Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock Literature in English 2
Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock Literature in English 2
SECTION A- DRAMA
LORRAINE HANSBERRY: A Raisin in the Sun
1. Justify the title of the play A Raisin in the Sun.
2. Comment on the effective use of stage directions in A Raisin in the Sun.
BOLE BUTAKE: And Palm Wine will Flow
3. Bole Butake uses symbolism to good effect in And Palm Wine will Flow. Discuss
4. Discuss Bole Butake’s And Palm Wine will Flow as a popular theatre
SECTION B -PROSE
GEORGE ORWELL: NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR
5. Discuss George Orwell’s 1984 as a satire.
6. How relevant are the events in George Orwell’s 1984 to our contemporary society?
CHINUA ACHEBE: Anthills of the Savannah
7. What image is presented of women in Anthills of the Savannah?
8. Examine the significance of any THREE dramatic episodes in the development of the plot of Anthills of
the Savannah.
ALOBWED’ EPIE: The Lady with a Beard
9. Using four examples, discuss the effective use of proverbs in The Lady with a Beard.
10. Alobwed’ Epie’s prowess in The Lady with a Beard is his use of suspense. Do you agree?
SECTION C -POETRY
GEOFFERY CHAUCER: The General Prologue and the Merchant’s Prologue and Tale.
11. ‘’A Christian text set in a pagan world’’. Is this a fair assessment of Chaucer’s The General Prologue and
Merchant’s Prologue and Tale?
12.Discuss Chaucer’s universality and timelessness in The General Prologue and the Merchant’s Prologue
and Tale.
JOHN KEAT: Selected Poems
13. John Keats has been described as an entertainer. Show how well he plays this role using any THREE
poems in Selected Poems of John Keats
14. “The dead are not dead”. Justify this statement with reference to any THREE poems from selected Poems
of John Keats.
WOLE SOYINKA: Poems of Black Africa
15.“Man’s inhumanity to fellow man.’’ Using any THREE poems of your selection show how this is a major concern
of Black African Poets
16. Poets in Poems of Black Africa treat the theme of love differently. Using any THREE poems from three different
poets, show how they treat the theme of love
