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ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSAL SCHOOL UNIVERSAL FIRST PRELIM EXAMINATION 2018-2019 ENGLISH LITERATURE Two hours CLASSX MARKS: 80 DATE: 24/09/2018 Answers to this pllper 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 nt the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt fi.ve questions in all. You must attempt one question from each of the Sections A, B and c and not more than two other questions. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ J. Section A - Drama The Merchant of Venice 1. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: Jessica Past all expressing. It is very meet The Lord Bassanio live an upright life; For, having such a blessing in his lady, He finds the joys of heaven here on earth; And if on earth he do not mean it, then In reason he should never come to heaven. , (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) What is 'Past all expressing'?Why does Jessica suggest that Bassanio should lead {31 an upright life? [3] What does Jessica say immediately after this extract praising Portia? [3] What has Lorenzo said earlier about Launcelot's skill in using words? Bring out the humour in Launcelot's speech in the context of serving dinner. [3] [4] Give a brief character sketch of Launcelot in this scene. ~ a d the following extract and answer the questions that follow: Shylock Is that the law? Poi;:tia Thyself shalt see the Act; For, as thou urgestjustice, be assured , Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desirest. Gratlano 0 , learned judge! - Mark, Jew: a learned judge! Shylock I take this offer, then; pay the bond thrice, And let the Christian go. Bassanio Here is the money. ~ a t is the law as interpreted by Portia just before this extract? hou shalt have justice, more than thou desirest. ' What kind of justice is / ,.... ~hylock going to have? .,,,,?~hy does Grati~o rej_oice by repeating the words, 'O learned judge? ~vV When the money 1s bemg offered by Bassanio, what does Portia say by ~ ~dining the offer? .~ After the extract, what loophole in the bond is highlighted by Portia? Y" [3J [3] (3) [3) [4] r e a d the following extract and answer the questions that follow: Portia : Then you shall be his surety. Give him this; And bid him keep it better than the other. Antonio: Here Lord Bassanio; swear him to keep this ring. ~a~o: By Heavens , it is the I gave to the Doctor! ~ nom does 'Doctor' refer in the above extract? Why has Bassanio given his ring to the Doctor? [3] ~ n what occasion was the ring first given to Bassanio? Why was Bassanio 3JHPrised to see the ring? Why would Antonio be his surety? {31 ~Who else in the play had given away his ring? What reason did he give for doing s ? {3] w has the 'doctor' given Antonio life and living? Which special deed of gift did Lorenzo and Jessica receive from Nerissa? f3J (vVWbat is meant by 'manna'? Who are the 'starved people'? How has the Ring V Episode been linked with the theme of love and loyalty? f4J y Section B - Poetry A Collection of Poems ~ a d the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: The free bird thinks of another breeze And the trade winds soft through The sighing trees And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright Lawn and he names the sky his own. But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams His shadow shout on a nightmare scream His wings are clipped and his feet are tied So he open his throat to sing. (i) "The free bird thinks of free bird in thi an~ th er breeze" - Why do you think the poet has mentioned the s context? Give reasons for your answer. (3) (ii) The free bird h . names t e sky his own . How does he do so? (3) (iii) The caged bird t . . . . presen s a contrast to the nghts and pnvtleges of the free bird. How? (3) (iv) The caged bird stands on the grave of his dreams. What are his dreams? [3] (v) When all his dreams are killed, what is the caged bird left with? [4] ~ d the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; "Now tell us all about the war, And tell us all about the war, And What they fought each other for." "It was the English," Kaspar cried, "Who put the French to rout; But What they fought each other for, I could not well make out; But everybody said," quoth he, _JJ18-t 'twas a famous victory. ..,)(" yo is Wilhelmine? What is her role in the context? [3J ~ . , is she wonderstruck? [3] f [3J ~r ;,~o wants to know 'all about the war'? Why is he so curious? Kaspar? What does he say about the outcome of war? ~ h a t does he fail to explain? Why? [3] (4] pead the following extract and answer the questions that follow: It rots the sense in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child so dull and blind. rhy do the parents let their children watch television fo~ long? ~ does television watching make the children dull? r a t is the activity, referred to later in the poem that sharpens the brain? (3) [3) [3) ~ ~ o u agree with the poet that television kills our imagination? Why or why not? [3) j;/What harm does television watching do to the mental power of the children? [4) Section C - Prose A Collection of Short Stories 7. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow : "Death touches the spring of our common humanity. This woman had been despised , scoffed at, and angrily denounced by nearly every man, woman , and child in the village; but now, as the fact of her death was passed from lip to lip in subdued tones, pity took the place of anger; and sorrow of denunciation. Neighbours went hastily to the old tumble down hut ... " { An Angel in Disguise-T.S. Arthur} (i) Which woman is referred to here? How did she die? [3) (ii) What kind of relations did the woman have with others?Why do you think it was so? [3) (iii) What did the neighbours take to the old hut? [3) (iv) What kind of living conditions were the woman and her children subjected to? [3] (v) What was the prospective future of the children after the death of their mother? [4] ~ a d the following extract and answer the questions that follow : ' Your dead cease to love you and the land of their nativity as soon as they pass portals of the tomb and wander away beyond the stars. They are soon forgotten and never return. Our dead never forget this beautiful world that gave them being. They still love its verdant valleys, its murmuring rivers, its magnificent mountains, sequestered vales, and verdant lined lakes and bays. { Chief Seattle's Speech } ~ were the natives compared to the receding tide? [3] yHow does the speaker react to the new proposition sent by the White Man? How will the tribal people live after they accept the proposition? What does the speaker think about the words of the Great White Chief? [3] ~ does the speaker expect from the father in Washington? How does the speaker realize that he should not mourn at the untimely fate of his people? ~ h a t comment does the speaker make about the destiny of the white people? (v) [3] (3) at is the condition that the speaker puts forward before taking the decision on the White Man's proposition? How every part of the soil is sacred to his tribal people? [4] 9. Answer the following questions with reference to Hans Christian Andersen's short story, 'The Little Match Girl': (i) Where was the girl sitting? How did she try to warm her fingers? Explain the kind of relationship she shared with her father. [4] (ii) Explain why the little girl lighted the whole bundle of matches at the end. [4} (iii) Explain how the girl's visions are symbolic of her undying hope. [8]
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