SULIT LEMBAGA PEPERIKSAAN MALAYSIA. KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA SIJIL PELAJARAN MALAYSIA 2008 2205 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Nov./Dis. 22 jam Dua jam tiga puluh minit JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU 1. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi empat bahagian: Bahagian A, Bahagian B, Bahagian C dan Bahagian D. 2. Jawab empat soalan sahaja. 3. Anda dikehendaki menjawab satu soalan daripada tiap-tiap Bahagian A, Bahagian B, Bahagian C dan Bahagian D. 4, Jawapan anda hendaklah ditulis dalam buku jawapan yang disediakan. Sekiranya buku jawapan tidak mencukupi, sila dapatkan helaian tambahan daripada pengawas peperiksaan. 5. Anda dinasihati supaya mengambil masa 35 minit untuk menjawab tiap-tiap soalan. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 14 halaman bercetak dan 2 halaman tidak bercetak [Lihat sebelah 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULIT DINUOOIINSULIT 2 2205 SECTION A : SHORT STORIES Answer one question from this section. [25 marks] ROALD DAHL : The Landlady 1 @ On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boarding-house. There would be beer and darts in the evenings, and lots of people to talk to, and it would probably be a good bit cheaper, too. He had stayed a couple of nights in a pub once before and he had liked it. He had never stayed in any boarding-houses, and, to be perfectly honest, he was a tiny bit frightened of them. Based on the extract above, why would a pub be ‘more congenial than a boarding-house"? [5 marks] (6) Briefly explain how the writer holds the reader’s interest throughout the story. [8 marks] (©) Literature warns us that obsession can be dangerous. Discuss this statement in relation to the story. {12 marks] 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 3 2205, ROBERT RAYMER : Neighbours 2 @ “.., Ifyou ask me, Johnny had it too easy. Too easy ~ has a working wife and only two children. One living on his own like that. Look at me, six of them, and a mother-in-law at home who’s driving me crazy! You don’t see me committing suicide, do you?” Why did Ramli say that Johnny had it too easy? [5 marks] (6) How does Mrs Koh contribute to the idea of being neighbours? [8 marks] (©) One of the joys of reading literature is for enjoyment. How has the writer contributed to your enjoyment? Support your answer with close reference to the text. [12 marks] [Lihat sebelah 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 4 2205 KURT VONNEGUT, JR. : Harrison Bergeron 3 @ “Harrison Bergeron, age fourteen,” she said in a grackle squawk, “has just escaped from jail, where he was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.” From the extract above, why was he put in jail? {5 marks] (6) What do the deaths of Harrison Bergeron and the ballerina signify? [8 marks] (© Mass media has a powerful influence on society. Discuss with close reference to the text. [12 marks] 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULIT2205 a SULIT ANYA SITARAM : Naukar 4 @ Afterwards, whenever friends came to dinner and remarked on the quaint bearer in the crispy starched dhoti and kurta and shiny black shoes, he could not resist drawing in a parallel between the puppy that gnawed at the furniture and the bearer who served the drinks: the only drawback was that it was slightly more dangerous to keep a man as a pet than a dog. Based on the extract above, how is the bearer viewed? [5 marks} (6) Why does Julia feel uneasy about living in Calcutta? [8 marks} (©) Literature takes us on a journey where we learn lessons of life. Choose any one lesson you have learnt and discuss with close reference to the text. [12 marks] [Lihat sebelah 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 6 2205 SECTION B : NOVEL Answer one question from this section. [25 marks] ANITA DESAI : Fasting, Feasting 5 @ While Mama searched energetically for a husband for Uma, families were already ‘making enquiries’ about Aruna. Yet nothing could be done about them; it was imperative that Uma marry first. That was the only decent, the only respectable line of behaviour. That also explained why MamaPapa responded so eagerly to an advertisement in a Sunday newspaper placed by a ‘decent family’ in search of a bride for their only son. Chapter 7 In the extract above, why were MamaPapa keen for Uma to be married? [5 marks] (®) Briefly describe how the Indians and the Americans in the novel view food. [8 marks} (©) Women sometimes play minor Yoles in society. Discuss your answer with close reference to any two characters in the novel. [12 marks] 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 7 2205 LOUIS SACHAR : Holes 6 @) @) © Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You won't die. Usually. Sometimes a camper will try to be bitten by a scorpion, or even a small rattlesnake. Then he will get to spend a day or two recovering in his tent, instead of having to dig a hole out on the lake. Chapter 1 In the above extract, why would a camper try to be bitten by the creatures around Camp Green Lake? [5 marks] Describe an incident in the novel that deals with racial issue. ‘What is the outcome of that issue? [8 marks] Literature teaches us that ihe\actions. of our forefathers sometimes have an effect on our present life Do you agree? Support your answer with close reference to-the text [12 marks] [Lihat sebelah 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 8 2205 RAY BRADBURY : Fahrenheit 451 7 a) od Sometimes I’m ancient. I’m afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be that way? My uncle says no. Six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Ten of them died in car wrecks. I'm afraid of them and they don’t like me because I’m afraid. My uncle says his grandfather remembered when children didn’t kill each other. But that was a long time ago when they had things different. They believed in responsibility, my uncle says. Part 1 From the above extract, how are children these days different from before? [5 marks] () In what way is the work of the firemen in the novel ironical? [8 marks} (©) The government in the novel wants to stop people from seeking knowledge through books. Would you like to live in such a society? Support your answer with close reference to the text. [12 marks] 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 9 2205 SECTION C: DRAMA Answer one question from this section. [25 marks] WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : Julius Caesar 8 (a) Caesar: Calpumia. Calpumia : Here, my lord. Caesar: Stand you directly in Antonius’ way When he doth run his course. Antonius. Anthony: Caesar, my lord? Caesar : Forget not, in your speed, Antonius, To touch Calpurnia, for our elders say The barren, touched in this holy race, Shake off their sterile curse. Anthony: I shall rememb When Caesar says, “Do thi it is performed. Act I, Scene 2 In the above extract, why does. Caesar want Calpurnia to stand in Antonius’ way? [5 marks] (®) Brutus made a number of wrong decisions in this play. Describe briefly any one of his decisions. Explain the consequences of that decision [8 marks] (©) From your reading of the play, what have you learnt about ambition? Support your answer with close reference to the play. [12 marks] [Lihat sebelah 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 10 2205 J.B. PRIESTLY : An Inspector Calls 9 (a) () © Birling —: No, we won't. It’s one of the happiest nights of my life And one day, I hope, Eric, when you've a daughter of your own, you'll understand why. Gerald, I’m going to tell you frankly, without any pretences, that your engagement to Sheila means a tremendous lot to me. She'll make you happy, and I’m sure you'll make her happy. You're just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted. Your father and I have been friendly rivals in business for some time now — though Crofts Limited are both older and bigger than Birling and Company ~ and now you’ve brought us together, and pethaps we may look forward to the time when Crofis and Birling are no longer competing but are working together — for lower costs and higher prices. Act I Based on Arthur Birling’s speech above, how will the marriage between Sheila and Gerald benefit the two families? {5 marks] Explain briefly, with reference to any one character in the play, how power is sometimes abused. [8 marks] Eva Smith is responsible for her own actions. Discuss this statement with close reference to the text. [12 marks] 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT il 2205 WOLE SOYINKA : The Lion and the Jewel 10 (a) @ © Lakunle : No, Sidi! [very tenderly] When we are wed, you shall not walk or sit Tethered, as it were, to my dirtied heels. ‘Together we shall sit at table Not on the floor ~ and eat, Not with fingers, but with knives And forks, and breakable plates Like civilized beings. Morning In the above extract, what does Lakunle promise Sidi if she marries him? [5 marks] State any two cultural practices in the text. Explain briefly how important they are to the people of Ilujinle [8 marks] Baroka represents traditional Africa while Lakunle has adopted the white man’s values. In your opinion, who do you think would be a suitable husband for Sidi? Discuss with close reference to the text. [12 marks] [Lihat sebelah 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT 12 2205 SECTION D : POETRY Answer one question from this section. [25 marks] Theme : CONFLICTS i (a) that is why i fear the night always bringing dream-thoughts making one hungry in the chest the next moming, a quarrel between day and night Omar Mohd Noor From the extract above, why does the persona fear the night? [5 marks] (6) What images of war are evoked in the mind of the reader in the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen? [8 marks] (©) In times of war, there is a lack of respect for human life. Discuss this statement with close reference to the poem The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy. [12 marks] 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULITSULIT Theme : 2 (@ () © 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia 13 2205 PERCEPTIONS OF SELF I long for scenes, where man has never trod, A place where woman never smiled or wept; There to abide with my Creator, God, And sleep as | in childhood sweetly slept: Untroubling and untroubled where I lie, ‘The grass below ~ above the vaulted sky. ‘I Am’ John Clare From the extract above, state what the persona longs for? [5 marks] Describe any two devices used by the poet to introduce the persona to the reader in the poem This is a Photograph of Me by Margaret Atwood. [8 marks] A traveller never stops until he’ firids'd place where he feels he can belong. Discuss this statement with close reference to the poem the traveller by Muhammad Haji Salleh. [12 marks} [Lihat sebelah SULITSULIT 14 Theme : RELATIONSHIPS B @ .. And lying there in this cubicle, on your trestle, over the old newspapers and spittoon, your face bears the waste of terror at the crumbling of your body’s walls. For my old amah Wong Phui Nam 2205 In the lines above, what tells us that the amah is dying? {5 marks] (b) In the poem Sonnet 43 — How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, how does the persona show the depth of her love for her beloved? [8 marks] © Love is so short, forgetting is $0 long. Tonight I Can Write By Pablo Neruda Do you think the persona has accepted the fact that he has lost his lover? Discuss your answer with close reference to the poem Tonight I Can Write by Pablo Neruda. [12 marks} KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT 2205 © 2008 Hak Cipta Kerajaan Malaysia SULIT