‘CANDIDATE = PLEASE NOTE! PRINT your mame on thee ‘rest cope 02132010 FORM TP 2021293 | tririntcuninanquaicaton, MAY/JUNE 2021 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® LITERATURES IN ENGLISH UNIT 1 ~Paper 01 2 hours 24 MAY 2021 8 READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. This test consists of 45 items, You will have 2 hours to answer them, 2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 4, On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. ‘Sample Liem, Which of the following are NOT used to enhance meaning in a poem? Sample Answer g (a) i (B)__Simile and metaphor ®®©C®e (C) Symbol and assonance (D) Stage direction and props ‘The correct answer to this item is “Stage direction and props”, so (D) has been shaded. 5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice. 6. When youare told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, Ifyou cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2020 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 0213201 0/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScannerItems 1-15 Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 1-15. ‘The Indecent Proposal Scene: A room in the Braithewaite mansion, richly but tastefully furnished. Enter UNA, followed by GEORGE COXEY. UNA is a charming, fashionable girl of owenty GEORGE COXEY is a handsome, well-built youth of about twenty-five. He is dressed in the ‘garb of a street-car conductor and carries the cap in his hand. He stands near the door, waiting, 5 examining the room, while UNA goes to the bell and rings it and then proceeds to the mirror to primp a little, When she is finished she turns and notices him. UNA: [taking a chair, and sitting on it. She offers George achair} You're splendid, Now! [GEORGE sits in the offered chair a little stiffly. Enter JARVIS the butler.] 10 JARVIS: [starts slightly but controls himself] Did you ring for me, Miss? UNA: Yes. Please tell my father that I'd like to see him at once. [JARVIS goes out.] UNA: Do you know the reason that you are here? GEORGE: ‘The hundred dotlars you gave me. 1s, UNA: No— GEORGE: Yes. I wouldn’t have left my job if you hadn’t given me that. UNA: | suppose not. But I mean, do you know why I brought you here? GEORGE: I'm waiting to see. (Enter MR BRAITHEWAITE, He is a well-preserved man near sixty. On » seeing George he, too, gives a little start and then controls himself.] BRAITHEWAITE: — Una, dea UNA: (iumping up in excitement Oh, Daddy! I'm so glad you were in. (To GEORGE who has risen, too.) Keep your seat. Draw upachair, Dad—T've done it. 25 BRAITHEWAI Done what? UNA: (bringing up a chair and placing it to her right.| Do sit down, Dad. He’s so delicious. He won't sit down till we do—and you know how much they have to stand. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 0213201 0/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScanner-3- BRAITHEWAITE: [looks at GEORGE AND UNA and then sits in the chair allotted to him, 30 whereupon UNA sits in hers and then GEORGE sits down.) Now, deat, what is it you have done? UNA: Selected a husband, [GEORGE moves a little uneasily. BRAITHEWAITE looks at GEORGE ‘and then speaks 10 UNA] 38 BRAITHEWAITE: You asked him to marry you? UNA: Certainly not. I’ve too much consideration for you, dear. BRAITHEWAITE: But I thought you said—? UNA: 1 decided to bring him home to get your consent first. [GEORGE starts to ‘say something.] Iknew you'd approve when you saw him. But I wanted 40 to be sure I hadn’t overlooked anything. And if Thad, I didn’t want to have raised his hopes for nothing. {To GEORGE.] Would you mind standing a moment, now, until Dad looks you over? [GEORGE fidgets a little in embarrassment. ] My dear, do you think the gentleman—? 48 UNA: “Gentleman!” Oh, yes, I forgot. I needn’t have been so clumsy. [She rises. GEORGE rises automatically. She continues to GEORGE.} | apologize. BRAITHEWAITE: [also rising and moving his chair aside.| 1 fear you have been too rude. UNA: So do I. I’ve never even introduced you. Father, this is—this is—. BRAITHEWAITE: — How did you come here with my daughter at all, sir? 50 UNA: [quickly.] 1 got off with him at the car barn when he finished his run and asked him. BRAITHEWAITE: — Didn’t you know you would lose your job by leaving that way? GEORGE: Yes, sir BRAITHEWAITE: And you came at any rate? 58. GEORGE: You see, sir, she gave me— UN. (interrupting murviedly.] A besceching look. Just one. BRAITHEWAITE: — You must admit it's—rather unusual, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScannerUNA: 60 BRATTHEWAL UNA: BRAITHEWAT' 6 UNA: GEORGE UNA: GEORGE: 70 UNA: GEORGE: BRAITHEWAITE: UNA: GEORGE: 18 UNA: GEORGI BRAITHEWAITE: UNA: 80 GEORGE: UNA: BRAITHEWAI UNA: 02132010/MS/CAPE 2021 ean't help that though, [1a her farher.| You shouldn't have ealled me, “Una.” it you didn’t want me to be uniqus, [reminiscently.4 That was most unfortunate—most [was your mother's idea. She believed in symbols—and faa small family, ‘Oh! Was that why—? Well, no matter, I've always thought it meant individuality and Pye done my best 0 léve up t0 it [sinking deeply lito the chair.| Nery well. uh dleliglt.| Then it’s settled, dear, We're going, framing up to GEORG to marry, Excuse me, Miss, we ain't. 2” dear—1 mean, we are. [eorrecting.| “Aren' Not. [backing away.) Why not? Because— I'm married already, Irising.] What? How annoying! 1g.a baby, Miss. Married three years and expe [troubled] GEORGE! Yes, Miss. Wouldn't you better call him “Mr Coxey” now? [paying no heed to her father ¥ remark.| George, you must divorce your wile. Me? Why she’s as good as gold and— That’s unfortunate. [Thinking.] ‘Then PH have to run away with you and let her get the divorce. [now really shocked.] Unat Linnocently.| What, Dad? Have you something better to suggest? GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Scanned with CamScanner88 BRAITHEWAITE: [fuming.] I can’t permit it. # didn’t mind the uncommon scandal of your ‘marryingacar conductor, but! absolutely draw the line at common seandal. UNA: [a itte bored.] Father, dear, there’s going to be no scandal. You can keep it out of the newspapers, GEORGE: Excuseme, butthat don’t make any difference. I don't want to getadivoree. 90 UNA: You don’t? Why? GEORGE: Hove my wife, UNA: [desperately.] How can you love your wife? Some simple, economizing, prosaic, woman who— GEORGE: with spirit.] 1 don’t know what you're saying, but you better be careful s not to insult my wife, She’s as good as you are. . UNA: [dumbfounded] What? GEORGE: Sure. I’ve been through something like this before or I'd never been able to stand it so well. UNA: [still angry and doubting.| Your wife—? 100 GEORGE: Had a good deal more pluck than you, though. Up and told her father she ‘would marry me if he liked it or lumped it. He said he'd cut her. And he did, We never seen him since. But Naomi and I don’t care. That’s her name. Naomi and I’ve been happier than any people on earth, UNA: [going over and weeping on her father s shoulder.) Oh! And I so wanted 10s to be unique, Adapted from Thomas Goodman, Engenically Speaking: A One Act Play, 1914 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 0213201 0/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScanner3. 4. Line 1 of the extract establishes that the 5. Braithewaites are MOST likely (A) loners wealthy (©) educated (D) well-known ‘The MAIN function of the stage directions in lines 2-6 is to I. establish the setting and introduce characters 6. I. highlight the self-confidence of both characters reveal the social differences between the characters (A) Sand Honly Tand I ony (©) Mand Itt only (D) 1, and tit Which of the following devices does the playwright use to develop George’s 7. character? ) Irony (B) Hyperbole (©) _ Repetition (D) Symbolism Which of the following BEST describes Una’s character as revealed in her state~ ments in lines 7-13 (“taking a chair... you are here”)? (A) __Respectfuland sensitive totheneeds of others 8 Manipulative ofcircumstances and given to flattery (©) Careless with money and with the feelings of others (D) Unable to gracefully concede to losing an argument 02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 Which of the following BEST captures the dramatic significance of the entry of Jarvis 1e 9)? (A) __Itereates suspense. (B) It allows for the effective use of prop. ; (©) His entry stows the pace of the drama, His entry positions him as a foil character. In the exchange between Una and George (lines 13-14), the audience learns that Una persuaded George to come with her by giving him one hundred dollars. This shows that (A) Una lacks confidence (B) George is in love with Una George is susceptible to bribes (D) —_ Unaknows how to attract any gen- tfeman Which of the following BEST explains why George “fidgets a little in embarrass- ment” (line 43)? (A) Hedoesnotwanttodisappoint Una. (B) He is nervous about getting the father’s approval Una has made him painfully aware of the social disparities between them, (D) Una makes many assumptions about him which he knows to be incorrect. Lines 58-61 (“I can’t help that though ... and in a small family”) suggest that the father is (A) forgetful (B) malleable sympathetic (D) afraid of women GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Scanned with CamScanner9. Mr Braithewaite’s overall attitude to his 12. The dramatic function BEST served by the daughter can be BEST described as one of references to Naomi is that of (A) disdain ) a contrast to Una (B) respect (8) illustrating George’s naiveté indulgence (©) providingknowndetailsof George's (D) indifference life (D) highlighting the thematic concern | of unrequited love 10. Which of the following BEST explains the use of the chairs as significant props in the extract? 13. The overall tone of the extract could BEST be described as (A) They provide stage directions for George and Ms. Braithewaite. (A) tragic (B) They dramatically signal the intro- ) comic duction of a new character on (©) farcical stage. (©) tragicomic ‘They create stage movement that allows Una to control both the situation and the twocharacters. 14. What literary device is being used in Una’s (D) They are dramatically important final lines of the extract, “Oh, And I so in providing the audience with a wanted to be unique” (lines 104-105)? more detailedsense ofthe setting Irony (B) Sarcasm 1. Which of the following MOST accurately (©) Symbolism sums up George’s personality as seen in (D) —Euphemism lines 94-95 ("[with spirit.] T don’t know what you're saying ..")? 15. Which of the following literary devices (A) Easily excitable BEST captures the playwright’s intention (B) Not easily cowed in the title “The Indecent Proposal”? (C)_— Generally oblivious Prone to indignation (A) Pun (B) Irony (©) Sareasm Paradox GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScannerItems 16-30 Instructions: Read the following poem carefully and then answer Items 16-30. This Zine Roof This rectangle of sea; this portion Ofrripple; this conductor of midday’ heat: This that the cat steps delicately on; This that the poor of the world look up to $ On humid nights, as if it were a crumpled Heaven they could be lifted into. God's mansion is made of many-coloured zinc, ce a balmyard I once went to, Peace And Love written across its breadth. 10 This clanging of feet and boots, 1g from Babylon whose guns ‘Are drawn against the small measure this fenced Of their lives; this galvanised shee Corrugated iron. The road to hell 18 Oneach side with zinc — Just see Dawn Scott’s installat A Cultural Object. its circles of zine Like the flight path of johnerows', iy is made from zine, 20 Coated with copper, but still enough zinc That a man who swallowed 425 coins died. This that poisons us; this that holds Its nails like a crucified Christ, but only Fora little while. It rises with the hurricane, 25 Sails in the wind, a flying guillotine, This, a plate for our severed heads; ‘This that sprinkles rust over our sleep like obeah; This that covers us; this that chokes us; 30. This, the only roof we could afford. Kei Miller, “This Zine Roof ". Ind Light Song of Light, Carcanet, 2010, p. 17. " Scavenger birds GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScanner16. 17. 18. What is the literary form of the poem? (A) Ode (®) Ballad (©) Sonnet (DB) Apostrophe “This Zine Roof” is composed of stanzas that are called (A) tercets (B) couplets (©) quateains (D) _ottava rima Which of the following combinations of figurative devices doesthe poct use in stanza 2 (A) Metaphor, simile, allusion (B) Symbolism, imagery, paradox (C) Irony, juxtaposition, assonance (D)__Personification, hyperbole, conso- nance (0213201 0/MJ/CAPE 2021 19. Which of the following BEST captures the effectachieved by the poet’suse of contrast in ine 7,(“God’s mansion ismade ofmany- coloured ine”) and lines 14-15 (“Theroad tohell is fenced / On each side with zine")? (A) An epiphany and possible acceptance that the scriptures are real, but re-interpretable in the face ofeveryday realities that present a challenge (B) A resignation and possible acceptance of the idea that zine has positive as well as negative connotations, and escaping its reach is futile (C) An awareness that God has the power to transform zine into beautiful building material for His mansion, while hell remains unadorned and unembellished (D) The realization that God’s ‘omnipotence allowed Him to build a mansion from zinc, while the construction of hell is, narrowly fenced in on both sides GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Scanned with CamScanner20. 21. 2. 23, -10- ‘The shift in mood at the start of line 10 is 24. created by the I. _juxtapositionof*Peace/AndLove” with “guns / Are drawn” Il, heightened rhythm produced by “Thisclangingof feet and boots” Til. the description of “Men running from Babylon” to escape the drawn guns (A) Land ILonly (®) Land Ill only 25, (© Mand Ul only ©) [Mand It Lines 10-30 evoke a mood that can BEST be described as (A) — melancholy but with hope for compassion (B) dreary but tinged with hope and expectations of a better life (©) __ indifferent but with the hope of overcoming life’s challenges @) dismal but with promises of hope that are resolutely dashed 26. The expression “small measure / Of their lives” (lines 12-13) is an example of paradox and “ ire (B) parallelism (©) symbolism (D) euphemism Which of the following types of imagery NOT used in the first five stanzas of the poem? @ Taetile (B) Auditory (©) Gustatory (D) __ Kinesthetie 02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 The significance of repetition in stanza 7 is that it (A) creates a mood of sadness (B) exposes the greed for American money (C) reiterates the thematic message of the stanza (D) alerts readers to the poet's preoc- cupationwithdeath and disasters The simile “its circles of zinc / Like the flight path of johnerows” (lines 17-18) (A) conjures up images of the random movements of birds of prey (B)__ is symbolic of inner-city environs and the impending camage of death (C)___ emphasizesthe connection between an abundance of zine and john- crows (D) reiterates the theme of man’s cyclical movements captured in the travel patterns of scavenger birds ‘The effect created by the poet's extensive repetition of “zine” throughout the poem is that it (A) __ isolates, for public knowledge, the waysin which zinchas been used and misused (B) maintains a consistent rhythm so that the poem has a euphonious appeal to readers (C)__ exposes the familiar with a view towards reiterating the notions of poverty and social stratification (D) makes use of a demonstrative pronoun central in his artistic repertoire and poetic craft GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Scanned with CamScanneroie 27, Thepoet’sreferencetoDawnScott’s visual 29, Whichof the following BEST accounts for art installation entitled “A Cultural Object” the appropriateness of he title of the poem? (lines 16-17) serves the purpose of (A) The repeated reference to the zine (A) __limitingthesymbolofzinctoartistic roof facilitates symmetrical and expression symbolic cohesion, (B) _ situating the current work within (B) The figurative device most used ‘male-female artistic creativity ithin the poem is also evident (©) falfilting readers’ expectations for within the title of the poem. intertextuality as part of poet’s (C) “The Zine Roof’ frames the poem, artistic range creatingtension, changingmood (D) educating the reader about other and driving poetic choices. types of artistic expressions that (PD) Zincisassociated with the plightof share a similar theme the poor, a motif which the title captures quite effectively. 28. The entire poem could be described as the poet utilizing 30. The ttle of the poem, “The Zine Roof”, is significant MOSTLY because the (A) __ verbal arttocommenton the theme oftthe lack of preservation of the (A) repetition keeps the theme of environment survival, despite impending (B) imagery drawn frommultipleareas danger, alivethroughoutthe poem and discourses to celebrate the (B) image reinforces the ubiquitous plight of the poor presence of a metal that is (©) anaphoric references to “this”, asa associated with hardship, death way of highlighting tothe reader and poverty the injustices underpinning (©) contrastbetween standards ofliving classism and greed — the rich versus the poor — is (D) a central metaphor to provide a strikingly represented throughout thematic frame for the message the poem conveyed aboutthe social reality (D) symbolism conveys intense of the poor suffering for those who were born into this type of environment and have no option GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScanner12+ jems 31-45, Instructions: Read the following short story carefully and then Strange Conversations ‘When one thinks of the West Indies, one usually conjures up images of sandy beaches, blue skies, stately coconut trees waving in the breeze, cricket, beautiful women ofevery shape and colour, and of course we cannot forget the inevitable rum punch. But there is one thing the tourist brochures never tell you, and that is that the Caribbean is the land of strange conversations! Someone is 5 always wondering about something, usually out loud, and looking for the slightest sign of interest from whomsoever may be in the vicinity, stranger or friend, to start an ‘ole talk’. So beware, ‘you could be drawn into some of the strangest discussions, about the strangest things, and in the Strangest places, Not too long ago I was in Barbados, lying down on the beach, minding my own business, trying 10 not to look like a Tourist, because you know, no West Indian ever considers himself'a Tourist. A traveller, Visiting family, an immigrant, on business... but never a Tourist. But that's another story. ‘Anyway, there was I, lying on this beach, shading my face from the sun with a towel, when these two legs watked into my range and stopped a few feet off. Peeping through the folds of my towel, could see that it was one of the women who have now become an integral part of the Caribbean 15 Tourist Industry, what! would call a“Braider”. They spend their time braiding the female tourists? hair into tiny piaits, which seem to be a craze amongst tourists. They can be seen any time of day, in the hot sun, sitting on the beach, with a patient tourist infront of them, having her head done up into these littl, little plaits. I never really took it on before, just someone having her head done up to look like a Pommeseterre! seed. 20 That was until these two legs began a conversation with no one in particular, who turned out to be me. “I don’t know what’s the matter with them. They think it easy to do Tourist head? Eh? Imagine they tellin’ me I have to charge by the head, when I accustom chargin’ by the plait? You think that make sense? Eh? Suppose a lady have forty plait, and a next one have twenty plait, is how I must charge the same thing? And you know how hard itis to plait Tourist hair? The hair 25 soft, soft, soft. If you twist itso, and you just ease up a little bit, the whole thing unravel. Black people hair different, you could twist it and bend it, and leave it and go to town, and when you come back, it ain’t move an inch. ‘And first thing them tourist does do, is go and jump in the water with the braids, and when it ‘come out, they saying how it eh plait good. I don’t care what the government say, I not charging, 30° by the head, is by the plait. You ain't find I right?” The two shoetips were facing me, | was in the conversation, me who just lear to tie my shoelace the other day, have to talk “bout braids. 1 ‘thought of pretending that I had not heard, that { was asleep, but these beach people could tell if you're asleep by just looking at your big toe. I did the honourable thing, I said, “Lady, you well right. Isa shame!” I had begun one of those “Strange Conversations”! Paul Keens-Douglas, “Strange Conversations”. In Poetry & Short Stories by Paul Keens-Douglas, Keensdee Productions, 1997. "A fiuit which is also called golden apple or June plum. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (0213201 0/MI/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScanner31. 32, 33. -13- ‘To whom is the narrator relating his or her account of the experience in Barbados? (A) The readers of the short story (B) Government officials of Barbados (©) Other characters sunbathing on the beach (D) The Braider who was sharing her complaint In the story “Strange Conversations”, the narrator can be classified as (A) the author who is located outside of the story (B) _areadertakingpartinthe conversa tion (©) acharacter who doesnotparticipate in the action (D) a character-protagonist who is inside of the story ‘The narration of the short story is conveyed MAINLY in. “ ®) © (D) _ third-personomniscientperspective Which of the following adjectives BEST describes the narrator? (A) Shy (B) Polite (©) Arrogant () Unfriendly (02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 35. 36. 37. Which of the following adjectives BEST describes the narrator’s characterization of Caribbean people? (A) Bossy (B) Strange (©) Sociable (D) Beautiful Which of the following correctly lists the types of imagery evoked in lines 1-3? (A) Tactile, kinetic, auditory, visual, gustatory (B) Tactile, kinetic, auditory, organic, olfactory (© Organic, kinetic, olfactory, gustatory, visual (D) Olfactory, visual, gustatory, auditory, organic The ellipsis indicated by the dotted line in “A traveller, visiting family, an immigrant, on business ... but never a Tourist” (lines 10-11) suggests that the narrator 1. doesnotcomplete the intendedidea because he/she was interrupted by someone while recounting the story I. has paused for effect before completing the idea that West Indians do not consider themselves tourists IIL. _ isimplying that there are too many other ways that West Indians consider themselves so those do not need to be listed (A) Land Ionly (B) Land II only (C) Mand I onty () 1, Wand ttt GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Scanned with CamScanner38. 39. 40. -14- The simile in the phrase “just someone 41. having her head done up to look like a Pommeseterre seed” (lines 18-19) serves to (A) create humour in the narrative (B) show the narrator’s insensitivity (C)__ ridiculethe Braiders’ plaiting skills (D) contrast the plaits of tourists and locals The literary trope inthe sentence “That was Until these two legs began a conversation with no one in particular, who tured out to be me” (lines 20-21) is 2. (A) _ irony (B) metaphor oO © The sentence “That was until these two legs began a conversation with no one in particular, who turned out to be me” (lines 20-21) gives us an idea of the narrator's, (A) social context (B) cultural context 4B. (C) moral viewpoint (D) physical viewpoint 0213201 0/MJ/CAPE 2021 te The initial letters of the words “Braider” and “Tourist” are capitalized because (A) thenarratorisattemptingtoconvey an ironic and sarcastic tone (B) the words serve as nicknames for the characters in the story (C) they emphasize the importance of these characterizations to the story’s plot (D) they depict the loud volume of the narrator’s voice in the conversation ‘The BEST explanation forthe use of Creole language inthe Braider’s conversation with the narrator is that it (A) demonstrates her annoyance at the ‘government’s new policy (B) authenticates the Caribbean setting of the story for the reader (©) __ implies that she knew the narrator and had spoken to him before (D) _ istheonly indicationby thenarrator that she is a local character ‘The narrator's statement that “I was in the conversation, me who just leam to tie my shoelace the other day, have to talk “bout braids” (lines 30-31) BEST suggests that he or she is (A) of avery young age at the time of the incident (B) being forced by the lady toconverse with her (C) about to discuss a subject he or she is passionate about (D) overstating how little he or she Knows about the subject of discussion GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Scanned with CamScanner-15- 44, Which of the following does the writer 45. The structure of the short story is like a ‘employ to address the theme of tourism in check mark because the plot ends during the Caribbean? the (A) Subtlety (A) climax of the narrative (8) Humour (B) orientation of the narrative (©) Argument (C) resolution of the narrat (D) _ Indifference (D) unravelling action of the narrative END OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. The Council has made every effort to trace copyright holders, However, ifany have been inadvertently overlooked, or any material has been incorrectly acknowledged, CXC will be pleased to correct this at the earliest opportunity. 02132010/MJ/CAPE 2021 Scanned with CamScanner