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ICSE PRE Board Exam 2017 : English Paper 2 (English Literature)

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Question 1 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Shylock (Aside) How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a Christian; But more, for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down The rate usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation; and rails, Even there where merchants most congregate . (a) Who is called a fawning publican ? Why does Shylock call him so? (b) Give at least three reasons for Shylock s hatred towards this person? (c) Explain: If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. (d) What old grudge Shylock has against this person? (e) What do you understand about Shylocks character from the extract given? Question 2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Shylock Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drum And the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife, Clamber not you up to the casements then, Nor thrust your head into the public street To gaze on Christian fools with varnished faces, But stop my house s ears, I mean my casements. Let not the sound of shallow fopp ry enter My sober house. By Jacob s staff, I swear, I have no mind of feasting forth tonight; (a) What advice dos Shylock give Jessica? Why? (b) Where is Shylock going? Why? (c) Explain: a. To gaze on Christian fools with varnished faces b. Let not the sound of shallow fopp ry enter/My sober house (d) Does Jessica follow her father s advice? What does she do instead? (e) I have no mind of feasting forth tonight. Why reasons does Shylock give immediately after the extract for his reluctance to go to the feast? Question 1 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Stephano: Stephano is my name; and I bring word My mistress will before the break of day Be here at Belmont: she doth stray about By holy crosses, where she kneels and prays For happy wedlock hours. Lorenzo: Who come with her? (a) Where does this scene take place? What message does he bring? (b) According to the extract, what was his mistress doing during her absence from home? (c) What was she actually doing in her absence? (d) What was the role of his mistress (e) The love story of Lorenzo and Jessica is a subplot in the play. Discuss how this sub-plot relates to the main love story of Bassanio and Portia. Question 2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: My little horse must think it queer. To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. (a) Where is the poet at this time? What makes these woods beautiful to him? (b) How does the poet present the horse as a symbol of human alienation from nature? (c) What are the sounds heard by the poet? What is the significance of these sounds? (d) Explain: The darkest evening of the year. (e) The journey in the poem is a metaphor for the journey of life. Discuss. Question 3 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: What do you weave, O ye flower girls With tassels of azure and red? Crowns for the brow of a bridegroom Chaplets to garland his bed Sheets of white blossoms new- garnered To perfume the sleep of the dead. (a) What is the poetess describing ? Why? (b) Who are the flower girls doing? (c) Explain: tassels of azure and red (d) What are chaplets? Who are making these? Why? (e) Elucidate: the sleep of the dead Question 1 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Portia: .....Now he goes, With no less presence, but with much more Than young Alcides, when he did redeem The virgin tribute paid by howling Troy To the sea-monster. I stand for sacrifice, The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives, With blear d visages, come forth to view The issue of th exploit. Go, Hercules! Live thou, I live. With much, much more dismay I view the fight than thou that mak st the fray. (a) Who are young Alcides and Hercules here? What is the fight and the fray here? (b) Explain with reference to Troy and Alcides, how Portia associates the situation present. (c) Explain: i. virgin tribute ii. the Dardanian wives (d) Explain: i. The issue of th exploit the Dardanian wives ii. Live thou, I live (e) Why does Portia look at the fight with much more fearful expectation? Describe the reaction of both Portia and Bassanio at the result of the fight. Question 2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Portia: The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes The thron d monarch better than his crown. (a) Where is Portia? Why? (b) Explain: The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven (c) Why does Portia say that mercy is twice blessed ? (d) Give the meaning of the phrase and explain: Tis mightiest in the mightiest (e) Is Shylock s mercy towards Antonio the only release for Antonio? Comment in the context of the events that happen in the scene

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