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DASARATHAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, COIMBATORE 17(ICSE)

(Affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi)
Exam No:________ ENGLISH Duration : 30Min

12 MAY 2020 Test-2 Total: 20

The Patriot

I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate answers.

1. ‘There’s nobody on the ______’ [1]

2. ‘By the ____ foot I ,trow’ [1]

(i) ‘trow’ means _______. [1]

(ii) ‘I’ refers to ________. [1]

3. In this poem we can get the _____and____ of glory. [1]

4. It was I who leaped at the sun.

(i) The figure of speech ___ has been used here. [1]

(ii) Who is the mythical character that tried to reach the Sun and got burnt into ashes? [1]

5. The patriot is a _____ monologue. [1]

6. It is an ________ poetry. [1]

7. _______ narration has been followed throughout the poem. [1]

8. Flinging roses and stones at the patriot symbolises _________. [2]

9. In this poem rain symbolises ______ and the myrtle leaves indicates _______ [2]

10. ‘The house roofs seemed to heave and sway.’

(i) What figure of speech has been used here? Define it. [2]

11. What does the rain make him to feel ? [2]

12. The patriot was so ______ even when he came to know that he was going to be ___. [2]

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