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SECOND PRELIM EXAMINATION 2015-16 Std: X Date: 05/01/2016 Subject: ENGLISH LITERATURE Marks: 80 Dur. : 2 Hrs SECTION A - DRAMA Question 1: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Certainly my conscience will serve me to run from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow; and tempts me, saying to me, Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot , or good Gobbo , or good Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs, take the start, run away 1. Why does Launcelot want to run away from Shylock? 2. 3. 4. 5. [3] Explain which theme is brought out from Lancelot s decision [3] Who was Old Gobbo? What was he looking for? How does Launcelot confuse him? [3] What has Gobbo brought and for whom? What according to Launcelot must be done with it?[3] What changes does Gratiano promise to make in his behavior when they are in Belmont? [4] Question 2: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: I pray you, good Bassanio, let me know it. And if it stand, as you yourself still do, Within the eye of honor, be assured My purse, my person, my extremest means Lie all unlocked to your occasions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What does Antonio say about his melancholic mood? What does Antonio say to prove that he is not sad because of his merchandise? What has Bassanio squandered? How? Why is Antonia unable to help Bassanio financially? What does he do instead? What does Bassanio tell Antonio about Portia in this scene? [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] SECTION B POETRY Question 3: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth." 1. What is meant by mind without fear ? Whose mind is the poet talking about and why? 2. What does the poet mean by Where knowledge is free? What were the restrictions imposed on the spread of knowledge? [3] [3] 3. What are the narrow domestic walls that the poet speaks about in the poem? Why are they called narrow by the poet 4. Who is referred to as thee ? Whose mind is to be led forward and where? 5. What does the poet pray for his countrymen in the poem? Page 1 of 2 [3] [3] [4] Question 4: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep 1. Where has the traveler stopped? What does he know about the owner? 2. Why is the poet happy with his isolated state in the woods? 3. Explain darkest evening of the year? What does the darkness suggest in the poem? 4. What does the horse consider as a mistake ? Why is it said to be a mistake? 5. What internal conflict does the speaker experience? How is the conflict resolved? SECTION C PROSE Question 5: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] [16] And now the banker, walking to and fro, remembered all this, and asked himself: "What was the object of that bet? What is the good of that man's losing fifteen years of his life and my throwing away two millions? Can it prove that the death penalty is better or worse than imprisonment for life? No, no. It was all nonsensical and meaningless. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What opinion did the intellectual men have about capital punishment? What was the young lawyers opinion on capital punishment What did he say about wine in the first year? How did the banker s fortune decline? What were its consequences? Mention any four clauses stated in the agreement Question 6: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Hunger is a sensitive portrayal of the lives of two people Kasim and Rizwan that make the readers aware of the realities led by most half of the population of the world . Elucidate Page 2 of 2 [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] [16]
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