SEMESTER2 EXAMINATION

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
ENGLISH PAPER-2
Maximum Marks: 40

Time allowed: One and a half hours

Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separateiy.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.

This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.

The time given at the head of this Paper is ihe time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all questions fromSection A.
You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ J.

SECTION A

(Attempt all questions.)

Question 1

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the
question. Write the correct answer only.) [10]
What did Abou Ben Adhem see in his bedroom when he awoke one night?
(i)
(a) A fairy writing in a book of gold
(b) An angel sitting on his bed

(c) A fairy sitting on his bed

(d) An angel writing in a book of gold

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poem,
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(i) Which of the event?
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so many countries
(a) The athletes had come from
there determined
(b) And nine young athletes stood
in their tracks
(c) The eightother athletes stopped
bronze
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(d)
(in Ray Bradbury's story, 'AllSummer in a Day'),
wrote,
(i) In the poem that Margot
she compares the sun to a

(a) penny
(b) clock

(c) flower

(d) lemon
and to whom?
(iv) "Aw, you didn't write that!" Who said these words
(a) Margot to one of the boys.
(b) Margot to William

(c) The teacher to Margot

(d) One of the boys to Margot.

(v) Jesse Owens says that Hitler had kept him (Luz Long) 'under wraps'. What does the
phrase 'under wraps' mean?
(a) Wrapped in a blanket

(b) Gift wrapped

(c) A carefully concealed secret
(d) Beneath awrapper

(vi) Which Olympic event was Jesse Owens confident of winning?

(a) The one hundred metres race
(b) The four hundred metres race

(c) The high jump

(d) The running broad jump
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 Aii) The Duke refers to Shylock as a 'stony
adversary' in the opening lines of ACt* O
The Merchant of Venice'. What does the
phrase 'stony adversary' mean?
(a) An enemy made of rock
(b) Ahard-hearted enemy
(c) Adifficult enemy
(d) Adangerous enemy
(viii)"My deeds upon my head! Icrave the law, the penalty and forfeit of my bond." Who
says these words and to whom?
(a) Portia to Antonio

(b) Shylock to Portia

(c) Bassanio to Portia

(d) Antonio to Shylock

(ix) Why does a quarrel break out between Nerissa and Gratiano in the final Act of The
Merchant of Venice?

(a) Gratiano admits that he had given away the ring which Nerissa had given to him.
(b) Nerissa admits that she had accompanied Portia to Venice disguised as a
lawyer's clerk.

(c) Gratiano is annoyed with Nerissa for giving away his ring to a stranger in Venice.

(d) Nerissa isangry with Gratiano for leaving for Venice on the very day they were
married.
young
(x) How does Lorenzo recognize Portia even before he sees her when the two
women return from Venice?

(a) by the clothes she wears.

(b) by the sound of her voice.

(c) by the perfume she uses.

(d) by her touch.

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 SECTION B
from this Section.)
(Atempt any one question
DRAMA
William Shakespeare - Acts 4 and 5)
(The Merchant of Venice by

Question 2
the questions that follow:
Read the extract given below and answer
Antonio: Commend me to your honourable wife.:
Tell 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.
Repent not youthat you shall lose your friend,
And he repents not that he pays your debt;
For, if the Jew do cut but deep enough,
Tl pay it instantly with all my heart.
(i) Who was Bassanio's 'honourable wife'? Why were the two men unaware that she
was present in the room with them? [2]
(i) What did Antonio urge Bassanio to tell his wife? [2]
(ii) What 'debt' was Antonio referring to in the above extract? [3]
(iv) What does Bassanio say in response to these words of Antonio's? What do their
words tell us of the nature of the relationship between the two men?
[3]

Question 3

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Lorenzo: How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will I sit, and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears:
(i) To whom are these words addressed? What message has just
been delivered to
Lorenzo?
[2]
(11) Where is this scene set? Why are Lorenzo and his
companion at this place? [2]
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 ati) How does Lorenzo describe the
powerful effect of music on wild animals to his
companion?
[3]
(iv) Portia and Nerissa arrive on the scene
shortly afler this.
What reason does Portia give
for their absence from home? What does she
instruct Nerissa to do immediately after
their arrival?
[3)

SECTION C
(Attempt any one question from this Section.)
PROSE - SHORT STORIES

(Treasure Trove - A Collection of ICSEPoems and Short Stories)

Question 4

Read the extract from Ray Bradbury's short story, 'All Summer in a Day' given below
and answer the questions that follow:
The girl standing inthe open, held out her hand
"Ohlook, look, " she said, trembling.
They came slowly to look at her opened palm.
In the center of it, cupped and huge, was a single raindrop. She began to cry,
looking at it. They glanced quietly at the sun.
"Oh. Oh"

i) How old were 'they°? What had they been doing until the girl called their attention
to the raindrop? [2]
raindrop?
(ii) Why does the girl begin to cry when she looks at the
the raindrop fell.
(ii) Describe the dramatic change in the weather immediately after [3]
What had they done earlier
(iv) What feeling do 'they' experienceat the endof the story?
(3]
that made them feel this way?

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from 'My
Greatest Olympic prize' by Jesse Owens given below and
extract
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answer
tension seemned to ebb out of my body as the truth of what he said hit
Suddenly allthe
fullfoot in back ofthe boardand proceeded to jump
Confidently, I drew aline a
almost a foot tospare.
me.

qualified with
from there. l
Owens?
was the truth' that Luz Long had just pointed out to (2]
(i) What
What had caused him to feel
narrative Owens admits to feeling angry.
(üi) Earlier inthe [2]
this way?
spend their time together that night2 [3]
(iii) How did the two athletes
proved that he was a true sportsman? What
(iv) What action of Luz Long'sat the finals
remarkable? (3]
made his behaviour

SECTION D

(Attempt any one question from this Section.)

POETRY
(Treasure Trove -A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories)

Question 6
Read the following extract from the poem 'Abou Ben Adhem' by Leigh Hunt and answer the questions
that follow:

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)

Awoke one night from adeep dream of peace,
(i) What does the poet mean by the words, 'may his tribe increase!"? [21

(ii) Mention any two words which the poet uses in this poem that are no longer in
Common use. (2]

(1) Three different name listsare mentioned in the poem. The Angel speaks of two and
Abou Ben Adhem mentions the third. What are they? (3]

(iv) What important lesson did Abou Ben Adhem learn after his second encounter with
the Angel? What message does the poet convey to us through tnis [3]
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