M English FAL P2 Sept 2024 (QP)
M English FAL P2 Sept 2024 (QP)
M English FAL P2 Sept 2024 (QP)
GRADE 12
MARKS: 70
TIME: 2½ hours
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Read this page carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
1. Do NOT attempt to read the entire question paper. Consult the TABLE OF
CONTENTS on the next page and mark the numbers of the questions set on
the texts you have studied this year. Read these questions carefully and
answer as per the instructions.
3. Answer TWO QUESTIONS in total, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections.
SECTION A: NOVEL
Answer the question on the novel you have studied.
SECTION B: DRAMA
Answer the question on the drama you have studied.
SECTION D: POETRY
Answer the questions set on BOTH poems.
5. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this
question paper.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION A: NOVEL
SECTION B: DRAMA
SECTION D: POETRY
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SECTION A: NOVEL
Answer all the questions on the novel that you have studied.
Read the extracts from the novel 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.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 1.1 AND
QUESTION 1.2.
1.1 EXTRACT A
While they were driving to the Police Laboratories, John Harrison told Jarvis
all that he knew about the crime, how the police were waiting for the house-
boy to recover consciousness, and how they had combed the plantations on
Parkwold Ridge. And he told him too of the paper that Arthur Jarvis had been
writing just before he was killed, on “The Truth About Native Crime”. 5
- I’d like to see it, said Jarvis.
- We’ll get it for you tomorrow, Mr. Jarvis.
- My son and I didn’t see eye to eye on the native question, John. In fact, he
and I got quite heated about it on more than one occasion. But I’d like to see
what he wrote. 10
- My father and I don’t see eye to eye on the native question either, Mr. Jarvis.
You know, Mr. Jarvis, there was no one who thought so clearly, as Arthur did.
And what else is there to think deeply about in South Africa? He used to say.
So they came to the Laboratories, and John Harrison stayed in the car, while
the others went to do the hard thing that had to be done. And they came out 15
silent but for the weeping of the two women, and drove back as silently to the
house, where Mary’s father opened the door to them.
[Book 2, Chapter 2]
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1.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A.
Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question number (1.1.1 (a) – 1.1.1 (d)).
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) James Jarvis A a housekeeper
E a reverend
(4 x1) (4)
1.1.2 Discuss what this extract reveals about Arthur Jarvis’s character. (2)
1.1.3 Refer to line 8 (‘My son and I didn’t see eye to eye on the native
question’).
(b) Explain what Jarvis means with the “native question”. (1)
(b) Explain why the figure of speech is effective in this context. (2)
1.1.5 Refer to lines 2–3. What effect is created in referring to the housekeeper
as the “house-boy”? (1)
1.1.6 What is the reason for James Jarvis visiting the Harrisons? (2)
1.1.7 Explain why James visits the Police Laboratories on this day. (2)
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1.2 EXTRACT B
The small boy was pleased, and when they went out he said, Help me up,
umfundisi. So Kumalo helped him up, and the small boy lifted his cap, and
went galloping up the road. There was a car going up the road, and the small
boy stopped his horse and cried, my grandfather is back. Then he struck at
the horse and set out in a wild attempt to catch up with the car. 5
There was a young man standing outside the church, a young pleasant-faced
man of some twenty-five years, and his bags were on the ground. He took off
his hat and said in English, You are the umfundisi?
- I am.
- And I am the new agricultural demonstrator. I have my papers here, 10
umfundisi.
- Come into the house, said Kumalo, excited.
They went into the house, and the man took out his papers and showed them
to Kumalo. These papers were from parsons and school inspectors and the
like, and said that the bearer, Napoleon Letsitsi, was a young man of sober 15
habits and good conduct, and another paper said that he had passed out of a
school in the Transkei as an agricultural demonstrator.
- I see, said Kumalo. But you must tell me why you are here. Who sent you to
me?
- Why the white man who brought me. 20
- uJarvis was the name?
- I do not know the name, umfundisi, but it is the white man who has just
gone.
- Yes, that is uJarvis. Now tell me all.
- I am come here to teach farming, umfundisi. 25
- To us, in Ndotsheni?
- Yes, umfundisi.
Kumalo’s face lighted up, and he sat there with his eyes shining. You are an
angel sent from God, he said. He stood up and walked about the room, hitting
one hand against the other which the young man watched in amazement. 30
[Book 3, Chapter 4]
1.2.1 Refer to lines 1–2 (‘The small boy was pleased, and when they went out
he said, Help me up, umfundisi.’)
(b) Explain why the small boy is visiting Stephen Kumalo. (2)
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1.2.3 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write
only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (1.2.3).
A demotivated
B hopeful
C tranquil
D anxious (1)
1.2.6 One of the themes in Cry, the Beloved Country is comfort in desolation.
Discuss this theme with reference to Stephen Kumalo and his family. (3)
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2.1 EXTRACT C
It was two o’ clock when she came to herself and called for the police.
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane,
incredibly mangled. The stick with which the deed had been done, although it was
of some rare and very tough and heavy wood, had broken in the middle under the
stress of this insensate cruelty; and one splintered half had rolled in the 5
neighbouring gutter – the other, without doubt, had been carried away by the
murderer. A purse and a gold watch were found upon the victim; but no cards or
papers, except a sealed and stamped envelope, which he had been probably
carrying to the post, and which bore the name and address of Mr Utterson.
This was brought to the lawyer the next morning, before he was out of bed; and 10
he had no sooner seen it, and been told the circumstances, than he shot out a
solemn lip. ‘I shall say nothing till I have seen the body,’ said he; ‘this may be very
serious. Have the kindness to wait while I dress.’ And with the same grave
countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station,
whither the body had been carried. As soon as he came into the cell, he nodded. 15
COLUMN A COLUMN B
a) Mr Guest A. Distant cousin of Mr Utterson
b) Gabriel John Utterson B. Dr Jekyll’s loyal servant
c) Edward Hyde C. Compares the handwriting of
d) Richard Enfield Jekyll and Hyde
D. Gives Dr Jekyll legal advice
E. Commits violent and cruel acts
(4 x 1) (4)
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2.1.2 Refer to line 1 (‘It was two o’ clock … for the police’).
(b) How does this line reflect the emotional state of the eye-witness?
(b) From your knowledge of the novel, mention another cruel act
committed by the suspect. (1)
2.1.4 Refer to lines 3–4 (‘The stick with … and heavy wood’).
(b) Why would Mr Utterson use this tone in this line? (1)
Robbery was the primary motive behind the attack on the victim. (1)
2.1.7 Dr Jekyll is ultimately responsible for the cruel acts committed by Hyde in
the novel.
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2.2 EXTRACT D
But the hand which I now saw, clearly enough, in the yellow light of a mid-London
morning, lying half shut on the bed clothes, was lean, corded, knuckly, of a dusky
pallor and thickly shaded with a swart growth of hair. It was the hand of Edward
Hyde.
I must have stared upon it for nearly half a minute, sunk as I was in the mere 5
stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as
the crash of cymbals; and bounding from my bed, I rushed to the mirror. At the
sight that met my eyes, my blood was changed into something exquisitely thin and
icy. Yes, I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde. How was
this to be explained? I asked myself; and then, with another bound of terror – how 10
was it to be remedied? It was well on in the morning; the servants were up; all my
drugs were in the cabinet – a long journey, down two pair of stairs, through the
back passage, across the open court and through the anatomical theatre, from
where I was then standing horror-struck. It might indeed be possible to cover my
face; but of what use was that, when I was unable to conceal the alteration in my 15
stature?
[Henry Jekyll’s Statement of the Case]
(b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2)
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2.2.7 One of the themes in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is deception.
TOTAL SECTION A: 35
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SECTION B: DRAMA
QUESTION 3: MACBETH
Read the extracts from the play 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.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 3.1 AND
QUESTION 3.2.
3.1 EXTRACT E:
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[Act 3 Scene 4]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Banquo A Macduff’s castle
E A Thane of Scotland
(4 x 1) (4)
3.1.3 Refer to lines 11-14 (‘Here had we… pity for mischance.’)
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Explain why Macbeth thinks the table is full, while Lennox points out that
there is a place reserved for Macbeth. (2)
3.1.5 Refer to lines 25–26 (‘Never shake thy gory locks at me’)
3.1.6 How does Lady Macbeth’s behaviour contrast with Macbeth’s during the
banquet? (2)
3.1.7 How is the theme of guilt and conscience explored in this extract? (3)
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3.2 EXTRACT F:
[Macbeth receives news about the approaching soldiers]
And wish the estate o' the world were now undone – 25
Ring the alarum-bell. – Blow, wind; come, wrack.
At least we'll die with harness on our back.
[Act 5 Scene 5]
(a) Which apparition from the witches does this link to? (2)
3.2.2 Refer to lines 15–19 (‘If thy speech…lies like the truth’).
If you were the director of the play, how would you advise Macbeth to
perform this line? Refer to both tone and body language.
3.2.3 Which country joined forces with the Scottish Army to overthrow Macbeth? (1)
(a) What is Macbeth’s mental state like at this stage of the play? (2)
(b) Why does Macbeth feel this way at this stage of the play? (2)
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NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 4.1 AND
QUESTION 4.2.
4.1 EXTRACT G
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4.1.2 Refer to lines 5–6 (‘Hey, I like that one! A Poet Laureate to boot.’)
(a) Explain why the following statement is FALSE. State TWO points.
(b) Write down ONE word which best describes Thami’s feelings in these
lines. (1)
4.1.4 Refer to line 15 (‘I am not going to show you any mercy.’)
4.1.5 Refer to lines 20-22: Why does Thami identify with Lord Byron? (3)
4.1.6 In your opinion, did Mr M succeed in his role as an educator or teacher? (3)
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4.2 EXTRACT H:
E Christopher Banda
(4 x 1) (4)
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(b) As the director of the play, which actions would you tell Thami to do
whilst saying these lines? (State two actions.) (2)
4.2.7 One of the themes of the play is: Language and Literature.
TOTAL SECTION B: 35
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Read the following extracts from TWO short stories and answer the questions set on
each. The marks allocated to each question serve as a guide to the expected length
of your answer.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 5.1 AND
QUESTION 5.2.
EXTRACT I
They smiled at his second phase, a small dark shadow who toddled
silently and gravely beside a very tall grandmother; wherever the
grandmother went, there went Friedman. Most women found this phase
of the restless, troublesome toddler tedious; they dumped the toddler
onto one of their younger girls and were off to weddings and visits on 5
their own.
'Why can't you leave your handbag at home sometimes, granny?'
they said.
'Oh, he's no trouble,' Sejosenye would reply.
They began to laugh at his third phase. Almost overnight he turned 10
into a tall spindly-legged, graceful gazelle with large, grave eyes. There
was an odd, musical lilt to his speech and when he teased, or was up
to mischief, he moved his head on his long thin neck from side to side
like a cobra. It was he who became the king of kings of all the boys in
his area; he could turn his hand to anything and made the best wire cars 15
with their wheels of shoe-polish tins. All his movements were neat,
compact, decisive, and for his age he was a boy who knew his own mind.
They laughed at his knowingness and certainty on all things, for he was
like the grandmother who had had a flaming youth all her own too.
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5.1.3 Refer to lines 3–4 (‘Most women found … troublesome toddler tedious’)
Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only
the letter (A–D) next to the question number (5.1.3).
5.1.5 In what way was Friedman very much like his grandmother, according to
this extract? State TWO points. (2)
5.1.6 Sejosenye’s ‘flaming youth’ is mentioned in line 19. From your knowledge
of the story, how had Sejosenye scandalised the whole village in her
youth? (2)
5.1.7 What, do you think, is the meaning of ´he was a boy who knew his own
mind´ (line 17)? (1)
5.1.8 What is ironic about the life of Friedman: the boy who showed so much
promise? (2)
5.1.9 The “modern age”, which came to the timeless, sleepy village, is to be
blamed for the tragic outcome of the story.
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EXTRACT J
When I went home to tell my mother and Nana, they had not
believed it at first.
So Nana had taken it upon herself to go and “ask into it properly.”
She came home to tell my mother that it was really true. I was to be one
of my school's runners. 5
"Is that so?" exclaimed my mother. I know her. Her mouth moved as
though she was going to tell Nana, that, after all, there was a secret about
me she couldn't be expected to share with anyone. But then Nana looked
so pleased that out of surprise, my mother shut her mouth up. In any
case, since the first time they heard the news, I have often caught Nana 10
staring at my legs with a strange look on her face, but still pretending
like she was not looking. All this week, she has been washing my school
uniform herself. That is a big surprise. And she didn't stop at that, she
even went to Mr. Mensah's house and borrowed his charcoal pressing
iron each time, came back home with it, and ironed and ironed and 15
ironed the uniform. Until, if I had been the uniform, I would have said
aloud that I had had enough.
Wearing my school uniform this week has been very nice.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Kaya A the narrator
5.2.2 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2)
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(a) What tone would the mother use when saying these words? (1)
From your knowledge of the story, explain what Nana believed about the
sort of legs a woman should have. (2)
5.2.6 What does the washing and ironing of the school uniform reflect about
Nana’s state of mind?
5.2.7 Nana is the character whose perspective changes most in the story.
TOTAL SECTION C: 35
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SECTION D: POETRY
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH poems, i.e. QUESTION 6.1 AND
QUESTION 6.2.
QUESTION 6
6.1 Read the poem carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number
of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of
your answer.
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6.1.1 Complete the following sentences by using the words in the list
below. Write only the word next to the question numbers
(6.1.1(a) to 6.1.1(d)).
In this poem a/an (a) … man is being (b)… by a/an (c) … man for
his (d)… beliefs. (4)
(a) What tone would the speaker use in these lines? (1)
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6.1.3 (a) Identify the figure of speech used in line 22 (‘But your laughter was
ice-block’). (1)
(b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this line. (2)
In lines 5 – 6 (‘ante-natal walk’) refers to the steady walk of the speaker. (1)
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6.2 Read the poem carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number
of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of
your answer.
6.2.1 What does the poet aim to achieve with the first line of the poem? (1)
6.2.2 Quote ONE word from the first stanza that emphasises the availability of
words. (1)
(a) Explain the meaning of “like nobody’s business” in the context of the
poem. (2)
(b) Using your own words, state during which circumstances words
would “fly out like nobody’s business”. (1)
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(b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2)
6.2.9 Do you think that the poet is correct in believing that she will be able
to find the right words one day? Discuss your view. (2)
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TOTAL SECTION D: 35
GRAND TOTAL: [70]
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