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VIDYAPEETH Time 2 Hrs.

FINAL ASSESSMENT 2020-2021
SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (ENGLISH PAPER-2)
CLASS- 9

Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You are allotted 15 minutes of reading time.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

Attempt only five questions in all.

You must attempt at least one question from each of the Sections A,B and C.
You may attempt the remaining two questions from any section(s) of your choice.
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The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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SECTION – A (DRAMA)

Answer at least one question from this Section.

The Merchant of Venice: William Shakespeare

Question: 1
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
SHYLOCK: Therefore I part with him; and part with him
To one that I would have him help to waste
His borrow’d purse –

(i) Where is the scene taking place? Who is Shylock speaking to? From whom does Shylock part? [3]
(ii) Why is Shylock happy to part with him? [3]
(iii) In the beginning of the scene, Shylock seemed to be unwilling to leave his house. What reason does he
give for his unwillingness? In spite of the reasons, why did he go? [3]
(iv)What instructions did he give to the listener before leaving the house? [3]
(v) Comment on the character of Shylock and the listener on the basis of this scene. [4]

Question: 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
SALARINO: Why, I am sure, if he forfeit, thou wilt not take
his flesh: what’s that good for?

(i)Who is Salarino speaking to? Where is the above conversation taking place?
Who is referred to 'he' here? [3]
(ii) What will ‘he’ forfeit’? In what context would the listener take his flesh? [3]
(iii) How has ‘he’ disgraced the listener? [3]
(iv)Who brings the news of the listener’s daughter? How does the listener wish to see his daughter? [3]
(v) How does the listener justify his stand of taking revenge against ‘he’? [4]

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Question: 3
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
NERISSA: Quick, quick, I pray thee; draw the curtain straight:
The prince of Arragon hath taken his oath,
And comes to the election presently.

(i) Where is Prince of Arragon at this moment? Why is he here? [3]

(ii) What oaths has the Prince of Arragon taken? [3]
(iii) Why does the prince reject the gold casket? [3]
(iv) Which casket does he choose? What does he get inside it? [3]
(v) What is the prince's reaction after this? What do you infer about the character of the prince from his
choice? [4]

SECTION – B (POETRY)
Answer at least one question from this Section.

A Collection of Poems

Question: 4
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Now tell us about the war,
And what they fought each other for.
(After Blenheim, Robert Southey)

(i) Who wanted to know about the war and from whom? [3]
(ii) Which war has been referred to in the poem? Between whom had the war been fought? Mention any one
way in which the listener had been a victim of the war. [3]
(iii) Describe any three ill-effects of the war that has been talked about in the poem. [3]
(iv) In the poem, the listener regarded the war as a 'great or famous victory' repeatedly. Why? [3]
(v) What comment was made by 'us' about the war at the end? What is the difference between 'us' and the
listener in their attitude towards war? [4]

Question: 5
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Who will buy these delicate, bright
Rainbow-tinted circles of light?”
(The Bangle Sellers – Sarojini Naidu)

(i) What is referred to as ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’? Which figure of speech is used here? Explain. [3]
(ii) Who are carrying these ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’? Where are they carrying and for whom? [3]
(iii) What colours are meant for a maiden? What do they signify? [3]
(iv) Bring out the contrast between the images of ‘bridal laughter’ and ‘bridal tear’. With what they have
been compared to? [3]
(v) How does the poet portray the middle-aged woman? Do you think the poem is patriarchal in approach?
Justify. [4]

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Question: 6
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Their logs held tight in death’s still hands
Was proof of human sin.
They did not die from cold without
They died from the cold within.”
(The Cold Within – James Patrick Kinney)

(i) Who are referred to as ‘they’? Why had they gathered together? [3]
(ii) What was the proof of human sin? What sin had these people committed? [3]
(iii) Give reasons why the poor man, the rich man and the black man held back their logs. [3]
(iv) Who are the three other people mentioned in the poem? What did they do? [3]
(v) What message is the poet trying to convey in the poem? How does he succeed in carrying out his task [4]

SECTION – C (PROSE)
Answer at least one question from the Section.

A Collection of Short Stories

Question: 7
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
You shan't be left here alone.

(i) Who is ‘you’ referred to here? What led her to be in such a physical condition? [3]
(ii) Who is the speaker of the above line? What did he do for her? [3]
(iii) What circumstances led to 'you' being left alone? [3]
(iv)How did the speaker's wife react after seeing ‘you’? Use one word from the text to describe the speaker's
wife. [3]
(v) How did 'you' turn out to be an 'angel in disguise' in the story? What was ‘you’ termed as by both the
speaker and his wife at the end? [4]

Question: 8
As they passed down the aisle of the coach, the only vacant seat offered was a reverse one facing the
attractive young woman. Here the linked couple seated themselves.

(i) Which coach is referred to here? Who are ‘they’? Why is the term ‘linked couple’ being used? [3]
(ii) Describe the appearance of the ‘linked couple’. [3]
(iii) Who is the ‘young woman’? Why did her look change to a bewildered horror? What changes were seen
in her due to horror? [3]
(iv) Who helped the ‘young woman’ to get back her colour and how? [3]
(v) What role do the the ‘hearts’ and ‘hands’ play in the plot of the story? [4]

Question: 9
Answer the following questions with reference to R. K. Narayan’s short story ‘A Horse and Two
Goats’.

(a) Where did Muni live? Describe his village. [4]

(b) Describe the statue of the horse. [4]
(c) How does the story bring out the clash between the East and the West with reference to Muni and the
American? [8]
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