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. ~ilia Q:beresa U,tgb ~cbool Fn:st Terminal Exam _ August 2023 SubJect - LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Std: IX Date: 30/8/2023 Time: 2 hours Marks: 80 The paper has four sections Section A is compulsory. All questions in Section A must be answered You must attempt one question from Section B Section B, C and D are compulsory The intended marks for questions are given in brackets [] I 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 question, write the correct answers only.) (I 6] 1. What did Caesar called the soothsayer when he warned him of the "ides of March"? A. a superstitious person B. l91 ignorant person o daydreamer D. a feeble creature 2. Which physical disability did Caesar suffer from? A. He was dumb B. He was deaf in one ear 0 c/4e suffered from epilepsy D. He limped 3. Cassius compares himself to which ancestor of his when he talks about saving Caesar from drowning? o A/Aeneas B. Prometheus C. Achilles D. Aphrodite 4. Who offered the crown to Caesar? A. the senate B. the crowd C. ~rutus o if.Mark Antony 5. How does Casca interpret the nature's fury? A. A sign of something strange likely to happen B. Gods rage with insolent world , c./Gods at civil war D. An attempt to punish Caesar 6. Where does Cassius want the other conspirators to meet? A. in the senate hall eY.in Pompey's porch C. in the market place D. at Brutus' house k' ? 7. What would Cassius do if Caesar would be crowned as the mg. 0 L /stab himself with a dagger B. start a rebellion against him c. leave Rome forever D. would never go the Senate Contd ... 2 -2- 8 Except a few good students, the rest of Bonku Babu's class was full of _ _ _ __ A. truants f B. /sportsmen GI' pranksters D. artist 9. Bonl<U Babu always had his good students enthralled because he was a good _ _ _ __ A. ~cher ' B/story teller C. singer D. orator lO. Ang had to land on earth because IA(h . 1s instruments were not working properly B. C. D. he lost his way he needed help earth was the nearest planet 11. Who was by the side of the young mother? A. some villagers B. a group of nurses C. her husband P a doctor and the old woman 12. A workhouse was meant for , B. C. D. for poor people forwomen for rich class for traders 13. Why did the doctor say : " She wasn't married"? A. B. t D. by looking at her condition by looking at her tom clothes by looking at her ringless finger by listening to her story 14. Which of these is not carried by the Night mail? A. cl)eques 1a.,,{urnitureitems C. postal orders D. letters lS. 'Snorting noisily as she passes'. Which figure of speech is used here? A. B. c. /' .: Bl alliteration enjambment metaphor personification 16 _What does the poem celebrate? A. the mail train \ B. $e trains rh~ic movements ,, c/2wnan connections D. travellers 3- ,i. '1-luestion 2 Read the extract Caesar . IX Lit. in English DD . t h .SECTION B You must and answer th ;;"lA JULrus CAESAR empt one question from Section B. e que5lions that follow. He reads m h And he looksuc ,.He is a great observer 1.1 quue through th d ' ne 1oves no I e eeds ofmen. p ays as thou dost, Antony; J (161 Where is Caesar? Wh 0 . ts he speaking about? What was offered to Caesar bJby Antony earlie~? What more does Cae II cfthat observ f d sar te Antony about the person he is speaking of? the games? a ton oes Brutus make of Caesar and his train as they return from [3] [3] Vfind What does the pers k . Caesar? on spo en about m the extract, say about the names of Brutus [3] e./ Earlier in the scene wh t d , u , . . a oes ne say about himself to prove that he can f3] be a true mirror to Brutus? [4) Question 3 Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. Casca: (16) Are you not moved when all the sway of earth Shakes like a thing infirm? O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen Th ' ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam To be exalted with the threat 'ning clouds; But never till to-night, never till now, Did I go through a tempest dropping fire. a. What does Cicero ask Casca before the given extract? [3] b. What three strange sights did Casca say he saw that night? [3] c. While Casca believes these to be portentous things, what is Cicero's opinion? [3] d. How has Cassius reacted to this night? [3] e. When Cassius hears from Casca that the next day Caesar is going to be made king, how does he react? [4] SECTIONC (Answer all questions from this Section.) PROSE - SHORT STORIES __/uestion 4 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: He took Oliver away and shut him in a dark room. The next morning a notice appeared on the workhouse gate. Five pounds were offered to anybody who would take Oliver Twist. .L 'he' referred to in the first line? Why did 'he' shut Oliver in a dark f;-WhO IS [3] room? I thing was given to th em on sun days.? .. L " th al c d f Workhouse boys? What specia w wnat was e usu 100 o [3) Contd ... 4 J 6 J . f - 4- iikffow do we kn ow th IX Lit. in English / . . at Ohver stay m the dark room was very miserable? at forced Oliver to make an offence? How did 'he' punish Oliver e~day? ~o 0 was Mr. Sowerberry? How did he earn a living? Why did ' he' say that he would be rich one day? [3] [3] [4] ~stionS Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Puzzled, Bonku Babu walked another twenty yards and den he suddenly saw the light. At first, he thought that a fire had broken out. Bang in the middle ofPoncha Ghosh 's the bamboo grove, in the clearing near a small pond, quite a large area was glowing pink. drom where was Bonku Babu coming? Why did he go there again in spite of being hesitant? [3] ~efly describe the object ofBonku Babu saw? [3] ~ [3] at was the effect of the objects landing near the bamboo groove? i~lier in the story which major fault of Bonku had Ang pointed out? Wiiat advice had Ang given him? "VHow did Bonku Babu conduct himself when he went to Sripati Babu' s house on Sunday, after his meeting with Ang? [3] [4] SECTIOND POETRY (Treasure Chest-A Collection ofl.C.S.E. Poems and Short Stories) ~ion6 Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. [16) Dawn.freshens, Her climb is done Down towards Glasgow, she descends, Towards the steam tugs yelping down a glade ofcranes Towards the fields ofapparatus, the furnaces Set on the dark plain like gigantic chessmen All Scotland wails for her: In dark glens, beside pale-green lochs Men long/or news. /.H h the train been personified in the poem? Explain. a( I: ow as d 1 th . 1e "like gigantic chessmen" refer to? How is them ustna 1{ What does e s1nu area of Glasgow described? / Wh t the different types of letters carried by the train? ~ \ ata /v different regions and landscapes does the train pass thro~ , . how does the Night Mail help to promote human relations. pam I [3] [3] [3] [3] [4] d
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