Second Test week March 2023

Grade VIII

English Literature

Section A /20
Section B /10
Max marks /30

Section A-Prose

Q.1. ‘In geometry Anne met her Waterloo.’ [ /5]

Explain the expression given above. Also elucidate the qualities of Anne reflected by this expression
and state adequate evidences wherever needed.

Q.2. a) Analyze Anne-Diana relationship in at least five pointers. Do you think Anne has a healthy
approach in her friendship with Diana? Justify by giving two reasons. [ /5]

b) Who would you rather be friends with: Anne or Diana? Why? [ /5]

Q.3. Compare and contrast between the characters of Marilla Cuthbert and Mrs. Barry.

Highlight the similarities and differences in their personalities with adequate examples. [ /5]

Section B-Poetry

Q.4. ‘What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?’

a) In the line above, whose hand is the poet referring to? [ /2]

b) Elicit the feelings of the poet expressed in the line above. [ /3]

Q.5. ‘What the hammer? What the chain,

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? What dead grasp,

Dare it’s deadly terror clasp?’

a) Which profession is being referred to in the lines above? [ /2]

b) What does this profession have to do with the theme of the poem? Explain. [ /3]