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MARKAZ ISLAMIC SEMINARY

FORM THREE MID-TERM TEST

024-LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

April, 2024-Time: 3:00 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A, B andC with a total of eleven (11)questions.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B questions and two (2) from section C.

3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, Section B carries fifty four (54)marks and Section C carries thirty (30) marks.

4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your Full Name on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (16 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of the items (i) – (x) choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet (s) provided,

   1. Juma wanted to say, “I love you” to his wife but instead of saying so he said, “You are my heart and I can’t live without you”. This is an example of ……………………………

A. Literature

B. Normal language

C. Narrative prose

D. Play writing

E. Fiction prose

2. In the play, “The Lion and the Jewel”, it is revealed that, “The corrupt leaders are the source of Underdevelopment of our societies”, this is termed as …………………………

A. Theme

B. Lesson

C. Message

D. Creativity

E. Aesthetic

3. “The more there is, the less you see”, this is an example of ………….

A. Idioms

B. Sayings

C. Riddles

D. Proverbs

E. Euphemism

(iv). Which of the following sentences is a good example of simile?

1. You are my moon in this world

2. My wife became a gold

3. Baroka is a lion

4. You have a face of a giraffe

5. She is like an ocean

(v). Yesterday after getting supper our mother started posing riddles and proverbs and she wanted us to provide answers for those riddles and proverbs. This is an example of

A. Written Literature

B. Sayings

C. Literary devices

D. Oral literature

E. Euphemism

(vi). Which of the following is a way of telling a story that presents different aspects of the human experience through the use of imagined characters?

A. Plays

B. Novels

C. Poems

D. Films

E. Games

(vii). The difference between novel and novella is that novella is shorter than a novel and usually has about ……………………..

A. 40,000 words

B. 7,500 and 17,000 words

C. 17,000 – 40,000 words

D. 7,000 – 14,000 words

E. 7,500 – 14,000 words

(viii). Before going to cemeteries to bury our neighbour the famous musician stood up and started singing a mourning song for the late. Identify the type of this song:-

A. Lyric

B. Sonnet

C. Elegy

D. Ballad

E. Epic

(ix). Identify the, “non-fiction prose”, from the following lines

A. Newspaper, articles, biographies, academic texts.

2. Newspaper, Narrative prose, articles, biographies.

3. Biography, articles, newspaper, novels.

4. Novels, articles, biography, academic texts.

5. Academic texts, newspapers, novels, articles.

(x). What motivated you to study literature? Pick the answer of this question from the following alternatives.

A. It reveals society to a new world.

B. It underdevelops our societies

3. It is stored in CDs

4. It is simple and well understood

5. Literature doesn’t cost money

2. Match the description of literary terms in List A with the correct literary terms in List B by writing the letter of the correct response besides the item number in the answer booklet(s) provided.

LIST A	LIST B
(i) The Language used beautifully to entertain the readers	A. Creativity
(ii) The medium used in literature for sharing issues in a society.	Characterization Aesthetics
(iii) The lesson learnt from a literary work.	D. Message
(iv) Gives the artist ideas and issues to portray	E. Art
(v) The ability to perceive and portray the world in new ways	Playwriting Language
(vi) The application of human creative skills and imagination to produce good and emotional literary works.	H. Society

SECTION B (54 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

3. Describe six literary devices you know.

4. Why is literature a form of art? Give six points

5. Give examples of the following literary words.

(a) Onomatopoeia

(b) Imagery

(c) Symbolism

(d) Sarcasm

(e) Archaism

(f) Allusion

3. With examples explain the following literary concept

(i). Style

(ii) Plot

(iii) Character

(iv). Language

(v) Form

(vi). Setting

3. Differentiate the following literary terms

1. Oral Literature and written literature

2. Theme and Message

3. (c) Novel and Play

4. Novella and Novelist

5. Fiction and non-fiction

8. Define the following Literary words

1. Play writing

2. Relevance

3. Conflict

4. Characterization

5. Literary devices

6. Figures of speech

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer two (02) questions in this section

9. In relation to your society and what is happening in daily life, why is it important to study literature?

10. With the aid of six literary devices you have learnt, compose a short story about any social reality of your choice.

11. Literature and language have a strong relationship. Prove this statement with six points.

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