SHERWOOD HIGH

UNIT TEST JUNE 2023

NAME: DATE:20 06.2023
CLASS: IX SEC: TIME: 1hr.
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE MARKS: 40
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Attempt all the questions
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets []
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The paper has four Sections.
Section A is compulsory- All questions in Section A must be answered.
You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D.
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Section A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)
Question 1
Read the following questions and choose the most appropriate response from the choices given below. (Please
do not copy the question, simply write out in correct serial order the appropriate word or phrase.) [10]

(i) Which sentence tells us that sometimes Bonku Babu did get upset?
(a) "Bonku Babu did not get upset by any of this."
(b) 'Only sometimes he cleared his throat and said Shame on you boys!'
(c) "He told them about his life in Africa."
(d) "He told them, I have been to the North Pole."
(ii) How did Bonku Babu spend the weekends?
(a) He went to resolve some legal matters.
(b) He put up with the pranks of the boys.
(c) He kept his mouth shut.
(d) He went to the lawyer's house to spend the evenings with others.
(iii) Which tradition was continued by the school?
(a) The tradition of drawing on the blackboard.
(b) The tradition of teasing Bonku Babu.
(c) The tradition of lighting crackers.
(d) The tradition of new students replacing old ones.
(iv) How does the poet organize his poem?
(a) By describing his joy filled childhood memories and listing his different obstacles in his present life.
(b) By showing the effects that his hardships have caused on him.
(c) By contrasting the joy filled days of the past and the present days of pain and sorrow.
(d) By providing solutions to his adversity in adulthood.

(v) "My spirit flew in feathers then, That is so heavy now." The author included this line to
emphasize- (a) That his life has come full circle back to his childhood innocence.
(b) That his carefree childhood has turned to adversity and heavy worries.
(c) That his soul has come back to his childhood home.
(d) That his childhood does nothing but bring back heavy, difficult memories for him.

(vi) What does the author personify in this poem?

(a) A tree
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 (b) His memory
(c) The sun
(d) The flowers

(vii) Which line best represents that he regrets his life as an adult?
(a) "But now, I often wish the night had borne my breath away!"
(b) "The laburnum on his birthday,— The tree is living yet!"
(c) "My spirit flew in feathers then, That is so heavy now"
(d) "The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky:"

(viii) At the beginning of Act I, Scene I how do readers know that Caesar is a powerful man?
(a) He defeated Brutus in a fight.
(b) He defeated Pompey in a civil war.
(c) He beat Mark Antony in a wrestling match.
(d) He beat Cassius across a river in a swimming contest.

(ix) Why do the tribunes rip down the banners celebrating Caesar's arrival?
(a) To weaken support for him.
(b) They were only to be hung in the palace, not on the streets.
(c) Caesar had expressly forbidden decorations.
(d) His name was spelled incorrectly.

(x) Of what do Marcullus and Flavius remind the crowd?

(a) Of the duty to honor Caesar.
(b) That they are gathered to have a good time, not fight.
(c) Of their recent devotion to Pompey.
(d) That they can be imprisoned at will.

Section B
(Answer any one question from this section.)
Drama- Julius Caesar
Question 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!
O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome. Knew you
not Pompey?.................................”
(i) Who speaks these words and to whom? [2] (ii) Why and how did the speaker ridicule the common
people? [2] (iii) How does Flavius urge the people to be guilty for the wrong they have done? [3] (iv)
What did Flavius want Marullus to do and what would he himself do? Why? [3]

Question 3
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
FLAVIUS: Hence! home, you idle creatures get you home:
Is this a holiday? what! know you not,
Being mechanical, you ought not walk
Upon a labouring day without the sign
Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou?

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 (i) Whom is Flavius speaking to? Why does he say the above extract? [2]
(ii) What is happening in this particular scene for the speaker to speak this way? [2]
(iii) What was the occasion for the festivities in this scene? [3]
(iv) Who is the other person with Flavius, speaking in the same tone as him? What was the reason
behind this tone being used? [3]

Section C
(Answer one or more questions from this section.)
Short Stories – Treasure Chest
Question 4
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
For the last twenty-two years, Bonk Babu had taught geography and Bengali at the Kankurgachhi Village Primary
School. Every year, a new batch of students replaced the old one, but old or new, the tradition of teasing poor Bonk
Babu continued among all the students.
(i) What form of teasing was used by his students? [2]
(ii) How did Bonku Babu react to the teasing by the students? [2]
(iii) According to Bonku Babu, what made his life as a teacher worth living? [3]
(iv) Why did Bonku Babu put up with the teasing? [3]

Section D
(Answer one or more questions from this section.)
Poetry – Treasure Chest
Question 5
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
I remember, I remember,
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn,
He never came a wink too soon.
Nor brought too long a day,
But now. I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away!
(i) Why does the poet remember about the house? [2]
(ii) What does the sun do and what does the poet imply by it? [2]
(iii) What does 'too soon' and too long refer to? [3]
(iv) What does the poet mean by “Had borne my breath away!” [3]

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