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INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA

KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN MALAYSIA

PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA PERGURUAN DENGAN KEPUJIAN

Semester 2 Year 3

QUIZ : MARCH 2023

CAMPUS :
INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS PULAU PINANG

INDEX NUMBER :

COURSE CODE : TSLB3123

COURSE : LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
DURATION : 30 MINUTES
TOTAL MARKS : 10

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES

1. This paper consists of one structured question (10 marks)

2. Answer all questions
3. All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided.

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Answer all questions.

1. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

I Know Why the Caged Bird

Sings (1969)
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
5
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
10
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
15 The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
20 on the distant hill  Maya Angelou
for the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
25 and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
30 The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
35 and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom. 
1951-2014

a. Identify the following literary device.

“sighing trees” (line 24) : ________________________________________

(1 mark)

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b. Identify the form of this poem and explain two characterisics of the form that
you have identified.
i. Form:___________________________________________________

(1 mark)

Characteristics:
ii._______________________________________________________

iii._______________________________________________________

(2 marks)

c. What does the “caged bird” refer to?

___________________________________________________________

(1 mark)

d. Provide one piece of evidence to show the type of life that is led by the “free
bird” and explain what the persona means by this evidence.

____________________________________________________________

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(2 marks)

e. State a literary theory that you would use to analyse this poem.

___________________________________________________________

(1 mark)

f. What is your justification for selecting this particular theory?

___________________________________________________________

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(2 marks)

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