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Time: 2 Hrs. ST. PATRICK S JUNIOR COLLEGE AGRA Pre-Board Examination- 2020-21 Class X Subject English Literature MM. 80 Note :- Attempt any five questions choosing one from each section. Q1. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :Duke: And where thou exact st the penalty, Which is a pound of this poor merchant s flesh, Thou wilt not only lose the forfeiture, But , touch d with a human gentleness and love, (i) Who is being addressed by the Duke? What penalty is being referred to in the extract? who is the poor merchant? (ii) [3] Why is the merchant being referred to as poor? What wrong has happened with the merchant? How has he landed in this situation? [3] (iii) The tone of the duke is very polite in these lines. Why do you think he is being polite? What does the Duke advise the listener? [3] (iv)Who are the other listeners present there? Who presents the case of the poor merchant? [3] (v)Later in the scene who makes the appeal to Shylock? What is the substance of appeal? What happens to the case at the end? Q2. [4] Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:Portia : My people do already know my mind, And will acknowledge you and Jessica Page 1 of 5 In place of Lord Bassano and myself. (i) Where are the speakers now? What has Portia asked Lorenzo to do? (ii) Portia is ready to leave her house what does she tell Lorenzo & Jessica? Where is she actually going? [3] [3] (iii) What tells you that Portia is extremely humble? [3] (iv) After Jessica and Lorenzo leave, later in the scene, whom does she meet, and for what? [3] (v) What does she tell Nerissa later? Wherefore do they put up the paraphernalia? [4] Q3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:Bassanio: How many cowards , whose heart are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars; (i) What is the occasion of Bassanio s speech? What is he doing at the moment? [3] (ii) What has Bassanio to say about the dishonest and pretentious persons? What has prompted him to say these words? [3] (iii) Explain the reference of Hercules. What does he say of beautified person later? [3] (iv) Why does he reject gold and silver casket? Give reasons. [3] (v) What makes him favour the lead casket? What does it reflect on his character? What is the outcome of his choice? [4] Section B (Poetry) Q4. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun To give it my loving friends to keep ! Naught man could do, have I left undone, Page 2 of 5 And you see my harvest, what I reap This very day, now a year is run. Q5. (i) Why was the patriot welcomed as hero? Describe the welcome he received? [3] (ii) What is the mood of the speaker now? Where is he at present? [3] (iii) Was the patriot over ambitious? Give reasons. [3] (iv) What do you mean by harvest ? What had the speaker reaped? [3] (v) [4] Where is he being led to? What thought makes him reconcile with his fate? Explain Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: For song and mother croon of bird, In hushed and happy twilight heard. The treble of heaven s harmony. These things he plants who plants a tree. (i) What poetic device is used to begin the poem? What impact does it have? [3] (ii) What is known as mother croon of bird? Why is the song sung in a hushed voice? [3] (iii) What is twilight ? why is it a happy twilight? [3] (iv) Why does the poet call the tree a friend of the sun and the sky? [3] (v) Explain : the treble of heaven s harmony. Give any three functions which the tree performs on the earth . [4] Q6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: It was the English , Kasper cried, Who put the French to rout; But what they fought each other for, I could not well make out; but everybody said , quoth he, That was a famous victory. (i) What had Kaspar told about the battle of Blenheim earlier in the poem [3] Page 3 of 5 (ii) What was the query posed to him by the young Peterkin?What did he reply? [3] (iii) Why is the word cried used by the poet in the first line?What happened in the battle? [3] (iv) Why did Kaspar tell about the famous victory ? In what sense was it famous? [3] (v) What could Kaspar not make out? What was the outcome of the great victory ? what personal loss did Kaspar bear because of the great victory ? [4] Section C Prose Q7. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow: I am sure you know when this horse was made , said the red man and smiled ingratiatingly. Muni reacted to the relaxed atmosphere by smiling himself, and pleaded , Please go away sir, I know nothing (i) What case does Muni refer to in the above extract? Why is he afraid to confront the American businessman? (ii) [3] Why did the foreigner nod his head to whatever case Muni refered to? What question does foreigner ask Muni? [3] (iii) What promise did Muni make to the foreigner regarding the crime ?what did he tell him about his village? [3] (iv) Why are Muni and the American businessman unintelligible to each other? What does Muni do to get out of this awkward situation? (v) [3] How did Muni understand that the foreigner was referring to the horse? How did the American conclude that Muni was the owner of the statue of the horse? Why did the foreigner listen to Muni with fascination when he did not understand Muni s language? [4] Q8. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow: Suddenly all the tension seemed to ebb out of my body as the truth of what he said hit me. Confidently, I drew a line a full foot in back of the board and proceeded to jump there. I qualified with almost a foot to spare. (i) Why did Jesse go to Luz Long s room? What did they talk about? What feeling Page 4 of 5 did Jesse carry with him after talking to Long for two hours? [3] (ii) How did Long fare in the event? What did Long congratulate Jesse for? [3] (iii) How did Hitler react when Long congratulated Jesse by shaking hand with him? What do you understand about Luz Long after his hand shake with Jesse? [3] (iv) Describe the physical appearance of Luz Long. [3] (v) What was Hitler s superiority theory? What was Luz Long s opinion about it? [4] Q9. Answer the following questions with reference to the story An Angel in Disguise :(i) How does Maggie prove to be a blessing for the Thompsons? [4] (ii) What was the reaction of Mrs. Thompson when Maggie was brought home? [4] (iii) Love is essential for human survival . In the light of this statement disciss the theme of the story Angel in Disguise . [8] Page 5 of 5
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