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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
(PLAYS)
JULY/AUGUST/2022
TIME 3HOURS.

KAYUNGA SECONDARY SCHOOLS HEAD TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS’ ASSOCIATION

(KASSHPA)
JOINT MOCK EXAMINATIONS, 2022
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
(PLAYS)
TIME 3HOURS.

INSTRUCTIONS

 This paper consists of four sections A,B,C and D

 Candidates must answer three questions in all. One question must be chosen from
section D and the others from section A, B and C
 Not more than question should be chosen from one section

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 SECTION A

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Richard III

King John

1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Richard III

Examine the character and character roles of Elizabeth, Anne, Queen Margaret and
Duches of York in Richard III
2. Describe clarence’s dream and show it’s effectives in Richard III
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: King John
3. Discuss the importance of the setting of the play king John
4. How relevant is king John to contemporary society?

SECTION B

HENRIK IBSEN: A Doll’s House

ANTON CHEKHOV: The cherry Orchard
SOPHOLES: Oedipus the king.
HENRIK IBSEN: A Doll’s House
5. What human weaknesses does Ibsen seek to correct in A Doll’s House?
6. How is the theme of male chauvinism developed in the play A Doll’s House?

ANTON CHEKHOV: THE Cherry orchard

7. To what extent is cherry orchard true to life? With close reference to the play, give
reasons to support your answer.
8. Do you consider cherry orchard a comedy? Support your answer with evidence from
the play.
SOPHOCLES: Oedipus the king
9. What makes the play Oedipus the king a tragedy?
10. Examine Sophocle’s effective use of dramatic Irony in Oedipus the king.

SECTION C

BERNARD SHAW: Saint Joan

WILLIAM CONGREVE: The way of the World
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY: The Country Wife
BERNARD SHAW: St Joan
11. Is Joan af Arc a saint figure? Justify your answer with close reference to the play.

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 12. What does the play St Joan reveal about established authority versus conventional
individuals? Where does your sympathy lie and why?

WILLIAM CONGREVE: The Way of the World.

13. What social issues does Congreve develop in the way of the World?
14. Referring to three scenes, discuss the dramatic technique used in the play The way
of the World.

WILLIAM WYCHERLEY: The Country Wife.

15. Examine the effects of nomenclature and disguise in the play The Country Wife.
16. What is the role of Pinch wife and Margers in the play The country Wife?

SECTION D.

WOLE SOYINKA: Kondi’s Harvest

YUSUF SERUNKUUMA: The snake Farmers
JOHN RUGANDA: The floods.
WOLE SOYINKA: Kongi’s Harvest.
SECRYTARY: I wish you’d kept out of sight why did you have to let Kongi see you?
SEGI: I wanted him to. Any way what is it?
SECRETARY: Don’t you hear the shots?
DAODU: Oh God!
SEGI: He is dead?
SECRETARY (nods) : What was he trying? Why was he here? Doesn’t anyone know it’s
never anyway.
SEGI: Go away.
SECRETARY: But why did he have to come back? Why didn’t he just keep running, why?
DAODU: He is watching. He’s watching
SEGI: Let him watch. He shan’t see me break.
DAODU: You mean to continue?
SEGI: Yes, let it all end to night. Iam tired of being the moure in his cat and mouse game.
SECRETARY: I’m done for, I know it. I’m heading for the border while there is time. Oh
there is going to be such a clampdown after this…….
SEGI: Where have they taken him?
SECRETARY: In a school room just across the square.
SEGI: I will be back directly Daodu. Let everything go on as planned.
DAODU: Such as what? After what has happened, what?
SEGI: So he came back? Why didn’t you tell me?
DAODU: I could do anything to stop him. When he heard that the reprive had been with

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 drawn…………. There was simply nothing I could do. He had to do it no one else.
SEGI: It doesn’t matter.
DAODU: We’ve failed again Segi
SEGI: No, not altogether.
DAODU: What else can we do now?
SEGI: The season is Harvest, so let there be plenty of everything. The best and the
richest. Let us see only what earth has fattened, not what has withered within it.
DAODU: What are you talking about? What do I do now?
SEGI: Sing, damn him, sing! Let non of our people know what has happened is it not
time for Kongi’s speech?
SECRETARY: Yes, he’ll begin any moment. He is very much a wake now.
DAODU: There should have been no speech. Wefailed again
SEGI: Then forget he is there. Let the yam be pounded. I shall return soon with a
season’s gift for the leader.
(The women relieve Oba Danlola of the yam, take away as Kongi rises slowly,
triumphant.)
KONGI: The spirit of Harvest has smitten the enemies of Kongi. The justice of earth has
prevailed over traitors and conspirators. There is divine blessing and on the
second five-year Development plan. The spirit of resurgence is cleansed in the
blood of the nation’s enemies, the enemies of our collective spirit, the spirit
of planting, the spirit of Harvest, The spirit of inevitable History and Victory, all
of which sam. Kongi is very ismite, and Ismite………………………………
(Shoots out a clenched fist)

QUESTIONS
(a) Briefly describe the events which lead to this scene.
(b) What is the character of Segi as brought out in this extract.
(c) What is your reaction to Kongi’s speech in this scene?
(d) (i) Which gift does Segi talk about
(ii) Describe what happens later when the leader receives his gift.

YUSUF SERUNKUUMA: The Snake Farmers.

(Inside the house, seated)
Sekadde: This is my next point. We need to ensure that our friends in London keep
let us think together. I think they too really like giving a hand; you saw them
in the pictures from the young man’s paper? They were so smart!
Opobo: Hmm? So what do you propose?

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 Sekadde: First go see if your wife is coming in any time soon. (He stands and peeps)
Opobo: (as he moves) now you, man with tall eyes, I don’t know what mischief is boiling
in your head. My wife is busy with her cooking. She won’t be coming to the
house any time soon.
Sekadde: These people built you a nice house!
Opobo: Hmm. They did.
Sekadde: These people brought you new clothes!
Opobo: You are right.
Sekadde: These people have even enabled you to find a concubine.
I know that woman you started chewing the other day.
Opobo: Gwe. Speak softly. But you are right.
Sekadde: (after some silence) Here is my proposition: a chameleon will never die on one
skin when the surroundings change, It does the same. We need to be like that
small animal.
Opobo: Hmm. What are you saying my old friend?
Sekadde: Let me give one more piece of wisdom, my brother. Our grandparents said,
when a ripe anthill moves it’s eyes from one side to another, a smart harvester
moves the trap as well. We need to move the baskets.
Opobo: What do you mean?
Sekadde: Snakes brought us wealth
Opobo: Yes
Sekadde: Why don’t we start snake farm?
Opobo: We become snake Farmer’s! Are you mad?

Questions
(a) What has just happened and led to these details in the conversation?
(b) What aspects of Opobo and Sekadde’s characters are reflected in this extract.
(c) What dramatic techniques has Serunkuuma employed in this extract, and with what
effect?
(d) What is the significance of this extract to the rest of the play?.

J. RUGANDA: The Floods.

Bwogo: (to still himself more than anything else) That’s them the avengers of the Bible.
(He forces himself towards the window to check but immediately retreats
back at the sound of more guns)
Bwogo: Bloody bastards (notices Nankya staring at him with calculated amusement)
What the hell! Say something. Don’t stare at me like a bloody owl. (silence)
is anything funny?

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 Nankya: Cracks in the stony wall.
Bwogo: (Quick glance at the walls) What?
Nankya: You are cracking
Bwogo: If isn’t funny.
Nankya: Cracking and trembling all oover.
Bwogo: (steadying himself) Your fault. We should have gone much early.
Nankya: (naughtly chuckle) The boss of the state Research Bureau is trembling like a
leaf. (pulling Kyeyune to the front) Kyeyune, come and see you master’s
pneumonic tremors. (kyeyune ducks back into his former position). This is
hilarious. A little retort from the rifle and the invicible boss of SRB goes all jelly.
the official mask is falling to pieces. And behind it? A desperate desire to cling
on to life …….. like anyone else. (directed at Bwogo) It is easier to prescribe a
cure for any political malady, isn’t it? Not as easy to take the prescription.
(bwogo quickly grabs his pistol and sidles towards the door)
Nakya: The flood is depending upon you, Bwogo. In its determined pursuit, it has
swallowed up all your henchmen, one by one. You are all alone now. The floods,
bwogo, beware of the floods.
(Bwowgo dodges an imaginary wave and retreats. From now on. Bwogo is so
thoroughly engrossed in the web of Nankya’s nightmare that his utmost
concern is how to save himself.)

(a) Briefly give the context of this passage.

(b) Who are “the avengers of the Bible” and why does Bwogo call them so?
(c) Describe the prevailing atmosphere in this passage and show how it is conveyed.
(d) What is the significance of this passage in relation to the whole play?
END

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