Week 7 A Silent Song Revision Questions

A Silent Song and Other Stories Revision  Questions

Welcome to Week 7 revision questions, focusing on selected short stories from the KCSE short stories syllabus. This set of questions will help sharpen your analytical skills by guiding you to explore key themes, characters, and moral lessons from A Silent Song and other stories.

1. Ninema is an admirable character. Support this from Vrenika Pather's 'Ninema' (20 marks)
2. When one is given power, he/she should use it only for good but more often than not people use it for wrong purposes. Support this statement basing your argument from Naguib Mahfouz's 'A Man of Awesome Power'
3. Some cultural practices do not add value and hence should be done away with. Show the truthfulness of this assertion based on Eric Ng'maryo's 'Ivory Bangles'
4. War causes a lot of harm and thus should be avoided at any cost. Validate this statement basing your illustrations from Chimamanda Adichie's 'Ghosts' (20 Marks)
5. Lack of courtesy between the police and civilians leads to lethal conflicts. Justify the validity of this statement using illustrations from Meja Mwangi's Incident in the Park. (20 marks).
6. Action speaks louder than words. Discuss the truth of this saying using illustrations from Leonard Kibera's A Silent Song. (20 marks)
7. Lack of courtesy between the police and civilians leads to lethal conflicts. Justify the validity of this statement using illustrations from Meja Mwangi's Incident in the Park. (20 marks).
8. Action speaks louder than words. Discuss the truth of this saying using illustrations from Leonard Kibera's A Silent Song. (20 marks)

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