Klausur (assessment) — Unit 3: Post-Colonial Voices: An Introduction

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden

Track E · Klasse 11 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)
Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Achebe’s 1958 opening lays claim, with the calm of a history book, to a village world. Adichie’s 2003 opening alludes to Achebe’s title from inside a domestic frame. Naipaul’s 1979 narrator distances himself with the line the world is what it is.”

  1. Achebe year: ___ . 2. Achebe move: ___ . 3. Adichie move: ___ . 4. Naipaul stance: ___ .

Part B — Analysis (~18 BE) Link to heading

Read the three openings above.

  1. Achebe — what is foregrounded: ___ . 2. Adichie — what does the opening allude to: ___ . 3. Naipaul — describe the tone in 5 words: ___ . 4. The étagère image — its argumentative role: ___ .

Part C — Composition (~18 BE) Link to heading

Insert voice-marking phrase.

  1. ___ the calm of a history book.
  2. ___ Achebe’s 1958 title.
  3. ___ from sentimentality.
  4. ___ as a guest in a room where something has shattered.

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Write 280 words: a literary essay engaging the three post-colonial openings. Use 4 voice-marking phrases.

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
T1. 1958; lays claim with the calm of a history book; alludes to Achebe’s title from inside a domestic frame; distances himself with the world is what it is. T2. Okonkwo’s personal achievement / the village as world-centre; Achebe’s 1958 title Things Fall Apart; cold / unsentimental / abrasive / refusing pity / blunt; domesticates the post-colonial argument into one piece of furniture. T3. The opening lays claim with / The opening alludes to / The narrator distances himself / The text positions the reader. T4. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 90 BE)
| 86–90 | 1+ | 81–85 | 1 | 76–80 | 1- | | 71–75 | 2+ | 66–70 | 2 | 61–65 | 2- | | 56–60 | 3+ | 51–55 | 3 | 46–50 | 3- | | 41–45 | 4+ | 36–40 | 4 | 30–35 | 4- | | 22–29 | 5 | 0–21 | 6 | | |