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ICSE Class X Prelims 2025 : English Paper 2 (English Literature) (St. Michael's School (SMS), Siliguri, Jalpaiguri)

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ST. MICHAEL S SCHOOL, SILIGURI (BOYS WING) HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS 2024-25 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (ENGLISH PAPER-2) CLASS 10 Maximum Marks : 80 Time allowed: Two hours Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed write during first 15 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. The paper has four Sections. Section A is compulsory- All questions in 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 of your choice. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [] SECTION A (Attempt all questions from this Section) Question 1: Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write the correct answers only.) [16] (i) (ii) (iii) Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause Will he be satisfied. What quality of Caesar do these lines reveal ? (a) His humility (b) His justifiable pride (c) His haughtiness (d) His simplicity. Metellus: Is there no voice more worthy than my own , To sound more sweetly in great Caesar s ear These words of Metellus are: (a) A genuine and pathetic appeal (b) A part of the pre-planned conspiracy. (c) Meant to flatter Caesar. (d) Meant to irritate Caesar. But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix d and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament. What figure of speech does Caesar employ in these lines? (a) Oxymoron (b) Pun (c) Simile (d) Metaphor (iv) And here my naked breast; within, a heart Dearer than Pluto s mine What is Pluto's mine? (a) A Roman philosopher s wealth. (b) The gold mine that belonged to Pluto, the god of the underworld . (c) Wealth- Pluto confused with Plutus . (d) Gold which is mine. (v) Cassius believed in the philosophy of (a) Epicurus (b) Cato (c) Strato (d) Pythagoras (vi) Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements I and II. Statement I: Thy master is a wise and valiant Roman Statement II: I ll fetch him presently (a) Statement I is true, and Statement II is false. (b) Statement II is the cause of Statement I. (c) Statement I and II are independent of each other. (d) Statement II is true, and Statement I is false. (vii) In Stephen Leacock s story With the Photographer , the narrator is exploring the theme of(a) insecurity (b) pride (c) boastfulness (d) treachery (viii) Choose the options that lists the sequence of events in the correct order as they occur in the story, With the Photographer 1. The photographer had pulled a string. 2. The narrator says, I wanted something that depicted my face as Heaven gave it to me. 3. The narrator tells the photographer, This face is my face 4. The photographer tells the narrator to sit and wait. (a) 4,3,1,2 (b) 4,3,2,1 (c) 1,2,3,4, (d) 2,3,4,1 (ix) Which of the following options make the primary conflict in the story, The Pedestrian ? (a) Reducing human contact. (b) Books versus technology. (c) Freedom versus conformism. (d) Growing isolation in future. (x) Where is the village of Hasodzi located and what is its distinctive feature? (a) Central region of Ghana, fertilized soil (b) Central region of Ghana, fertile soil (c) Central region of Ghana, drought-prone (d) Central region of Ghana, fertile soil (xi) Franz sees M. Hamel sitting motionless in his chair, what do you learn from this? (a) He was thinking about the future of the school (b) He was absorbing all the final memories of the school room. (c) He was planning to leave the country. (d) He was sad to leave the place he had served for forty years. (xii) In Haunted Houses , select the option that shows the correct relationship between these two statements. Statement 1: The world of the spirits is very delicate Statement 2: The world passes through mists and vapours. (a) 1 is the cause for 2. (b) 2 is an example of 1. (c) 2 is independent of 1. (d) 1 is a contradiction of 2. (xiii) What is the spirit-world likened to in H.W.Longfellow s poem, Haunted Houses : (a) atmosphere (b) environment (c) climate (d) ambience (xiv) In the poem When Great Trees fall , what does, light,rare, sterile air signify? (a) It becomes uninspiring, unable to refresh us. (b) Life loses all charm (c) Life becomes unlivable. (d) Life becomes meaningless due to a great shock. (xv) Which figure of speech has been used by the poet to describe the mite and its actions in the poem, A Considerable Speck (a) simile (b) personification (c) alliteration (d) antithesis (xvi) In the poem, A Considerable Speck , the word that means organizing according to a strict pattern is: (a) Regimenting (b) Collectivistic (c) Manuscript (d) loathing SECTION B (Answer 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: Servant: ..Mark Antony shall not love Caesar dead So well as Brutus living; but will follow The fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus Brutus: Thy master is a wise and valiant Roman: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) When does this conversation take place? How does the servant start his speech with Brutus ?[3] How did Mark Antony convey his impression of Caesar and Brutus? What was his attitude to Caesar and what is it to Brutus? [3] On what two conditions will Antony come there? What do the first two lines of the extract tell us about Antony? Why has he sent such a message to Brutus?[3] What does Brutus remark reveal about (a) his own character and (b) his judgement of people? What assurance does he go on to give? [3] What does Cassius remark? How is his character different from that of Brutus? Give three examples to prove this difference.[4] Question 3: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Messala: Mistrust of good success hath done this deed. O hateful error, melancholy s child, Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men The things that are not? O error, soon conceiv d Thou never com st unto a happy birth, But kill st the mother that engender d thee. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Where are the two speakers? What have they found here? Who has been compared with the setting sun and how?[3] What does Messala refer to by the first line of this extract? Explain the extract.[3] Why do they call for Pindarus? Who leaves the scene now? Why? [3] What does one of them, who is left behind, do now ? Why?[3] When Brutus enters the scene shortly after, he refers to Julius Caesar. Why? What tribute does he pay for his dear friend?[4] 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 from Ama Ata Aidoo s The Girl Who Can given below and answer the questions that follow : And that, I think, is a very serious problem. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Who is the speaker here ? Which serious problem is the speaker talking about? [3] What is the narrator s dilemma ? What is the general attitude of the elders to the problems of the youngsters?[3] Has it been easy for Adjoa to deal with Nana? How do you know?[3] Which weakness of Adjoa is pointed out by Nana? What opinion does Nana hold about women s ability to rear a child?[3] How does Adjoa s attitude towards life bring a transformation in her grandmother Nana? [4] Question 5: Read the extract from Ray Bradbury s, The Pedestrian given below and answer the questions that follow: Sometimes he would walk for hours and miles . (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) What are the gray phantoms? Where would he see them? Why are they so called here ? [3] Why are the houses tomblike? What kind of picture is this? [3] What kind of person is the speaker? Where is the speaker wandering? Why does he mention Arizona? [3] What is a revue ? Where would the revue take place? [3] (v) How does the writer portray isolation using sensory details, especially towards the end of the story? What does Mr Mead s brightly lit house signify? [4] SECTION D (Answer one or more questions from this Section) POETRY (Treasure Chest- A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) Question 6: Read the extract from the poem, Haunted Houses by H.W. Longfellow and answer the questions that follow: Are haunted houses. Through the open doors .. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) According to the poet, what are haunted houses ? Why are they referred so?[3] What does the word phantom imply ? Whom does it refer to in the poem? What good quality do they possess? [3] How do these phantoms move around? What figure of speech has been used to describe them in another stanza? Explain.[3] Are the occupants of the house able to see these phantoms? How do they sense their presence?[3] The speaker seems to be closer to the world of spirits. How do the speakers realize this? What could be the reason for it? [4] Question 7: Read the extract from the poem, When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou and answer the questions that follow: When great souls die, after a period .. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) What happens when great souls die ? What do the eyes see with a hurtful clarity ? [3] What feeling does the poet express through the lines, Our memory, suddenly sharpened examine, gnaws on kind words unsaid ? [3] Maya Angelou has quite profoundly expressed the theme of hope and healing in the last stanza of the poem. Elaborate. [3] How does the loss of someone dear lead to the feeling of existential crisis in some people ? [3] How does the poet s attitude towards death/loss change throughout the poem ? Include the lines from the poem reflecting the change .[4]

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