ENGLISH – ENG4C FINAL EXAMINATION Part 2 - Sunway College

SECTION 1: Short Answer – Novel Study
10 Marks
Answer one (1) of the following short answer questions from the novel you studied.
Lord of the Flies
1. Early in the novel, Ralph tells the other boys that they need rules: “We’ll
have to have ‘hands up’ like at school”. On what are such rules based?
2. Why do most of the boys refuse to recognize the importance of the signal
fire?
3. Piggy and the conch are both destroyed at the same time. What is the
significance of this?
4. At the end of the novel, the boys are found by the navy. What is the
significance of this?
SECTION 2: Short Answer – Play Study
20 Marks
Answer two (2) of the following short answer questions from the play you studied.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1. Explain three ways that “mendacity” is used in the play.
2. Identify the speaker and explain the significance of the following quotation:
“— In this way, I destroyed him, by telling him truth that he and his
world which he was born and raised in, yours and his world, had told
him could not be told?”
3. Identify the speaker and explain how the following quotation relates to the
theme:
“CHRIST — DAMN — ALL LYING SONS OF — LYING BITCHES! …
Yes, all liars, all liars, all lying dying liars!”
Trifles
1. As Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters empathize with Minnie Wright, the reader
begins to develop an understanding of Minnie’s life. Describe what you have
learned about Minnie as a young girl, as an adult and in her relationship
with her husband. Support your answer with references to the play.
2. How does the cold temperature of the setting connect symbolically to the rest
of the play?
3. Explain what Mrs. Hale means when she says, “We live close together and
we live far apart. We all go through the same things—it’s just a different kind
of the same thing,” and expand your explanation to include references not
only from the play but to include the world at large.
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