English Literature Revision

PROSE ( 20 MARKS )

I Answer the following questions in about 250 words ( 10 x 2 = 20 M )

1. Describe any 2 characters from the list below who feature in the text ‘To Kill a
Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee . Support your answer with evidence from the text.
a) Miss Maudie
b) Atticus
c) Boo Radley
2. Describe the members of the extended Finch family. Which family members share
Atticus’s values? Describe Jem and Scout’s relationship with their relatives.

POETRY ( 20 MARKS )

I Answer the following questions in 100 – 120 words : (5 x 2 = 10 M )

1. Explore any one theme that resonates in the poem ‘Away Melancholy’ Support your
answer with evidence from the poem.
2. What does the narrator mean when he says,” Nothing beside remains” ? What
lesson is inherent in these lines ?

II Answer one of the following in about 250 words ( 10 x 1 = 10 )

1. How does the poet explore the fly as a metaphor for humankind in "On Finding a
Small Fly Crushed in a Book"?