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1 Paper 2 Page 1 HO rskool PRETORIA-NOORD ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 11 Task 7: Literature: Contextual questions Paper 2 Name: _____ Grade 11 key:_____ Date: 7 June 2016 Time: 120 minutes Examiner: Mrs G. Prins Marks: 70 Moderator: Mr J. Gouws Instructions: 1. Please write your name, date and key at the top of your question paper and answer sheet. 2. Draw a right-hand margin of 2 cm on all the pages. 3. Read the questions carefully. Answer ALL the questions and make sure that you follow all the instructions.

2 4. It is in your own interest to write legibly and to present your work neatly. 5. Extracts are provided; please read them where indicated. 6. If you give single word answers you will not receive any marks. 7. Good luck! Paper 2 Page 2 Section A: Poetry Question 1: Shantytown Anonymous 1 High on the veld upon that plain 2 And far from streets and lights and cars 3 And bare of trees, and bare of grass, 4 Jabavu sleeps beneath the stars. 5 Jabavu sleeps. 6 The children cough.

3 7 Cold creeps up, the hard night cold, 8 The earth is tight within its grasp. 9 The high veld cold without soft rain, 10 Dry as the sand, rough as a rasp, 11 The frost-rimmed night invades the shacks 12 Through dusty ground 13 Through freezing ground the night cold creeps 14 In cotton blankets, rags and sacks 15 Beneath the stars Jabavu sleeps. 16 One day Jabavu will awake 17 To greet a new and shining day: 18 The sounds of coughing will become 19 The children s laughter as they play 20 In parks with flowers where dust now swirls 21 In strong-walled homes with warmth and light.

4 22 But for tonight Jabavu sleeps, 23 Jabavu sleeps. The stars are bright. Paper 2 Page 3 Question 1: Quote from the poem to support the following: a) The shantytown is not situated near a town or city. (1) b) The shantytown does not have gardens or parks. (1) c) The people living there are poor. (1) d) They experience great hardship in winter. (1) e) Someday things will change for the better. (1) f) The shantytown is called Jabavu. (1) Draw up the following table and complete it with information from the poem.

5 You should consider how contrast is used to highlight the world of the poet and their hope for the future: Contrasts Stanza 2 Stanza 3 a. What are the children doing? (2) b. What kind of emotions would they be experiencing? (2) c. What sounds are present in the stanza? (2) d. Describe the physical environment. (2) Paragraph-type question: You are asked to identify literary devices in the poem, but you can only remember part of line 10; .., rough as a rasp. Identify and explain two literary devices present in this line.

6 (4) [18] Paper 2 Page 4 Question 2: A Sleeping Black Boy Mongane Wally Serote 1 he lay flat 2 face deep into the green grass 3 the huge jacket covered his head, the heat onto his ears 4 he is dirty 5 the dirt screams from his flesh like a rotten smell 6 he is pinned down by the throbbing footsteps passing by 7 his lullaby is the hiss of the water from the pond and the 8 roaring steel river; 9 and the eyes of adults passing by 10 dart around like bubbles of boiling water 11 this small boy will die one day 12 his lips stuck together, glued by the glue he smokes.

7 [20] Paper 2 Page 5 What is the significance of the two short three-word lines? (1) Prove from the poem that: a) the boy does not have a home. (1) b) the boy does not get help from the people passing by. (1) c) nobody stops to help him. (1) d) he is alone in the world. (1) e) he has lost hope of getting any help. (1) What does the huge jacket (line 3) represent? (2) We usually talk about a throbbing headache. a) In what way do the footsteps passing by (line 6) pin down the boy?

8 (2) b) What does this imply about the footsteps passing by (line 6)? (1) What is the poet s intention in writing the poem? (2) Discuss the effectiveness of the poet s conclusion (lines 11-12). (2) This poem was written by Dr Wally Serote. If PNHS s resident Poem whisperer, Gareth, should state that he believes that Dr Wally Serote is in fact also the person that wrote Shantytown, which details about the poet s life could he use as proof? (2) [17] Total for section A: 35 Section B: Novel: FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Question 3: (Paragraph type answers) Discuss the basic plot of the novel?

9 (4) Discuss the context of the novel. (3) Give a brief character description of Gabriel Oak. (4) Give a brief character description of Bathsheba Everdene. (4) [15] Paper 2 Page 6 Question 4 A grade 11 boy did not study for the Literature Exam, as a joke his friends give him the following summary. Correct the notes for him: Far from the Madding Crowd is a story of army life. (1) Gabriel Oak works as a vicar. (1) When Gabriel first sees Bathsheba, she is looking into a river.

10 (1) One night, Gabriel saves a sheep hut which is on fire at a farm. (1) People are surprised about Bathsheba because she is a woman who drives a car. (1) Four men want to marry Bathsheba. (1) Frank Troy inherited a large farm from an uncle. (1) One night Bathsheba saves Gabriel s life when he falls into the sea. (1) At the beginning, Gabriel asks Bathsheba to marry him, but she refuses because she is already married. (1) Gabriel loses all his money when his sheep are stolen by thieves.