(NAVI MUMBAI MERCHANTS' EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION'S)

ANCHORWALA EDUCATION ACADEMY

SECOND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
2023-2024

MARKS: 80
GRADE: 10
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE TIME: 2 hrs
NAME OF THE STUDENT DATE: 05.01.2024

Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
answers.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the

The paper has four sections.

SectionA is compulsory -All questions in section A must be answered.
Youmust attempt one question from each of the sections B, C and D ànd one
other question from any section of your choice.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ J.

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. [16]

i. What did the little match girl see when she struck the third match?
A. BeautifulChristmas tree. B. An iron store with polished brass knobs
C. her grandmother. D. A stuffed roast goose.

ii. Hans Christian Andersen is a writer.

A. French B.American
C..British D.Danish

ii. Jane Thompson carried the little girl in her heart as well as arms, a precious
burden." Which figure of speech is used in the above line?

A. Metaphor B.Simile
C.Oxymoron D.Alliteration

iv. Where does the cloud wander?

A.over vales and hills B. over hills and meadows
C.over hills D. over the river and valleys.

vWhat did the 10,000 daffodils do when the poet saw them?
A.fluttered and danced in the breeze B.Bloomed to its fully
C.Withered away D.Moving and Swaying
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 Patriot?
vi.What type of the poem is The
B.Epic
A.Elegy D.Ballad
C.Dramatic Monologue
Patriot' Symbolise?
VI.What does the Sun in the poem, The
A.Ultimate glory and power B.Light
C Love D.Respect

vii.Which ancient hero does Portia compare Bassanio with?

A.Alcides B.Ajax
C.Troilus D.Jason

ix.Who is Leah?
A.Old Gobbo 's wife B.Shylock's wife
C.Jessica's maid D.Lorenzo's mother

x.Who /what is Bassanio referring to in the following lines:

"thou pale and common drudge between man and man.

A.Shylock B.GoldCasket
C.Silver Casket D.Portia

xi.Whom does Portia leave in charge of her house while she is gone?
A.Bassanio B.Lorenzo
C.Gratiano D.Launcelot
xii.Where does Portia tell everyone that she is going?
A.Padua B.Toa monastery
C.to her room D.to Venice
xií.What is Portia's response to Nerissa when she asks of Bassanio and
shall they see us"? Gratiano
A.No .we'll be hidden B.Yes,but we'll be dressed like men
C.Yes, we'll provide them inspiration D.No,but they lol hear our voices
XÍv.What does the poet mean by bars of rage?
A.The cage makes the bird angry B.The bars are t0o strong
C.The bird wants to break the cage D.The bird looks at the iron bars
Xv.What did Sibia's last meal consist of?
A.chapatti,green vegetables and rice B.Chapatti,green chilli and Urdu dal
C.Chapatti.green chilliand rancid butter D.Chapatti and pulav
xvi.Where did Sibia keep the blue bead?
A.in bag B.into the top of her skirt
C.in her pocket D.in between the paper grass

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 SECTION B(The Merchant of Venice)
follow.
Question 2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
my coach, which stays
Portia: but come, I willtell thee all my device, when Iam inmeasure twenty miles
for us at the Park Gate,and therefore haste, for we must
today. question ? (3]
i. Whom is Portiaaddressing? What was the tellyou about Portia? (3]
i. What device is referred to here? What does it
her device? (4]
i.What instructions had Portia given regarding Lorenzo? Why? (3]
iv.Earlier in the context, what task had been handed.over to (3]
v.What is Portia's mood in the scene?Justify.
the questions that follow.
Question 3. Read the extract given below and answer
and I were out. He tells me
Jessica: Nay youneed not fear us, Lorenzo .Launcelot
am a Jew's daughter
flatly, there is no no mercy for me in heaven, because I
(3]
i.What does Launcelot jokingly anticipate? Why? [3]
i. What is the dramatic purpose of Scene 5? Launcelot to do? What is
ii. After the extract what has LorenzZO Commanded
Launcelot's reaction? (3]
iv. How has LorenzZo praised Launcelot's witty nature? (3]
on Portia? [4]
V. Explain inyour words Jessica's views
SECTIONC (POETRY)

Question4 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

The air brought into a mist with bells

The old walls rocked with crowd and cries.
Had Isaid,"Good folk, mere noise repels,
But give me your sun from yonder skies!"
yonder skies"?
i. What does the patriot mean when he says "give me your sun from
How does he get the sun? What does he do with it?
(3]
i. How has the celebration and welcome been described
in the poem? [3]
his present
ii. Where is the patriot going as he remembers above? Describe [3]
condition?
iv.Comment on the closing reference to God in the poem. (3]
transformation
v. Do you believe that the patriot's condition undergoes a complete [4]
ina mere year? Give reasons for your answer.
follow.
Question 5.Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
But a bird that stalks
Down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through
His bars of rage.
i. Howdoes the poet contrast the wings of free bird and the caged bird? (4]
ii. How does the free bird use the wind? What has happened to the feet of the
caged bird? [3)
ii. What does the free bird think of? What does it tellyou about his general
attitude?
(3]
used in the poem. [3)
iv. Explain:" grave of dreams "and "a nightmare scream " assymbolic?Justify your
V. Do youbelieve that the free bird and the caged bird are
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SECTION. D( PROSE)
Question 6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

The many candles on the Christmas tree rose higher and higher through the air, and
she saw that they had now turned into bright stars.

i. Howwas the Christmas tree hat she visualised in the above extract? [3]
ii. What changes did she observe in the candles on the Christmas tree that she
imagined? (3]
ii. What had the little girl's grandmother told her about the star when it fell? [3]
iv. Howdid the little girl's grandmother look when she visualised her after lighting
another match? [3]
v. What didthe little girl tell her grandmother?Why did she quickly strike all the
matches she had in the pocket? What happened then? [4]
Question 7. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
With all the force of her little body, she drove
went in right in, while it's pair scratched, past hayfork
at the eyes, and one prong
on the horny cheek, the
crocodile
reared up in convulsion.
i. Describe the mugger
crocodile.
ii. Who is 'she' in the extract? [3]
Why did she aim at the
iii. Why were the women going to the river?Why were reptile's
they
eyes? [3]
keep in the cave? noisy?What did Sibia
iv. Explain how Sibia came to help the Gujjar woman [3]
v. Why did the crocodile go into convulsion? What immediately? [3)
convulsion? happened during his
[4)