Answers to Fathers of Nations Excerpt 18

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 Fathers of Nations Excerpt 18 Answers

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(a) After Kimani fills a vacancy in University of Nairobi's Institute of

Development Studies, he demands for two changes at the university in

quick succession. What are these changes? (2 marks)

• Kimani demands his new university strive for relevance to the society, not

excellence of its work.

• Kimani demands that the university becomes an agent of change, not a

mere spectator of it.

(b) Identify and illustrate three characters traits of Kimani brought out

in this excerpt. (6 marks)

• He is determined/bold/untiring

He is unwavering in his effort to bring changes in his new university.

• Radical/revolutionary

Only a month after arrival at the University of Nairobi, he launches noisy

disputes twice to demand for changes at the university, and prevails.

• He is intelligent/educated

The fact that he had completed his studies at the University of Oxford prior

to getting his new job at the University of Nairobi is an attestation to his

being educated/intelligent.

• He is loving/romantic/admirable

His antics in the wars that he had started and won, win him the heart of a

campus beauty queen.

(c) Discuss three themes raised in the excerpt. (6 marks)

 Corruption

Kimani's new university is corrupt. To ensure he comes and fills the

vacancy at the university, it raises his entry point from that of a lecturer to

that of a senior lecturer.

Change/transition

Kimani demands for drastic changes at the University of Nairobi in quick

succession. His proposed changes are eventually adopted.

Love and marriage

Kimani's antics had already won him the heart of a campus beauty queen.

He and Asiya are later married on a rainy but approving Saturday, to claps

of thunder and flashes of lightning.

Determination/persistence/unwavering

Despite Kimani's colleagues being pessimistic about his effort to bring

changes to the university, he is unwavering in his pursuit of the changes

and it bears fruits.

(d) (i) To ensure he came and filled it for sure, the University of Nairobi

raised his entry point from that of a lecturer to that of a senior

lecturer. (Write beginning with the main clause). (1 mark)

• The University of Nairobi raised his entry point from that of a lecturer to

that of a senior lecturer to ensure he came and filled it for sure.

(i)

(ii) His persona now was complete. (1 mark)

His persona now was complete, wasn't it?

Now he wanted the uniyersity to be an agent of change, not a mere

spectator of it. (Rewrite using a co-ordinating conjunction) (1 mark)

Now he wanted the university to be an agent of change but not a mere

spectator of it?

(e) Identify one stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (4 marks)

Exaggeration/hyperbole

The writer exaggerates Kimani and Asiya' s marriage: He married her on a

rainy but approving Saturday, to claps of thunder and flashes of

lightning/Kimani's instant success at the university is, too, exaggerated:

Even before taking off, he was already flying.

(f) Explain the meaning of the following words used in the excerpt. (4

marks)

Launched — began/initiated/instituted

Henceforth — moving forward/from that moment/time

Prevailed — overcame/succeeded/triumphed/won

(g) The writer says, 'Had anyone told him this happiness would one day

end as it did, he would have laughed himself upside down." What later

happened to Professor Kimani in the text? (2 marks)

He loses his wife to Mr Newborn Walomu, in marriage.

He is demoted by his university to a senior lecturer from his current rank

as a full professor.

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