GREENWOOD HIGH

UNIT TEST 2 (2021-22)

Subject: English Literature

Grade: VIII Duration: 40 mins.

Date: 15.12.2021 Max. Marks: 25

Answers to this paper must be written on a ruled A-4 size paper.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in the brackets ( ).
This question paper consists of 2 printed sides.

Section - A

I. Fill in the blanks with words / phrases as used in the text. (5)

a. We left the cab at a distance from _________ and walked up to the house.

b. Not all that tempts your ___________

And _________, is lawful prize;

c. Algebra and geometry will drive you mad, and God help you with
__________.

d. I might need your company and assistance for a small __________ tonight.

II. Answer the following questions in a complete sentence: (5)

a. Who is the author of the story ‘Elder Brother’?

b. From where was the famous black pearl of the Borgias stolen?
c. Which literary device can we find in the description of fate in the poem ‘Ode
on the Death of a Favourite Cat’?
d. Who was the original owner of the Napoleon bust that contained the black
pearl?
e. What or who are Nymphs?

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 Section - B

III. Read carefully the extracts given below and answer the questions
that follow:

1. But Holmes’ attention was not on our prisoner. He was examining the bust
of Napoleon the prisoner had stolen out of the house. Just then the door
opened and a figure called out: ‘Mr. Sherlock Holmes?’

a. Who is the ‘figure’ referred to? Where did he live? (1)

b. Who was the ‘prisoner’? What do you know about him? (2)
c. What did the ‘figure’ offer to Holmes and his friends? Why did they refuse
the invitation? (2)

2. But now, a change came over my brother. He became much gentler. Perhaps
he felt that he no longer had the right to tell me off – or at least not as much
as before.

a. Why did the ‘brother’ feel that he ‘no longer had the right to tell me off’? (1)
b. How did the narrator take advantage of the ‘change’ that came over his
brother? (2)
c. When was the narrator ‘thoroughly shamed’ of his new approach? What
change does this realization bring upon him? (2)

3. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw:

A whisker first, and then a claw,
With many an ardent wish,
She stretched, in vain, to reach the prize.
What female heart can gold despise?
What cat’s averse to fish?

a. Who has been referred to as ‘She’ in the given extract? What was the ‘prize’
that ‘She’ tried to reach? (1)
b. Explain the last two lines of the given extract. Also point out the figure of
speech used in these lines. (2)
c. What fate did ‘She’ ultimately meet? Give at least two reasons that you think
were mainly responsible for her untimely tragic end. (2)

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