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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
(ENGLISH PAPER-2)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Two hours
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Sectio11 A is compulso,y -AII questions in Section A must be answered
You must aflempt 011e question.from each ofthe Sections B, C and D and one other question.from any
Section ofyour choice.
The intended marks for questions or parts ofquestions are given in brackets [ }.

SECTION A
(At/empt all questions from this Section.)
Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. [ 16)
(Do not copy tlte questions, write ONLY the correct answers.)
(i) Where does Portia say that she and Nerissa will stay until their husbands' return?
(a) In Venice

(b) At Belmont
(c) At Padua

(d) In a monastery
(ii) What aspect of Shylock's nature is revealed in his words, "To bait fish withal:
if it will feed nothing else, it will feed any revenge."?
(a) Pride
(b) Envy

(c) Vengefulness
(d) Greed

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I · "W are the Jasons, we have won the fleece ·
(iii ) Grat1·ano exc auns, e
to
context, the word 'fleece ' refers - - -- -
(a) Portia and Nerissa
(b) Wool of the golden ram
(c) A warm , woollen blanket
(d) Bassanio and Gratiana
ined." Who says this to whom?
(iv) "The quality of mercy is not stra
(a) Duke to Shylock
(b) Gratiano to Shylock
(c) Portia to Shy lock
I (d) Bassanio to Shylock
as a remembrance before she leaves the
courtroom?
(v) Wh at does Portia ask ofAntonio
I (a) his rin g
I (b) the kni fe
(c) the scroll
(d) his gloves
/ Of starved
, you drop manna in the way
(vi) When Lorenzo says, 'Fair ladies
Nerissa have _ _ _ __
people.' he means that Portia and
husbands
(a) prepared a banquet for their
zo and Antonio
(b) brought good news for Loren
nastery
(c) brought divine food from the mo
Gratiana
(d) returned the rings to Bassanio and
s is NO T true of Maggie?
(vii ) Which of the foll owing statement
(a) She was sent to the poorhouse
(b) She was bed ridden
(c) She had an injured spine
(d) She had suffered a fall
ause
Girl' can be called a fairy tale bec - - --
(vii i) The short sto ry 'The Lit tle Match
(a) it is set in fairy land
fantasy
(b) it has ele me nts of magic and
godmother
(c) the li ttle girl meets her fairy
(d) ihe littl e girl marries a prin ce

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(ix)
Why did the Gujar woman strike the big brass gurrahs with a stick?
(a) to produce a musical effect
(b) to quieten the buffaloes
(c) to see which ones were empty
{d) to frighten the crocodiles
(x) t order.
Choose the option that lists the sequence of event s in the correc
all about Margot
I. When the rain stopped, they rushed outdoors, forgetting
in their eagerness to experience the warmth of the sun.
closet and
2. The children can-ied the pleading and protesting Margot to the
locked her in.
,, locked in
j , It was then that they realised with shame that Margot was still
- the sun.
the closet; they had deprived her of what she longed for the most
indoors to
4. All too soon the brief summer ended ' and the children hurried
'
escape the heavy rains.
(a) 4, 3,2,1
(b) 3, I, 2, 4
(c) 1,3,4 ,2
(d) 2, I, 4, 3
_
(xi) In My Greatest Olympic Prize, 'Der Fuhrer' refers to _ _ _
(a) Hitler
(b) A Negro
(c) Nazi youth
(d) A sophomore
e as the one in
(xii) Which of the following lines contains the same literary devic
odils '?
'I wandered lonely as a cloud,' from Wordsworth's poem , 'Daff
'
(a) 'And miles to go before I sleep / And miles to go before I sleep
(b) ' Fresh as a rose in June'
(c) 'Thus Nature spoke - The work was done '
(d) ' You're one month on in the middle of May'
the '-'aged bird?
(xiii) Which of the following statements is used by Ange lou to describe
(a) He opens his throat to sing
(b) He dares to claim the sky
(c) He leaps on the back of the wind
(d) He thinks of another breeze
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 (xiv)
When did th e angel appear to
Abou Ben Adhem?
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(a) On a moonless night
(b) Three nights in a row
(c) Two nights in succession
(d) Twice the same night . een Statements (1)
the correct relationship betw
(xv) Select the option that shows
, 'The Patriot'.
and (2) from Browning's poem
crowd and cries.
Statement I. The old walls rocked with the
-tops now.
Statement 2. There's nobody on the house

(a) (I) means the same as (2)

(b) (I) is a contrast of (2)

(c) (I) is true and (2) is false

(I) is false and (2) is true
I (d)
stopped in their tracks' means that they _
__ __

I
I
I
(xvi) 'The eight other athlet

(a) stood poised to run

es

(b) turned slowly around

(c) slowed down gradually
(d) halted quite suddenly

SECTIONB
s from this Section.)
(Answer one or more question
DRAMA
by William Sh ak esp ea re)
(The Merchant of Venice

Question 2
follow:
and answer the questions that
Read the extract given below
e ofthem:
Portia: Away then! I am lock'd in on
d me out.
Jfyou do love me, you will fin
alo of
Nerissa and the rest, stand all
th make his choice ;
Let music sound while he do
an-like end,
Then, ifhe lose, he makes a sw
Fading in music:
ce? [3]
(i) Where does the scene take pla
me out. '?
mean wh en she says, ,
· {/you do love me, you will fin d
What does Po rtia
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What TWO words would you use to describe Portia's feelings at this point? [3]
Give a reason for your answer.
(iii) Explain Portia's reference to 'swan-like end'. [3I
(iv)
Later in th e scene, Portia gives Bassanio a gift. [3 l
What does she give him?
What does this gift symbolise?
(v)
What is the theme of the song sung in the background when Bassanio makes [4J
his choice?
How is the theme reflected in the choice he makes?
What does Bassanio find in the casket that he chooses?

Question 3

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Bassanio: And, I beseech you,
Wrest once the law to your authority:
To do a great right, do a little wrong,
And curb this cruel devil ofhis will.
Portia: It must not be. There is no power in Venice
Can alter a decree established:
'Twill be recordedfor a precedent,

(i) Who is on trial? [3 l

Why is this person on trial?
(ii) Explain in your own words Bassanio's request to Portia in the given extract. [3 I
What reason does he give for his request?
(iii) How does Portia respond to Bassanio's request? [3 j
What TWO reasons does she give for her response?
(iv) Who does Bassanio refer to as 'this cruel devil'? [~ l
What is this person's response to Portia's words in the given extract?

(v) How is the 'cruel devil' punished at the end of the trial? (~i
How fair, in your opinion, is this punishment?
Justify your response.

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SECTION C
. ns [,·om this Section.)
(Answer 011e or more queSIIO ·
PROSE - SHORT STORIES .
. ms and Short Stories)
(Treasure Trove - A Collection of Poe

Question 4
,,,., Blue Bead' and answer
Read the follO\,,~ng extract from Norah Burke's short story, ',,e
the questions that follow:
e 10 look for her, and
r
On the way back, she met her mother, out q breath, com
scolding.
t
"I did not see till I was home that you were not there. I thought something muS
have happened to you. "
And Sibia, bursting with her story, cried, "Something did! "
What are the tasks that Sibia was required to perform from a very young age? [3]
(i)

(ii) What had delayed Sibia and separated her from the other village women on her [3]

way home that day?

What was Sibia doing when she heard the Gujar woman's cry for help?

(iii) What were the dangers that the crocodile had to overcome before it could grow [3]
into the ferocious creature that Sibia encountered?

(i v) How does Sibia's knowledge of the ways of the jw1gle help her fight the [3]
crocodile?

(v) Compare and contrast the mother's mood with Sibia's in the given extract. [4]
Give one reason to explain why each one of them was feeling this way.

Question 5
Read the following extract from Jesse Owens's short story, 'My Greatest Olympic Prize•
and answer the questions that follow:

I wasn't too worried about all this. I'd trained, sweated and disciplined myse(f
for six years, with the Games in mind. While I was going over on the boat, all J
could think about was taking home one or two of those gold medals. I had my
eye especially on the running broad jump.

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(i) Wh at do es Ow en s me an by
'al l th·IS '?. I3I
to?
Wh at 'G am es' do es he ref er

(ii) of wi nn ing a gold me dal or

two ? l3I
Wh at ma de Ow en s con fid ent
(iii ) t Hit ler had kept hid den fro m
the wo rld ? fll
Wh at wa s the 'su rpr ise ' tha
'su rpr ise '?
he cam e face to face with the
Ho w did Ow en s feel wh en
f3 J
(iv ) nce in the bro ad jum p trials.
De scr ibe Ow ens ' per for ma
I at thi s tim e?
Wh at do ub ts fill ed his mi nd
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rem ark able in the
I avi ou r at the 'Ga me s ' truly
(v) Wh at ma kes Lu z Lo ng 's beh
con tex t of the tim es?
ic Pri ze '
tha t is com mo n to the sho rt story ' My Gr eat est Oly mp
Ide nti fy a the me
dal s'.
and the po em 'Ni ne Go ld Me

SE CT IO N D
ns fro m thi s Sec tio n.)
(An sw er on e or mo re que stio
PO ET RY
Sto rie s)
rea sur e Tr ov e - A Co lle cti on of Po em s an d Sh ort
(T

Qu est ion 6 an swe r the

rac t fro m Le igh Hu nt' s poe m, 'Ab ou Be n Ad /1e m' and
Re ad the fol low ing ext
qu est ion s tha t follow:
n Adhem bold.
Ex cee din g pea ce ha d ma de Be
m he sai d,
An d to the pre sen ce in the roo
ble ssi ng ?
Th e po em beg ins wit h a blessing. What is this
(i)
Ex plain its sig nif ica nce .
em :
ow n wo rds the fol low ing Jines and ph ras es fro m the po [JJ
(ii) Ex plain in yo ur
e a lily in blo om ,'
(a) ' Ma kin g it rich and lik
ord
(b) A loo k ma de of all sw eet acc

(c) A gre at wa ken ing light

Ab ou Ben Ad hem 's roo m?. [3 J
(iii) What was the ang el doi ng in
Wh at did Ab ou ask the ang el'?

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that loves his fellow men "?
(iv) Why did Abou say to the ange l, "Write me as one
(Give the context)
f4l
hem ',1· name led all Jhe res/. ·
(v) Explain the last line of the poem: 'And lo! /Jen Ad
t would you call it?
If you had to give the poem a different title. wha
Give a reason for your answer.

Question 7 th
's poem , 'Tlte Patriot' and answer e
Read the following extract from Robert Browning
questions that follow:
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving.friends to keep!
Nought man could do, have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This ve,y day, now a year is run.
[3]
the given lines?
(i) What can you conclude of the Patriot's mood from
h tells us that the Patriot did his
I Quote the line from the given extract whic
utmost to satisfy his people?

I (ii)

(iii)
The last line of the extract suggests that a year has
How had the speaker been treated a year ago?

How did the situation change a year later? Give

gone by.

details of his present state.

[3]

[3]

at the windows? [3]

(iv) Why were only a 'palsied few' onlookers seated
Where had the other townspeople gone?
Why had they gone there?
end of the poem?
( v) How is the speaker's faith in God revealed at the [4]
despair?· Just ify)'our answer.
Do you think the poem ends on a note of hope or ·

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