Eng Literature - IX

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AGNES SCHOOL, KHARAGPUR

FINAL TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2020-21 F.M. –80
CLASS –IX ENGLISH LITERATURE TIME: 2 HRS
Attempt five questions in all.
You must attempt at least one question from each of the Sections A, B and C. You may attempt the
remaining two questions from any section(s)of your choice.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
SECTION A – DRAMA
The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare
Question 1
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Salarino: Why, I am sure, if he forfeit, thou wilt not take his
flesh: what’s that good for?
Shylock: To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will
feed my revenge.
i. Who is ‘he’? What is ‘he’ going to forfeit? [3]
ii. Why does the question of ‘forfeiture’ arise? What is ‘flesh’ referred to? [3]
iii. What has Shylock said just before the extract about his feelings towards the person? He has
used three words to describe that person. Mention those three words. [3]
iv. How had Salarino drawn the differences between Shylock and his daughter? [3]
v. How does Shylock justify his decision to take revenge? [4]
Question 2
Arragon: And so have I address’d me. Fortune now
To my heart’s hope! – Gold, silver, and base lead.
i. Where is the speaker? Who else is there with him now? [3]
ii. To which word does he object that is inscribed on the golden casket and why? Why does he
give the reference of ‘martlet’? [3]
iii. What does he find in his chosen casket? [3]
iv. ‘How much low peasantry would then be glean’d
From the true seeds of honour!’
In what context were thesethese lines spoken? [3]
v. What does he have to say about merit, estates, degrees, and honour? [4]
Question 3
Gratiano: It is marvel he out – dwells his hour,
For lovers ever run before the clock.
Salarino: O, ten times faster Venus’ pigeons fly
i. Where are the speakers? How are they dressed? For whom are they waiting? [3]
ii. What does ‘he out- dwells his hour’ mean? Why does he out- dwell his hour? Write the
meaning of ‘marvel’. [3]
iii. Who is Venus? Why and when do Venus’ pigeons fly ten times faster and when do they not do
so? [3]
iv. What was promised to Gratiano and Salarinofrom the person they were waiting for? [3]
v. What were the examples given by Gratiano in order to support Salarino’s speech regarding
Venus’ pigeons? [4]
SECTION B - POETRY
A Collection of Poems
Question 4
“Now tell us what it was all about.”
Young Peterkin, he cries.
And little Wilhelmine looks up
With wonder – waiting eyes.
“Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought eachother for.”
i. Who are Peterkin and Wilhelmine? How does the poet describe the scene at the beginning of
the poem? [3]
ii. What did Young Peterkin find and where? Describe it. [3]
iii. Who is referred to as eachother? What did they fight for? [3]
iv. To whom are the words in the extract addressed? How was this person’s family affected by the
war? [3]
v. What according to the poet are the consequences that are often associated with great and
famous victories? What message does the poet want to convey to the readers? [4]
Question 5
“The most important thing we’ve learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set –’’
i. How according to the poet, does the television set affect the children? [3]
ii. According to the poet, how has the television set helped the parents? [3]
iii. What will be the reaction of the children if the television set is replaced by a bookshelf? [3]
iv. How will the children react once they start reading books and take a liking for it? [3]
v. What was the past time of the children before the television was invented? What type of stories
interested the children in the past? [4]
Question 6
“I gazed - and gazed – but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:”
i. Where is the poet and what mood is he in? [3]
ii. Describe what he saw in the beginning of the poem? [3]
iii. What are the daffodils compared to in the second stanza and mention the literary device? [3]
iv. Give the meaning of ‘jocund’.Who was competing with the daffodils? Mention the literary
device. [3]
v. What impact do the daffodils leave on the poet? What does the poet mean by the bliss of
solitude? [4]
SECTION C- PROSE
A Collection of Short Stories
Question 7
“Muni sat at the foot of the statue, watching his two goats graze in the arid soil among the cactus and
lantana bushes. He looked at the sun; it had tilted westward no doubt, but it was not the time yet to go
back home; if he went too early his wife would have no food for him. Also he must give her time to
cool off her temper and feel sympathetic, and then she would scrounge and manage to get some
food.”
i. Who is Muni? What do you know about his background? [3]

ii. Where is he now? Why is he there and what is he doing? [3]
iii. Describe the statue of the horse. What changes has time made on it? [3]
iv. Who comes at this point? In what sort of vehicle does he come? What does Muni think about
the profession of this newcomer? [3]
v. What wish does the newcomer express a little later and how does Muni react to it? Give
instances from the text. [4]
Question 8
“The dead mother would go underground, and be forever beyond all
care or concern of the villagers. But the children must not be left to starve.”
i. What were the reasons behind the woman’s death? [3]

ii. How did the people of the village treat the woman during her life? What was their attitude
towards her after her death? [3]
iii. Who was the dead woman’s youngest child? How had she become a disabled person? [3]
iv. How many children did the woman have? Describe them. By whom were they taken after their
mother’s death? [3]
v. Comment on the title of the story and highlight the theme [4]
Question 9
Answer the following questions with reference to Ruskin Bond’s short story, “A Face in the
Dark.”
i. What do you know about Mr. Oliver? [4]
ii. What bizarre incident took place one day when Mr. Oliver was coming back from Simla
Bazaar? [4]
iii. How does Ruskin Bond build up the atmosphere of strangeness And mystery in the story ‘A
Face in the Dark.’ Give instances from the text. [8]
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i. Who is Muni? What do you know about his background? [3]

i. What were the reasons behind the woman’s death? [3]

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