Sec 4 Literature 2016

EXAMGURU 2016 Sec 4 Literature All with answers! 1 Anderson Secondary School 2 Crescent Girls' School 3 Chua Chu Kang Secondary School 4 Commonwealth Secondary School 5 West Spring Secondary School 6 Anglican High School 7 Crescent Girls' School MYE examguru

ANDERSON SECONDARY SCHOOL Mid-Year Examination 2016 Secondary Four Express CANDIDATE NAME: CLASS: / INDEX NUMBER: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paper 1 Prose and Unseen Texts COMBINED HUMANITIES (LITERATURE ELECTIVE) Paper 4 2065/01 2204/04 6 May 2016 1 hour 40 minutes 1040-1220h Additional Materials: Writing paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid/tape. Answer two questions: one question from Section A and one question from Section B. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. _________________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 6 printed pages. Setter: Ms Evelyn Chew and Mrs Ruth Qiu Section A examguru 2017 1 examguru

2 WILLIAM GOLDING: Lord of the Flies Answer one question from this section. Remember to support your ideas with relevant details from the text. 1 Either (a) What does Golding reveal about human nature in this novel? Or (b) “Let him be chief, the one with the trumpet thing.” How does the novel explore the idea of leadership? Or (c) Read this passage carefully, and then answer the questions that follow it: “Perhaps that’s what the beast is—a ghost.” The assembly was shaken as by a wind. “There’s too much talking out of turn,” Ralph said, “because we can’t have proper assemblies if you don’t stick to the rules.” He stopped again. The careful plan of this assembly had broken down. “What d’you want me to say then? I was wrong to call this assembly so late. We’ll have a vote on them; on ghosts I mean; and then go to the shelters because we’re all tired. No—Jack is it?—wait a minute. I’ll say here and now that I don’t believe in ghosts. Or I don’t think I do. But I don’t like the thought of them. Not now that is, in the dark. But we were going to decide what’s what.” He raised the conch for a moment. “Very well then. I suppose what’s what is whether there are ghosts or not—” He thought for a moment, formulating the question. “Who thinks there may be ghosts?” For a long time there was silence and no apparent movement. Then Ralph peered into the gloom and made out the hands. He spoke flatly. “I see.” The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. Once there was this and that; and now— and the ship had gone. The conch was snatched from his hands and Piggy’s voice