THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION 024 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (For Both School and Private Candidates) Time: 2:30 Hours Friday 22ndOctober 2010 a.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions 1. This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D. 2. Answer two (2) questions from section A and one (1)questionromf each of sections B, C and D. 3. Each question carries 20 marks. 4. Cellular phones are not llowead in the examination room. 5. Write your ExaminationNumber on very page of your answer booklet(s). This paper consists of 5 printed pages

SECTION A: THEORIES OF LITERATURE Answer two (2) questionsfrom this section. 1. How can literature help us in fighting against HIV/AIDS in Tanzania? 2. An artist can best use his pen and not rifle to teach and warn the society. Validate this statement using your life experience. 3. Write brief notes on the following literary concepts. a) Written Literature b) Setting c) Proverbs d) Narrator SECTION B PLAYS Answer one (1) question from this section. TEXTS: The Lion and the Jewel - Wole Soyinka The Trials of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka The Swamp Dwellers - Wole Soyinka Kinjeketile - Ibrahim Hussein Dilemma of a Ghost - Ama Ata Aidoo Dedan Kimathi - Kenneth Watene The Barbed Wire - M. Rugyendo The Government Inspector - N. Gogol 4. Choose one play you have read and appreciated and explain why you liked or disliked it. 5. With reference to any two plays you have read under this section, analyse the role of literature in the society. 6. Art is the creation or expression of what is beautiful. Literature is said to be an art because it involves artistic use of language to express human experience and feelings. In the light of this statement, take two plays you have read and explain why you consider them products of art. Page 2 of 4

SECTION C NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES Answer one (1) question from this section. TEXTS Tales of Amadou Koumba - David Diop Quartet - Richard Rive A Walk in the Night and Other Stories - Alex La Guma Houseboy - Ferdinand Oyono The Old man and The Medal - Ferdinand Oyono The Concubine - Elechi Amadi Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali - Djibril Tamsir Niane Secret Lives - Ngugi Wa Thiong’o The Three Solid Stones - Martha Mvungi Girls at War - Chinua Achebe Uncle Tom’s Children - Richard Wright 7. “Dialogue can be a very effective device of short stories and novels writing.” With reference to two titles among the given reading list above discuss the truth of the statement. 8. “Most African writers write on a common theme.” Choose two titles from the readings listed above to justify this statement. 9. “Sometimes writers use the experience of characters in order to reveal their central ideas.” With reference to two of the readings listed above, show how characters convey the writers central ideas effectively. SECTION D POETRY Answer one (1)question fromhist section. TEXT: Selected poems — Tanzania Institute of Education 10. “Modern poetry is more flexible in form or structure than traditional poetry. This has encouraged not only poets but also the audience in performance.” Do you agree with these statements? Justify your arguments by using two (2) poems you have studied under this section. Page 3 of 4

11. Read the following poem carefully and then analyse its; a) Content b) Theme(s) c) Form d) Imagery e) Relevance Leave your spade Your hammer and your pen, companion In the forest hear rise up With your spear, your knife and your gun. Forward in our fight With weapons and with courage hurry. All your people have risen up They have but one road freedom There is no prison, no torture and no death Which makes us fear Our people is your strength And what we seek is their progress and their joy By the light of our party Stand firm in our struggle On the plain, in the paddy field, In the city and the forests heart, stand firm We are one One force, one future in our land Give your life brother For the victory of our people’s freedom Tomorrow is liberty Yours sons will enjoy the fruits of our fight. Let us companions Let us match to freedom to progress. 12. How effective are the figures of speech used by artists in four (4) poems of your choice? Page 4 of 4