in lines 8-9) suggest that he is …
A spontaneous
B grateful
C Patronised
D unselfish (1)
4.2.4 Explain the irony of Isabel’s assertion that debates held at Zolile are more
enjoyable than those held at Camdeboo. (2)
4.2.5 Thami is unhappy that Mr M wants to take all the decisions on his behalf. Quote
two instances from the drama where Mr M displays this tendency. (2)
4.2.6 Refer to lines 12 (‘He speaks for me on nothing!)

(a) What tone would Thami use in these lines? (1)
(b) Why would Thami use this tone? (1)
4.2.7 Refer to lines 13-15 (‘Relax. I know … to meet you.’)

What do these lines reveal about Isabel’s state of mind?
4.2.8 Refer to line 20 (‘we’re a team …’)

Identify the team referred to in the above quoted line. (1)
4.2.9 Isabel has an admirable character.

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TOTAL FOR SECTION B: 35

SECTION C: SHORT STORIES
In this section there are questions set on the following short stories:
QUESTION 5: SHORT STORIES
Read the extracts (I and J) from the TWO short stories below and answer the questions
set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the
expected length of your answer.
“Eveline” by James Joyce, AND

“A Bag of Sweets” by Agnes Sam
QUESTION 5.2
QUESTION 5.1: Eveline

EXTRACT I
[Evelyn contemplates leaving home]
– Miss Hill, don’t you see these ladies are waiting?
– Look lively, Miss Hill, please.
She would not cry many tears at leaving the Stores.
But in her new home, in a distant unknown country, it would not be like that. Then she
would be married – she, Eveline. People would treat her with respect then. She would 5
not be treated as her mother had been. Even now, though she was over nineteen, she
sometimes felt herself in danger of her father’s violence. She knew it was that that
had given her the palpitations. When they were growing up he had never gone for her,
like he used to go for Harry and Ernest, because she was a girl; but latterly he had
begun to threaten her and say what he would do to her only for her dead mother’s
10
sake. And now she had nobody to protect her. Ernest was dead and Harry, who was
in the church decorating business, was nearly always down somewhere in the
country. Besides, the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to
weary her unspeakably. She always gave her entire wages – seven shillings – and
Harry always sent up what he could but the trouble was to get any money from her 15
father. He said she used to squander the money, that she had no head, that he wasn’t
going to give her his hard-earned money to throw about the streets, and much more,
for he was usually fairly bad on a Saturday night.

Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers [5.1.1(a) –
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Eveline A He has worked on a few ships
(b) Frank B used to shout her name in front of the
people
(c) Miss Gavan C a school friend of her father who fled to
Melbourne
(d) The Priest D She is indecisive at the end and does (4)
not fulfil her desire to escape
E She suffers abuse in the hands of her
husband
(4x1)
5.1.2 Why is the following statement FALSE?

It was the chores in the house that made her shiver with fear. (1)
5.1.3 What does this extract reveal about the father’s character?
5.1.4 Refer to line 2 (‘look lively Miss Hill, please.’)

(a) What tone would the speaker use in this line? (1)
(b) Why would the speaker use this tone in this line? (1)
5.1.5 Refer to lines 5 – 6 (‘She would not… had been’)

5.1.6 One of the themes in ‘Eveline’ is women and society.

5.1.7 The protagonist in this story can be admired. (3)

Discuss your view
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AND

QUESTION 5.2: A Bag of Sweets
EXTRACT J
[The family reflects on Khadija’s visits]
It was several weeks before I could bring myself to tell the family. They were astonished, 1
my brother Abdul especially.
‘A bag of sweets?’ they asked incredulously.
‘Cheap sweets!’ I replied in an off-hand way, my voice sounding flat, final, while I was
cruelly delighting in the effect I was having on the others. 5
They questioned me, registering their disbelief.
‘Yet she comes back?’
‘Every Friday!’ I said emphatically.
They did not know how to interpret this turn of events and I saw the beginning of a sense
of wrong among some of them. Whereas before they were angry with her for what she 10
had done three years ago and the effects of it – now they turned to criticising her for
persistently coming to us when we were rejecting her, and forcing us into doing wrong.
‘She shouldn’t come on Fridays,’ they agreed.
‘That makes me really sore,’ my brother said. ‘She is a Muslim girl. She knows it is our
custom to pray at the Mosque on Fridays.’ 15
But Khadija was married to a Christian family that was involved in voluntary work, fasting
during Lent, eating fish on Fridays and everything Christian. My Christian friends said that
on Fridays we should be more forgiving! That was why she was coming on Fridays.
5.2.2 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the
letter (A – D) next to the question number (5.2.2) in your answer sheet.
Khadija’s siblings reject her because they believe that her marriage to a Christian
man …
A caused the death of their parents.

B was an act of betrayal.
C caused a rift in the family. (1)
D was her rejection of Islam.
5.2.3 Refer to line 7 (‘Yet she comes back?’)

(a) Identify the tone used in this line. (1)
(b) Why would the siblings use this tone? (1)
5.2.4 Why are Khadija’s family beginning to feel a sense of guilty (lines 8-9)?
Explain. (2)

5.2.5 Refer to lines 14-15 (‘That makes … at the Mosque on Fridays.’)
What do these lines reveal about Abdul’s state of mind? (2)
5.2.6 Refer to lines 15-16 (‘My Christian friends … be more forgiving’)

Explain the irony of this statement. (2)
5.2.7 Kaltoum gives her sister some ‘cheap sweets’ (line 4).
(a) What do the cheap sweets symbolise or mean? (1)
(b) Why does Khadija keep on coming back despite all this? (2)
5.2.8 Khadija comes out of these visits more respectable than her siblings.
[17]
TOTAL FOR SECTION C [35]

SECTION D: POETRY
In this section there are questions set on the following poems:
 ‘On the Grasshopper and Cricket’ by John Keats

 ‘What life is really like” by Beverly Rycroft
QUESTION 6
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH poems, i.e QUESTION 6.1 AND
QUESTION 6.2
6.1. On the Grasshopper and Cricket – John Keats
On the Grasshopper and Cricket – John Keats

1 The Poetry of earth is never dead:
2 When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
3 And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
4 From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
5 That is the Grasshopper’s – he takes the lead
6 In summer luxury, – he has never done
7 With his delights; for when tired out with fun
8 He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
9 The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
10 On a lone winter evening, when the frost
11 Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills
12 The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever,
13 And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
14 The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.

Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers [6.1.1 (a) –
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) sonnet A a poem with irregular beats
(b) couplet B structured lines and stanzas
(c) free verse C a poem meant for singing
(d) ballad D a poem with 14 rhyming lines
E two rhyming lines
(4x1) (4)
6.1.2 Refer to lines 3-4 (‘a voice will …the new-mown mead …’)
(a) Identify the figure of speech used in the above quoted lines. (1)
(b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2)
6.1.3 Refer to lines 6-7 (‘n summer luxury … out with fun’)
How does the grasshopper express his delight in the luxury of summer. (1)
6.1.4 Refer to lines 9-14 (‘The poetry of … some grassy hills.’)

Describe the setting of these lines. (2)
6.1.5 Refer to line 8 (‘He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.’)
(a) What tone would the speaker use in this line? (1)
(b) Why would the speaker use this tone? (1)
6.1.6 The grasshopper enjoys the warmth provided for in summer. How does the
cricket get the same warmth in winter? (1)
6.1.7 Explain the irony of the poet’s delight in the sound of the cricket (lines 9-14) (2)
6.1.8 The main focus of the poem is the appreciation of nature.

Discuss. (3)
AND
6.2. What life is really like- Beverly Rycroft
What life is really like: Beverly Rycroft
You need to toughen up

my father would complain
when I was small
I ought to take you to see
chickens having their heads
chopped off.
That’d teach you
what life is really like.
He’d seek me out

when one of his pigeons
-crazed for home or
mad with terror from a
roaring hawk-
would tumble into
the loft
mutilated by
wire or beak.

I was the one made to
Clench my palms round
its pumping chest,
to keep it still while
my father’s hairy fingers stitched
its garotted throat
angrily to rights again.
You see life is a fight for survival

he’d shout, forgetting
he was not lecturing his students
or giving his inaugural address
You gotta roll with the punches.
i waited and waited for that bitter

roughness to spy me and circle
in to land
years and years
of flinching anticipation until
the day i came home from hospital
and my father dressed my wound.
Easing with practiced hands

the drip from my bulldozed chest
he renewed the plaster in breathing silence
never speaking never
once saying
Life’s a bastard
Toughen Up
6.2.1 Give two reasons why this poem can be identified as a free verse. (2)
6.2.2 Refer to the first three stanzas. Name two incidences the father used as
examples to teach his child that life is tough. (2)
6.2.3 Refer to lines 11-12 (-“crazed for home…terror from a )
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant to this poem. (2)

6.2.4 Refer to stanza 3 . Quote one word that proves the pigeon was not (1)
coming home slowly.
6.2.5 Refer to line 38 (“The drip from my bulldozed chest.”)
Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence:
The word “bulldozed” is an example of

A. Alliteration
B. Oxymoron
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Metaphor (1)
6.2.6 Refer to stanza 4

(a) What tone would the father use in this stanza? (1)
(b) Why would he use this tone? (2)
6.2.7 Refer to stanza 7.

Why does the speaker describe her father’s dressing of her wound as (2)
practiced?
6.2.8 Do you think the father is justified in emphasising that “Life’s a (3)
bastard”? Discuss your view.
Total for this Section: [35]
GRAND TOTAL : [70]

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MOPANI WEST DISTRICT

ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE

MAY/ JUNE 2023

MARKS: 70 TIME: 2½ hours

This question paper has 24 pages including the cover page

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SECTION A : NOVEL (Answer any ONE question for this section)

2. Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Contextual 35 6

4. My Children! My Africa! Contextual 35 13

3. Follow the instructions at the beginning of each section carefully.

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In this section, questions are set on the following two novels:

 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton

Answer ONE question on the novel you have studied.

QUESTION 1: Cry, The Beloved Country [MARKS: 35]

[Kumalo plans to go to Johannesburg]

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1.1.3 Why is the following statement FALSE.

1.1.4 Refer to lines 6-7 (‘When people go … not come back.’)

1.1.5 What does this extract reveal about Kumalo’s character?

1.1.6 One of the themes in Cry, The Beloved Country is generosity.

1.1.7 Refer to the novel as a whole.

[Jarvis and Harrison’s conversation about Arthur’s killers.]

1.2.1 Describe the setting of this extract. (2)

1.2.5 Refer to line 15 (‘– We’re not safe … make us safe.’)

1.2.6 Refer to lines 15-16 (‘– I hope to …what you mean.’)

1.2.7 Refer to line 17 (‘– We’re not safe … make us safe.’)

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[Jekyll and Utterson talk about Jekyll’s will.]

2.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches a name in COLUMN A.

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2.1.3 Why is the following statement FALSE.

2.1.4 Refer to lines 7-8 (‘You know I … the fresh topic.’)

2.1.5 What does this extract reveal about Jekyll’s character?

2.1.7 Refer to the novel as a whole.

[Mr Utterson and Mr Guest talk about a strange letter]

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2.2.3 Explain the irony of the murder of Danvers Carew. (2)

2.2.4 Refer to lines 11-12 (‘The man, of course, was mad.’)

2.2.5 Refer to line 16 (‘Guest’s eyes brightened … it with passion.’)

What do these lines tell us about Guest state of mind?

2.2.7 Refer to lines 13-15 (‘I should like to … a murderer’s autograph.’)

2.2.8 Hyde’s behaviour was not as bad as it is made to.

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MACBETH by William Shakespeare

Answer questions on the drama you have studied.

[Macbeth and Banquo’s encounter with the weird sisters]

MACBETH : So foul and fair a day I have not seen. 1

3.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches a name in COLUMN A.

3.1.2 Refer to line 1 (‘So foul and … I have not seen.)

3.1.4 Why is the following statement FALSE.

Ross escapes when the murderers kill Banquo. (1)

3.1.8 One of the themes in Macbeth is loyalty.

3.1.9 Refer to the drama as a whole.

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[Ross recounts events of the strange night]

OLD MAN : Threescore and ten I can remember well, 1

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3.2.6 Refer to lines 9 (‘the day’s shame’)