Calcutta Bops' School Rehearsal Examination--- 2022-2023 17 Cl:X

Time: 2 Hrs. ENGLISH LITERATURE Marks: 80

Reading Time: 15 Minutes
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 and one other question from any
section of your choice. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]

SECTION A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)
Question 1 do not
from the choices given below (Please
Read the
Copy the
following questions and choose the most appropriate response
question - simply write out in correct serial order the appropriate word or phrase.) [16]

of death of the mother in "An Angel in Disguise"?

() What was the immediate cause

(a) drunken fit

(b) idleness
(c) vice
(d) intemperance
described as follows:
it) Joe Thompson's heart has been
(a) smooth in exterior
(6) tender in some places
(C) fully tender and generous
(d) soft in exterior

"The Little Match Girl" is set?

(ii) What is the time/date in which
of the old year
(a) first evening
(b) last evening of the new year
() New Year's Eve
(d) Christmas Eve

swallowed to aid digestion, there lay:

(iv) Among the stones which the crocodile had
(a) a glass bottleneck
(b) a gold coin
(c) a blue bead
(da silver bracelet

of:
Prize is set in the background
(v) My Greatest Olympic
(a) 1936 Berlin Olympics
(b) 1996 Berlin Olympics
(c) 1936 Winter Games
(d) 1947 Asian Games
of Margot?
(vi) Why were the Martian children not fond
Mars
(a) She was born on
to Mars
(b She had recently come
(c) She loved Earth children
(d) She did not like the
first_beheld them?
(vii) What were the daffodils doing when the poet
dance
(a) tossing heads in sprightly
Way
(b) shining like stars of the Milky
and dancing in the breeze
e) fluttering
(d) creating jocund company
bird sings with a
(vii) The caged
(a) joyful trill
(b) note of love
(c) music of hope
(d) fearful trill
 the protagonist in The Patriot,
a year later?
(iX) Why were the people against extraordinary
(a) he had dared to do something
(b) he had come back victorious
(c) he did not love the commoners for long
(d) the common folk did not like people
on the top?
(x) In which list did Abou Ben Adhem's name appear
(a) list in the book of gold
(bnames of whom love of God had blest
(c) names of those who loved the Lord.
(d) list of one that loves his fellow men.
(xi) The Nine Gold Medals is set in the background of
(a) 1936 Berlin Olympics
(b) Winter Olympics
(C Special Olympics
(d) Olympiads

(xii)What rare quality of Bassanio's helps him choose the right casket?
(a) His honesty and integrity
(6) His desperate need for money
(c) His dislike of gold and silver
(d) His ability to look beyond outward appearances

to
(xii) My deeds upon my head! I crave the law. The penalty and forfeit of my bond." Who says these words and
whom?
(a) Portia to Antonio
(hYShylock to Portia
(C) Bassanio to Portia
(d) Antonio to Shylock

(xiv) Which of the following words best describes Antonio's attitude at the end of the trial?
(a) jealous
(b) angry
(C) generous
Y resigned
. mount the Trojan Walls and sighed towards the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay
(xv) In such a night did...
that night.
(a)Troilus
(b) Priam
(c) Diomedes
(d) Hercules

(xvi) According to Lorenzo, the Celestial bodies in their motion create:

(a) music of the spheres
(b) young eyed cherubins
(eharmony in immortal souls
(d) happiness amongst the onlookers

SECTION B
(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)
DRAMA
(The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare)
Question2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Antonio: Grieve not that I am fall'n to this for you,

For herein Fortune shows herself more kind
Than is her custom. It is still her use
To let the wretched man outlive his wealth,
To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow
An age of poverty-from which lingering penance
Of such misery doth she cut me off.
 mmend me to your honorable wife.
fell her the process of Antonio's end.
Say how I loved you. Speak me fair in death.
And when the tale is told, bid her be judge
Whether Bassanio had not once a love.

"Grieve not that I am fall'n to this for you" 3)

() When and to whom does Antonio speak these lines? What is meant by 3]
feel that fortune is kind to him
(11) How has "Fortune" been represented in this line? Why does Antonio does
(I11) What is meant by "lingering penance'"? What is it that Bassanio
must not regret and what is it that Antonio
not repent? [3]
is Portia's response?
iv) What offerdoes Bassanio make after this extract to save Antonio? What
Describe the bond of between Bassanio and Antonio, giving various
instances from the scene. [41
(V) friendship

Qyestion3
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Duke: What is Antonio here?

Antonio: Ready, so please your grace.
sorry for thee: thou art come to
answer
Duke: I am
A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch
Uncapable of pity, void and empty
From any dram of mercy.
feel that the
at the moment? Who is referred to as
'a stony adversary'? Why did the Duke
i)Where are the speakers [3]
wretch' incapable of showing mercy?
'stony adversary' is an 'inhuman Sabbath? According to him, how do some people behave when
taken by the holy
ii) What oath had the 'stony adversary' adversary' to behave at the last hour? [3]
cat? How does the Duke expect the 'stony soften
they see a that a man can do rather than making an attempt to
are the three difficult things
ii) According to Antonio, what
the 'stony adversary? Duke? Whom did
sent for in order to solve the case?
What had the messenger brought for the
iv) Whom had the Duke 3]
Antonio want to employ to write his epitaph?
condition which suitable for death? Mention with
was
to describe his present
v) Which two comparisons did Antonio make that you observe in this scene before the entry
of
character trait of the 'stony adversary'
suitabte justification any one [4]
the messenger.
SECTIONC
MORE questions from this Section)
(Answer ONE or
PROSE TREASURE TROVE

Question 4 below and answer the questions that follow:

short story Al Summer in a Day given
Read the extract from Ray Bradbury's
out her hand.
The girl standing in the open, held
"Oh look, look, "she said, trembling.
slowly to her look at her opened palm.
The came
at the
to cry, looking at it they glanced quietly
was a single raindrop. She began
In the centre ofit, cupped and huge,
Sun.
"Oh. Oh"
until the girl called their attention to the
Where were they living? What had they been doing
i. How old were 'they'? (3)
raindrop?
in which their lives on this planet differed
from their life on earth. (3)
ii. Mention any three ways (3)
to cry when she looks at the raindrop?
ii. Why does the girl begin 3)
after the raindrop?
iv. How does the weather dramatically change so? (4)
at the end of the story? Why do they feel
V. What feelings do 'they' experience

Question 5 Greatest Olympic Prize' and answer

the questions that follow:-
Read the extract from 'My hands down.
me to win that Olympic
event
Everyone kind of expected
I was in for a surprise.
referred to? [3]
i) Which Olympic event is being [3]
was Owens 'in for a surprise'?
ii) Why about 'an angry athlete? [3]
iii) What does Owens say how?
Owens and [3] [4]
iv) Who helped was Owens' greatest
Olympic prize? Give reasons for your answer.

to you,
v What, according
 SECTIOND
(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)
POEMS
Question 6
Read the extract from the poem 'Nine Gold Medals' and answer the questions that folloW
The signal was given, the pistol exploded
And so did the runners on hearing the sound...

i) What signal is being referred to here? [3]

ii) Who were the participants in this race? [3]
ii) What were the spectators doing? [3]
iv) What happened to the youngest athlete during the race? [3]
v) How did the race end? What was 'special about it? [4]

Question7
Read the extract from the poem'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and answer the questions that follow-
But a bird that stalks
Down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

i) Why does this stanza begin with the word 'But'? [3]
ii) What does 'narrow cage' symbolise? [3]
ii) Why does Angelou say that this bird can 'seldom see through his bars of rage? [3]
iv) What do you think this bird is singing about? [3]
v) What is the significance of the caged bird in the poem? [4]

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