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Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow

HOVSTAD: You will forgive me, Doctor, I fancy it is due to quite another morass altogether.
DR.STOCKMANN: What Morass?
HOVSTAD: The morass that the whole society is built on and is rotting in.
DR.STOCKMANN: What the devil are you driving at, Hovstad?
HOVSTAD: The whole of the town’s interests have, little by little, got into the hands of a pack of officials.
DR. STOCKMANN: Oh, come! – they are not all officials.
HOVSTAD: No, but those that are not officials are at any rate the officials’ friends and hangers- on; it is the wealthy folk, the old families in the town, that are in control.
DR.STOCKMANN: Yes, but after all they are men of ability and insight.
HOVSTAD: Did they show any ability or insight when they laid the conduit-pipes where they are now?
DR.STOCKMANN: No, ofcourse that was a great piece of stupidity on their part. But that is going to be set right now.
HOVSTAD: Do you think that will be easy?
DR.STOCKMANN: Easy or not, it has got to be done, anyway.
HOVSTAD: Yes, provided the press takes up the question.
DR.STOCKMANN: I don’t think that will be necessary, my dear fellow, I am certain my brother….
HOVSTAD: Excuse me, Doctor; I feel bound to tell you I am inclined to take up the matter.
DR.STOCKMANN: In the paper?
HOVSTAD: Yes. When I took over the people’s messenger my idea was to break up this ring of obstinate old fossils who had got hold of all the influence.
DR.STOCKMANN: But you know you told me yourself what the outcome had been; you nearly ruined the paper in the process.
HOVSTAD: Yes, at the time we were obliged to climb down a peg or two, it is quite true- because there was a danger of the whole project of the Baths coming to nothing if they failed us. But now the scheme has been carried through, and we can do without these expensive gentlemen.
DR.STOCKMANN: Do without them, yes; but, we owe them a great debt of gratitude.
HOVSTAD: I’m not forgetting that. But, a journalist of my democratic tendencies cannot let such an opportunity as this slip. The myth of official infallibility must be pricked. This superstition must be destroyed, like any other.
DR.STOCKMANN: I whole-heartedly agree with you on that, Mr. Hovstad; if it is a superstition, away with it!
HOVSTAD: I should be very reluctant to accuse the Mayor, because he is your brother. But I am sure you will agree with me that the truth should come first…

(a) What happens immediately after the excerpt? (2mks)
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(b) What sort of morass are Mr. Hovstad and Dr. Stockmann referring to?
How is it related to the issue they are discussing? (4mks)
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(b) What is Mr. Hovstad’s real interest in the issue of the water pollution? (2mks)
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(c) Describe the character of Dr. Stockmann as revealed in this excerpt. (4mks)
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………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. (d) Explain any two themes revealed in this excerpt. (4mks)
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(e) What is ironical about Mr. Hovstad’s statement, “the truth should come first” (2mks)
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(f) Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with suitable word or words that brings out same meaning (3mks)
(i) It is the wealthy… who are in control.
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(ii) When I took over the people’s messenger, my idea was to break up this ring of obstinate old fossils.
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(iii) The scheme has been carried through, and we can do without these expensive gentlemen.
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(g) What is Hovstad’s attitude towards town’s officials when he says; “Did they show any ability or insight when they laid the conduit pipes where they are now?” (2mks)
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(h) What does Hovstad mean when he says: “The myth of official infallibility must be pricked”. (2mks)
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