EXAMINATION NUMBER________________________ M052/III

ZINGWANGWA CLUSTER
2021 MOCK EXAMINATION

ENGLISH
Subject Number: M052/III
Time Allowed: 2 hours
PAPER III
(70 marks)

Instructions 7. At the end of the examination,

hand in your question paper to
1. This paper contains 10 printed
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2. Write your name at the top of
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this page and every sheet.
number answered write on
3. Answer all questions in all these
sections. columns
4. Use the spaces provided in 1
this paper. 2
5. Follow instructions for each 3
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6. In the table provided on this
page, tick against the question
number you have answered.

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SECTION A (15 MARKS)

1. Read the following poem carefully and answer the following questions that
follow.
An African Vigil by David Rubadiri

Evening draper gold on distant hills

As slowly along the winding foot path
I walk to meet her
My dark lady.

She will be at the water hole

Drawing the days last pot of water
As I turn round the familiar bushes
My heart knows she will be there
As it has been
Since first we kept vigil

I stand and wait

First appears the top of her pot
Then bare brown shoulder
A slender neck
Fringed with round beads
Of fiery sunset glow
A slow turn of dark eyes
And lightning shadow of a smile

This is all she ever say

That is all I wish to hear
She steps aside to let me pass
As I edge my way past
Her eyes meet my eyes
And for a moment that lingers timelessly
Dwell on each other understandingly
Same time tomorrow my eyes say
Hers; I shall not fail

QUESTIONS

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a. Identify the setting of the poem. Justify it.

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b. Give the mood of the poem
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c. Describe two characteristics of the persona.
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d. Describe two themes from the poem.
i. Beauty of nature
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ii. Power of attraction

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e. Identify the following literary devices from the poem.

i. Alliteration
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ii. Repetition
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iii. Personification
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iv. Metaphor

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SECTION B
Short story

2. Read the story carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The witch
It was after several days that the gong –gong was beaten in the late afternoon
and the whole town was called to assemble outside the chief’s house. The
crowd was large and I climbed up very high in the tree and seated in the
swaying braches; I watched the whole scene. The chief emerged. He was a
middle aged man dressed in glowing kense cloth, gold crown on his head
and sandals. He was accompanied by his horn blower and interpreter bearing
his staff of office and the elder of the town. A small boy of my own age
carried the royal stool and another walked in front of the chief
acknowledging on his behalf the greetings from the crowd. The chief and his
party sat down.

Then came the chief priest, tall naked to waist and his assistants. Some of
these were children too. Little girls in white skirts and their bodies smeared
with white clay and covered with strings of white cowrie shells.

Another group then came from the chief’s house and in the centre of it were
three women. Their clothes were torn and they stumbled and wept.
Obviously they had been roughly treated. Two were old and ugly. The other
was about my mother’s age plump and comely. They were the occupants of
Toni’s coffin house. They all denied that they had killed the girl. The crowd
began to jeer them and threaten them. A few stones were thrown but the
chief ordered the people to be still.

Three cocks were brought and given to the priest’s assistants. The first old
lady was brought before the chief and warned to speak the truth or the god
would surely kill her. She threw herself on their knees and swear that she
was not guilty. A sharp knife cut the cock’s throat half way across. Then he
threw it on the ground. A mid a breathless silence the cock struggled to its

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feet, ran a few steps, collapsed and died on its back, its breast uppermost.
The crowd roared. The god had accepted the woman’s answer. She had
spoken the truth. She was innocent and free. She fell sobbing on the ground
until he came and helped her to her feet.

The second old woman was brought forward. She denied that she was a
witch and some ritual followed. Her cock too died on its back and the god
acknowledged her innocence. The crowd grew restless as the third woman
was brought forward. An angry muttering prevented me from hearing what
the woman answered. The priest took the cock in his hand but then paused
and in a loud and stern voice, which silenced the crowd, cried “take care
woman with what you do! If you are guilty, the gods will surely reveal it by
killing you?” The woman stood upright and looked proud and defiant. The
priest took up his knife but before he had time to use it the woman fell to the
ground her limbs twitching and foam coming from their mouth. The crowd
roared. The priest put down the knife and let the cock flutter away. Then
trembling, she confessed that she was a witch. There she was strongly
advised by the priest to confess all her crimes.

QUESTIONS
a. Describe the geographical setting of the story; justify.
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b. Describe the characters portrayed by each of the following;
i. The crowd
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ii. The chief priest
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c. In what point of view is the story being told?

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d. Explain any two themes that are portrayed in the story.

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e. What evidence shows that the chief is greatly respected?
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f. Describe the poetic justice in the story?
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SECTION C (40 MARKS)

ESSAY QUESTIONS
Answer both questions from this section.
Choose either a or b in each case and not both.
3.a With examples from the novel the pearl by John Steinbeck, describe the
following themes.
1. Disillusionment
2. Bravery
OR
b. In the novel the pearl by John Steinbeck describe the characteristics of the
following individuals
1. Kino
2. The intruders

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4. The play of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

a. With examples from the play, describe the characteristics of the following:
1. Lady Macbeth
2. The witches
OR
b. Discuss themes shown from the play Macbeth.
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