English FAL P2 Sept 2020
English FAL P2 Sept 2020
English FAL P2 Sept 2020
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NATIONAL
SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 12
SEPTEMBER 2020
MARKS: 70
TIME: 2 hours
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
texts you have studied this year. Read these questions carefully and answer
as per the instructions.
3. Answer TWO QUESTIONS in all, ONE question each from ANY TWO
sections.
SECTION A: NOVEL
Answer the question set on the novel you have studied.
SECTION B: DRAMA
Answer the question set on the drama you have studied.
SECTION D: POETRY
Answer the questions set on BOTH poems.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION A: NOVEL
SECTION B: DRAMA
3. Macbeth 35 13
4. My Children! My Africa! 35 18
SECTION D: POETRY
6.1 ‘Captive’ 18 26
AND
6.2 ‘Mid-term break’ 17 28
CHECKLIST
NOTE:
Answer questions from ANY TWO sections.
Tick () the sections you have answered.
B: Drama 3–4 1
C: Short Stories 5 1
D: Poetry 6 1
NOTE: Ensure that you have answered questions on TWO sections only.
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
[Book 1, Chapter 8]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Mrs Lithebe A the lawyer who defends Absalom
Explain why should Kumalo and Msimangu not take the bus. (2)
1.1.4 State the difference between John and Dubula in your own words. (2)
What does this line tell you about the character of Kumalo?
AND
1.2 EXTRACT B
[Kumalo receives a warm welcome in Ndotsheni.]
- We did not understand him, she says. It is only our umfundisi that we
understand. We are glad that he is back.
The path is dropping now, from the green hills where mist feeds the
grass and bracken. It runs between the stones, and one must walk
carefully for it is steep. A woman with child must walk carefully, so 5
Kumalo’s wife goes before the girl, and tells her, here is a stone, be
careful that you do not slip. Night is falling, and the hills of East
Griqualand are blue and dark against the sky.
The path is dropping into the red land of Ndotsheni. It is a wasted land,
a land of old men and women and children, but it is home. The maize 10
hardly grows to the height of a man, but it is home.
- It is dry here, umfundisi. We cry for rain.
- I have heard it, my friend.
- Our mealies are nearly finished, umfundisi. It is known to Tixo alone
what we shall eat. 15
The path grows more level, it goes by the little stream that runs by the
church. Kumalo stops to listen to it, but there is nothing to hear.
-The stream does not run, my friend.
[Book 3, Chapter 1]
1.2.1 State TWO reasons why the people of Ndotsheni do not understand
the umfundisi they have when Kumalo is away. (2)
1.2.2 Refer to lines 1–2 (‘We did not … he is back’). Explain why it is so
important to Kumalo to hear such welcoming words from Ndotsheni
people. (1)
(a) What tone would Kumalo’s friend use in this line? (1)
(b) Why would Kumalo’s friend use this tone in this line? (1)
A Big One.
B Wise One.
C Great Spirit.
D Saviour. (1)
The girl that Kumalo comes back with is Gertrude’s daughter. (1)
1.2.7 Explain why Kumalo comes to Ndotsheni with this girl. (2)
Tragedy brings the two fathers – Jarvis and Kumalo – closer to their
sons.
Read the following extracts from the novel 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.
Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 2.1 and
QUESTION 2.2.
2.1 EXTRACT C
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Cavendish Square A Dr Jekyll’s footman
E a police officer
(4 x 1) (4)
(b) Explain the relevance of the word ‘hissing’ in the context of this
extract. (2)
(b) Why would Utterson use this tone in this line? (1)
AND
2.2 EXTRACT D
2.2.3 Refer to lines 18–19 (‘My devil had … came out roaring’).
(b) Explain how this figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2)
2.2.4 With reference to the novel, compare the characters of Dr Jekyll and
Edward Hyde. (2)
2.2.6 Dr Jekyll shows signs of a drug addict from the beginning of the
novel.
TOTAL SECTION A: 35
SECTION B: DRAMA
In this section, there are questions set on the following dramas:
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! by Athol Fugard
MACBETH: Where?
MACBETH Prithee, see there! Behold! Look! Lo! How say you?
Why, what care I?
[Act 3, Scene 4]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Fife A a traditional coronation site of Scottish
kings
E Macbeth’s castle
(4 x 1) (4)
3.1.2 Refer to lines 1–2 (‘His absence, sir … upon his promise’).
(b) What is the real reason why Banquo is not at the banquet as he
promised? (1)
A dreadlocks.
B bloodstained hair.
C curly hair.
D attractive long hair. (1)
(a) What tone would Lady Macbeth use in this line? (1)
(b) Why would Lady Macbeth use this tone in this line? (1)
3.1.6 Refer to line 31 (‘Prithee, see there! ... How you say?’).
If you were the director of this play, what would you tell Macbeth to do
when saying this line?
AND
3.2 EXTRACT F
[Act 4, Scene 1]
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is appropriate in these lines. (2)
3.2.2 Refer to line 11. (‘And damned all those that trust them’).
With reference to the play discuss the irony in this statement. (2)
3.2.5 What does this extract reveal about the character of Macbeth?
3.2.6 One of the themes in the play is guilt and its consequences.
Discuss how this theme is relevant to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. (3)
Read the extracts from the play below and answer the set questions. 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 4.1 AND
QUESTION 4.2.
4.1 EXTRACT G
MR M: Order please!
ISABEL: I never said anything of the kind.
THAMI: Yes, you did. You said that women were more ...
MR M: I call you both to order!
ISABEL: What I said was that women … 5
THAMI: … were more emotional than men …
ISABEL: Correction! That women were more intuitive than men ...
MR M: Miss Dyson and Mr Mbikwana! Will you both please …
ISABEL: You are twisting my words and misquoting me.
THAMI: I am not. I am simply asking you … 10
MR M: Come to order! [Grabs the school bell and rings it violently. It works.
Silence]
I think it is necessary for me to remind all of you exactly what a
debate is supposed to be. [Opens and reads from a little black
dictionary that is at hand on the table.] My dictionary defines it as 15
follows: ‘The orderly and regulated discussion of an issue with
opposing viewpoints receiving equal time and consideration.’
Shouting down the opposition so that they cannot be heard does not
comply with that definition.
Enthusiasm for your cause is most commendable but without 20
personal discipline it is as useless as having a good donkey and a
good cart but no harness.
We are now running out of time. I am therefore closing the open
section of our debate. No more interruptions from the floor, please.
[Act 1, Scene 1]
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Lilian A Choir Mistress
E Isabel’s aunt
(4 x 1) (4)
4.1.2 (a) In your own words, state the topic debated by Thami and Isabel. (1)
4.1.3 With reference to this extract, state TWO points for the use of the
ellipses in lines 3–7. (2)
A instinctive.
B fearless.
C respected.
D intimidated. (1)
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is appropriate in these lines. (2)
4.1.7 Dialogue and personal discipline are a better solution than violence.
AND
4.2 EXTRACT H
[Act 1, Scene 6]
4.2.1 State TWO points why Mr Grobbelaar insists that the learners call him
‘Oom Dawie’. (2)
4.2.2 Explain the difference in learning about the ‘arrival of the Huguenots’
and learning about ‘Kliptown in 1955’ according to Thami. (2)
(b) Why would Thami use this tone in this line? (1)
4.2.5 With reference to the drama, what is ironic about Thami finding
another school where people whisper? (2)
4.2.6 Refer to lines 13–14 (‘No, good people. We have woken up at last’).
If you were the director of this play, what would you tell Thami to do
while saying these lines?
4.2.7 One of the themes in the play is the meaning of a useful life.
TOTAL SECTION B: 35
QUESTION 5
Read the extracts from the TWO short stories and answer the questions set on each.
The number of marks allocated serves 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
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) Mrs Zanip Bamjee A a hawker
E an anti-governmental rebel
(4 x 1) (4)
A duplicating machine.
B pamphlet.
C ruby.
D tome. (1)
(b) Explain why this ‘it’ is important to Mrs Bamjee. Mention TWO
points. (2)
5.1.3 With reference to the story, why is it ironic that the coloured policemen
come to arrest Mrs Bamjee? (2)
Mrs Bamjee was arrested because she joined a hunger strike in prison. (1)
(b) Why would Mr Bamjee use this tone in this line? (1)
(c) What does this line tell us about the character of Mr Bamjee?
5.1.6 Mrs Bamjee is involved in the political affairs of black people that have
nothing to do with her.
EXTRACT J
Yet she seemed so strong that it was a shock when she suddenly bent
double, retched and coughed emptily, and crumbled to the ground like a
quiet sigh.
‘What is it, Mmm? ‘What is the matter?’ I asked.
‘Water, water,’ she said faintly. 5
‘Wait a minute. I shall ask at this hut here if there is any water.’
‘What is the matter?’ they asked.
‘The old lady is ill,’ I said.
‘No,’ she said curtly. ‘I am not ill. I am hungry.’
The crowd laughed in embarrassment that she should display her need so 10
nakedly. They turned away; but old ladies have no more shame left. They
are like children. They give way to weakness and cry openly when they are
hungry.
‘Never mind, ‘I said. ‘Hunger is a terrible thing. My hut is not far away. This
small child will take you. Wait till I come back, then I shall prepare food for 15
you.’
Then it was late afternoon. The old lady had long passed from my mind
when a strange young woman, unknown to me, walked into the yard with a
pail of water on her head. She set it down outside the door and squatted
low. 20
‘Good-day. How are you?’ I said.
She returned the greeting, keeping her face empty and carefully averted. It
is impossible to say: what do you want?
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is appropriate in this line. (2)
5.2.4 In your own words explain the meaning of ‘display her need so
nakedly’. (1)
5.2.5 Why does the old lady’s family repay the narrator with a bucket of
water? (2)
5.2.6 With reference to the story, compare the character of the old woman
and the young woman (who brings her water). (2)
5.2.7 One of the themes in the short story is kindness and compassion.
5.2.8 In this story, the narrator states that poverty-stricken people ‘are
not outgoing’ and open to change.
TOTAL SECTION C: 35
SECTION D: POETRY
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.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(a) lament A sentimental longing for a period in the past
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in the poem. (2)
6.1.3 Refer to line 5 (‘And burn and shiver while I listen to the buzzing’).
A antithesis.
B apostrophe.
C onomatopoeia.
D oxymoron. (1)
6.1.4 Explain what is meant by, ‘And chew the juicy cud of gathered day’ in
line 26. (2)
6.1.5 Give TWO examples which show that the poet has some knowledge
of rural life. (2)
6.1.6 One of the themes evident in this poem is the evils of migrant labour.
6.1.7 The condition of the compound hospital in which the speaker finds
himself justifies his longing for home.
AND
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.
6.2.2 Refer to line 5 (‘He had always taken funerals in his stride’).
Explain what is meant by ‘taken funerals in his stride’. Use your OWN
words. (2)
With reference to the poem, what does this suggest about the baby? (2)
6.2.4 Refer to line 10 (‘And tell me they were sorry for my trouble’).
(b) Why would the old men use this tone in this line? (1)
The speaker sees his brother for the first time in six weeks because
the brother has been in hospital. (1)
Quote ONE word to show that the nurses had tried to stop the boy’s
bleeding before he died. (1)
6.2.7 Refer to line 20 (‘He lay in the four foot box as in his cot’).
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2)
TOTAL SECTION D: 35
GRAND TOTAL: 70