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GRADE: 10 DATE: 11.11.2024 PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIVALI FIRST PRILIMINARY EXAMINATION (2024-2025) SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH PAPER - 2 MARKS: 80 TIME: 2 HOURS Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the 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 [ ]. This Paper consists of four printed pages. SECTION A (Attempt all questions from this Section.) Question 1 Read the following questions and choose the most appropriate response from the choicesgiven below. (Please do not copy the question - simply write out in serial order the appropriate word or phrase.) [16] (i) Caesar: What touches us ourself shall be last serv d. What quality of Caesar does this line bring forth? (a) his selfishness (b) his ambition (c) his arrogance (d) his selflessness (ii) Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an honourable man. Antony, in these lines, is being ______________. (a) sarcastic (b) angry (c) truthful (d) hypocritical (iii) Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements I and II. Statement I: They will kiss dead Caesar s wounds with reverence. Statement II: The people of Rome have just heard Antony read out Caesar s will to them. (a) Statement I is true, and Statement II is false. (b) Statement II is the cause of Statement I. (c) Statement I and Statement II are independent of each other. (d) Statement II is true, and Statement I is false. (iv) Antony: He shall but bear them as the ass bears the gold Who is referred to as He ? (a) (c) Octavius Caesar Publius (b) Lepidus (d) Decius (v) Which one of the following sentences does Mark Antony NOT use to describe Lepidus in Act IV Scene I? (a) (b) (c) (d) He needs to be taught and trained. High-spirited fellow with ideas of his own. He follows trends and fashion. He is a piece of property. 2 PPPSC/24-25/IIT/10/LIT.ENG./FPE 2 (vi) Who says, Never come such division tween our souls! ? To whom is it addressed? (a) Octavius Caesar to Antony (b) Cassius to Brutus (c) Brutus to Cassius (d) Brutus to Lucius (vii) What was the age of the narrator when he went to the photographer to have his photograph taken? (a) forty (b) forty- five (c) fifty (d) thirty (viii) Martin, in the story The Elevator is afraid of being trapped in the elevator. What is this fear called? (a) Hydrophobia (b) Arachnophobia (c) Claustrophobia (d)Aquaphobia (ix) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order. 1. She carried the gleaming cup on her back 2. When I went home to tell my mother and Nana, they had not believed it at first. 3. Nana would just laugh, Ah, may be with legs like hers, she might as well go to school. 4. Each afternoon, she pulled one set of fresh old clothes from the big brass bowl to wear. (a) 1,2,3,4 (b) 3,2,4,1 (c) 3,1,2,4 (d) 2,3,1,4 (x) The story, The Pedestrian depicts the dangers of _________________. (a) isolation and comradeship (b) absence of community and utopian future (c) dystopian future and presence of community (d) isolation and absence of community (xi) The address of Mr Mead s house was __________________________________. (a) Eleven South Saint James Street (b) Nine South Saint James Street (c) Eleven South James Street (d) Five Saint James Street (xii) Which one of the following options contains the same literary device as the given line from the poem, Haunted Houses ? As silent as the pictures on the wall (a) Because I could not stop for death. He kindly stopped for me. (b) Where the mind is without fear, and the head is held high. (c) Soon, the sun s warmth makes them shed crystal shells, shattering and avalanching on the snow crust. (d) Some are like fields of sunlit corn. (xiii) By putting DeLorge to a dangerous test his beloved proved that she was____________. (a) wise (b) timid (c) vain (d) faithful (xiv) The central idea of Angelou s poem When Great Trees Fall is that . (a) when a gigantic tree falls, it affects all the trees in the jungle. (b) the death of an ancient tree disturbs all the animals in the jungle. (c) the impact of the death of a loved one on those struggling to cope with the loss. (d) life will ever be the same after the loss of a loved one. (xv) Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of a great soul ? (a) nurtures (b) shrinks (c) radiant (d) informs (xvi) The poem, A Considerable Speck can be seen as a perfect illustration of what Albert Schweitzer called a ___________________________. (a) reverence for life (b) frantic run for life (c) surrender to life (d) callous outlook of life 3 PPPSC/24-25/IIT/10/LIT.ENG./FPE 3 SECTION B (Answer any 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: Cinna: I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, And things unluckily charge my fantasy. (i) Who was Cinna? Why did he wander forth? What did he dream that night? (ii) State any three questions the Plebeians asked Cinna. What were his replies? (iii) How was the Plebeians portrayed in this scene? What did it result in? (iv) Where did the third Plebeian urge others to go and why? (v) In the earlier scene, what were the predominant reasons that Brutus gave for assassinating Julius Caesar? How did the Plebeians perceive Brutus, immediately after his speech? [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] Question 3 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Brutus: Speak no more of her. Give me a bowl of wine. In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius[Drinks] Cassius: My heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. Fill, Lucius, till the wine o erswell the cup, I cannot drink too much of Brutus love. (i) Who is referred to as her in the first line of the extract? What had she done? Why did she take that step? (ii) How was Brutus related to the above lady? Why did he wish not to discuss the matter related to her? What does this tell us about his nature? (iii)Who comes to meet Brutus and Cassius immediately after the quoted lines? What news do they bring? (iv) Explain the term Triumvirate in this context. Name the members of the Second Triumvirate. How was Octavius Caesar related to Julius Caesar? (v) Brutus and Cassius had different ideas about how best to defeat the enemy. What were their strategies? Whose strategy was adopted? [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] SECTION C (Answer one or more questions from this Section.) PROSE (Treasure Chest- A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) Question 4 Read the following extract from Stephen Leacock s short story, With the Photographer and answer the questions that follow: The photographer rolled a machine into the middle of the room and crawled into it from behind. (i) Why did Leacock visit the photo studio? How long did he wait there? Describe the photographer. (ii) How did the inner room get light? (iii) Name the books that the author read in the studio. Why did he assume that the photographer was praying? (iv)What instructions did the photographer give the author while clicking the photograph? (v) What changes had the photographer effected on Leacock s face in the picture? Was the author happy on seeing his photograph? [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] 4 PPPSC/24-25/IIT/10/LIT.ENG./FPE 4 Question 5 Read the following extract by Ray Bradbury s short story, The Pedestrian and answer the questions that follow: he was alone in this world of A.D. 2053, or as good as alone, and with a final decision made, a path selected, he would stride off sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of a cigar. (i) What was the thing that Leonard Mead most dearly loved to do ? (ii) Why did Mead switch to wearing sneakers when he went for a walk? (iii) What are Mead s neighbours and fellow citizens doing when Mead is out walking? What can you conclude about Mead from this? (iv) What reasons does Mead give for being out alone on the street at night? Why is this viewed with suspicion? (v) Where is Mead taken at the end of the story? Why is he taken to this place? If you had to describe this story in a single word, what word would you use? Give a reason for your choice of word. 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 following extract from H.W.Longfellow s poem, Haunted Houses and answer the following questions that follow: He but perceives what is; while unto me All that has been visible and clear. (i) How is the speaker's perception different from that of the stranger? State the poetic device used in the line, As silent as the pictures on the wall . (ii) Who is He in the above stanza, and who is referred to as I in the second line of the stanza? Who is the present occupant of the house? (iii) Why does the poet feel that all houses are haunted? Explain: Our little lives are kept in equipoise. (iv) Give any three characteristic features of the phantoms as mentioned in the poem, Haunted Houses . Where in the house do we meet these phantoms? (v) Comment on the ending of the poem. [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] Question 7 Read the following extract from Robert Frost s poem, A Considerable Speck and answer the questions that follow: When something strange about made me think, This was no dust speck by my breathing blown, But unmistakably a living mite With inclinations it could call its own. (i) What was strange about the speck that attracted the poet s attention? What was it in reality? Describe the poet s attitude towards the speck. [3] (ii) What made the poet r realise that the mite had a mind of its own as well as intelligence? Give three reasons to justify your answer. [3] (iii) Analyse the poet's decision to let the mite live. What does this reveal about his character? [3] (iv) How would you evaluate the significance of the poem s ending? Why is the discovery of a display of mind' so important to the poet? [3] (v) Comment on the aptness of the title of the poem, A Considerable Speck . [4] ******************
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