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PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2024 2025 Subject: Literature in English Date: November 26, 2024 Std: XA Time: 2 hours Marks: 80 Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes, This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers This paper has four Sections. Section A is compulsory Alll questions Section A must be answered. You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D and one other question from any Section your choice. in of This paper has 7 questions on 10 pages. The intended marks for the questions or parts of questions Section (Attempt all questions Question are given in brackets A from this Section) 1 Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do (i) not copy the question, write the correct answers only.) What does Antony use as a prop during his speech to sway the crowd? (a) Caesar's crown (b) Caesar's letter (c) Caesar's blood-stained robe (d) Caesar's dagger (i) [ ] What does the crowd s shift in loyalty from Brutus to Antony suggest about public opinion in Rome? (16) (a) Itis fickle and easily influenced by powerful rhetoric. (b) Itis not deeply (6) (q) (ii) loyal to Brutus, Itis indifferent to political leaders. Itis firmly rooted in tradition and resistant to change. How does Caesar's declaration, I am constant as the Northern Star, suggest about his view of himself? (@) Caesar feels secure about his political position. (b) Caesar (c) (d) (iv) sees himself as unchanging and reliable. Caesar believes easily influenced by others Caesar thinks he is unpredictable yet consistent he is The cause of the conflict between Brutus and Cassius in Act IV Scene 3is_ (a) disagreement over battle strategy (b) the decision to include Lepidus ( ) the division in the triumvirate of power in the new government (d) personal insults and accusations of dishonesty () What is Cassius's reaction to Brutus's decision to march to Philippi in Activ? (a) He agrees with Brutus and supports the decision (b) He wants to wait and fortify their position before fighting. suggests negotiating with Antony and Octavius. (d) He suggests retreating to a more secure location (0) He (wi) How does Brutus react to the news of Portia's death in Act IV Scene 3? (@) He is devastated and immediately contemplates abandoning plans (b) He for battle. refuses to believe the news and demands confirmation. his vase xi (c) He on (@) (vil) expresses his sorrow but accepts his duties, H. that (a) houses time W. Longfellow conveys are alive with the memories (b) ghosts are (0) as a part of life, focusing He blames himself for her death and becomes withdrawn Through his poem "Haunted Houses, idea it literal erases all presence of their the inhabitants. in abandoned homes. traces of human existence. (d) abandoned homes hold no value or meaning (viii) Which of the following is not an effect described in Maya Angelou's poem of great trees falling, as When Great Trees Fall ? (a) Rocks on distant hills tremble and break. (b) Lions crouch low in the tall grasses. Elephants move away to seek safety. (d) Small things gather together and mourn. ( ) (ix) Which of the given options contain the following line from H. W. spirit-world around this world (a) April is the the figure of speech that appears Longfellow s poem Haunted Houses : The of sense, floats like an cruellest month. (b) The water, like a witch's oils, Bumt green, | and blue and white (c) And may there be When no in sadness of farewell, embark. (d) Itis the star to every wandering bark. atmosphere. & How does The Considerable Speck reflect the poet Robert Frost's philosophical outlook? () It dismisses the importance of small creatures (b) It critiques scientific observation and analysis ( ) It values individual thought and intelligence (d) It emphasizes human intelligence (xi) in all forms of life as the only intelligence How does Maami's perspective on education contrast with Nana's? (a) Maami values self-worth over physical traits. believes education can empower Adjoa. Maami is indifferent to Adjoa s future. (b) Maami ( ) (d) Maami agrees xii) with Nana on most issues. Leonard Mead s evening ritual reveals the following about his character, except (@) his love for the outdoors (b) his desire for freedom ( ) his resistance to societal norms (d) his dislike for human connection xii) Choose the option thatlists the sequence of events from Sleator's short story The Elevator in the correct order. 1. William Though he wants to run past her, Martin can only wait for her turn and move slowly out into the lobby. to 2. The fat lady only watches him, breathing loudly, until the elevator reaches the first floor. 3. Without caring what she thought of him he runs nearly all the way to school. 4. Martin meets the fat lady who gets into the elevator on the fourteenth floor. Tis aa OY cares 3,4 3,2,1 (a) 2,1, (b) 4, ( ) 3,1,4,2 (d) 4, 2, 1,3 (xiv) Adjoa s win is of great significance in the village because (a) It brought pride and honour to her family. (6) It settled (c) It disputes related to childbirth in the village changed societal views about physical traits. (d) It secured her a place (xv) in the school's sports squad Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements (1) and (2) from William Sleator's short story, The Elevator . Statement 1; The poor lighting, dirty walls and the elevator s clanging noise foreshadow a sense of impending danger for Martin Statement 2: Martin's fear of the dark stairs and the loud footsteps echoing on the cement contribute to his sense of hopelessness. (a) (1) is true and (2) is false. (b) (2) is ( ) (1) is the cause for (2) (d) (1) (xvi) true and (1) is false. What does police car and (2) are independent of each other. the interaction primarily between Leonard Mead and the automated illustrate? (a) The advancement of technology in maintaining law and order (c) conflict between individuality and societal control The importance of conformity for societal progress (d) The efficiency of automated systems over human officers (b) The Section (Answer B one or more questions from this Section) DRAMA (Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare) Question 2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Antony This is a slight unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands. Itis fit, The threefold world divided, he should stand One of the three to share it? (i) Where does this scene take place? What does he (i) mean Who by the threefold world is Antony speaking to? divided ? Whom does Antony describe as a slight unmeritable man ? What does he believe this describe this (i What errand (iv) What individual is the individual's military background? does Antony assign to the unmeritable man? first In this scene, Antony comes across as a man friendship or principles. references from the scene. Support {! 6. this who has no is it B) is B) regard for (4) Why decision taken by the second triumvirate? executing that decision important to the second triumvirate? wy) [3] suited for? What does Octavius significant to Antony? is B] Why statement with relevant "ass hIRUAHAT AMBAKI Question 3 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: ---Antony But here s a parchment with the seal of Caesar; | found it in his closet, tis his will in his will? (i) What did Caesar leave to the Roman citizens (i) Why does Antony express reluctance to reveal Caesar's will to the common people? Where does Antony (iii) go Brutus and Cassius? the [3] to [3] conspirators while displaying Caesar's [3] at the end Why does Antony name (iv) BI of this scene? What happens mantle to the common people? In (vy) his speech at the forum, Antony repeatedly praises the [4] the impact of this element of his speech on both common people the conspirators. conspirators. Discuss the and Section C (Answer one or more questions from this Section) PROSE - SHORT STORIES (Treasure Chest A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) Question 4 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: tell my mother and Nana, they had not When | went home to believed it at first. So Nana had taken it upon herself fo go and ask into it properly . She came that () it was true. Whois Nana? she What feel this way? home to tell my mother is her main concer regarding Adjoa? Why does [3] What was Nana's justification for letting Adjoa attend school? What (i) did she now want to ask properly about at school? How did Adjoa react (iii) her reaction to the five-kilometre walk to school? What does confirmation about Adjoa's selection? Discuss how Nana s act of carrying the gleaming shift in her traditional mindset. symbolizes (v) a Question 13] reveal about her character? What tasks did Nana take on after she received the school s (iv) [3] cup like a baby 8 (4 5 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: He tumed back on He was a side street, circling around toward his home. within a block of his destination when a comer quite suddenly and flashed a fierce white lone car turned a cone of light upon him. () What did Leonard Mead most dearly love to do every evening? (ii) What did Mead observe in the cottages and homes while his way 8) this setting BI on every evening? (iii) Describe the night-time setting of Mead s city. How does highlight the nature (iv) What in (v) of interactions is Psychiatric Center for the story? What does The absence the theme among its citizens? Research on Regressive Tendencies it symbolize? of a human officer in an automated police car's highlights of Ray Bradbury's The Pedestrian . with supporting evidence from the story. Justify the statement {3] [4] Section D one or more questions from (Answer this Section) POETRY (Treasure Chest A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) Question 6 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Great souls die and to them, takes leave of us. our reality, bound When Great Trees Fall, Maya Angelou to (i) What happens (i) How does our memory of loved ones evolve what ways does serve as a tool for reflection our reality when great souls die? Why? after their [3] us? [3] personally? In what ways. a forest? majestic trees [3] Explain with two examples from the poem where the trees are used [4] What is the effect of the death of great souls What does (iv) it suggest? How does the on their lives? on the air around loss of great souls impact us, can these great souls be likened (v) passing? In it (iii) Bl to in as metaphors. Question 7 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: It paused as with suspicion of my pen, And then came racing wildly on again To where my manuscript was yet dry; not (i) Whatis the it being referred to, in this extract? speaker notice it ? What did it When does the suddenly become suspicious of? [3] a il) What did it seem to have of its own? How does the speaker come to B) did it [3] that conclusion? (ii) What according to the speaker did it not have room for? How prove the speaker wrong? (iv) ) Why does the speaker choose to spare the life of Discuss the speaker's preference when he says it ? I tenderer-than-thou collectivistic regimenting love . mindset is he criticizing? -10- 13] have none of the What kind of a [4]
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