Question 1

1. What similarity can be seen between Scene 3 of Act 3 and 4?

(i) The arrival of poet acting as a comic relief
(ii) Romans rising against the conspirators
(iii) Conspirators team up against the triumvirate
(iv) The poet worried about the important leaders
2. Which of these is NOT a condition laid by Brutus to Antony during his funeral
oration?
(i) Conspirators should not be blamed.
(ii) Mention it is with permission that he speaks.
(iii) He should speak before Brutus.
(iv) Speak all good about Caesar.
3. ‘Let us not wrangle. Bid them move away.’ What qualities of Brutus are reflected in
this context?
(i) Submissive and modest
(ii) Wise and prudent
(iii) Intelligent and clever
(iv) Shrewd and cunning
4. Why was Lucious Pella condemned?
(i) Supporting the dishonest officials
(ii) Lending hands to unhonourable peasants
(iii) Taking bribes from Sardians
(iv) Giving bribes to Cassius
5. To what does Brutus compare his high temper?
(i) Pluto’s mine
(ii) Flint
(iii) Slave’s temper
(iv) Mother’s temper
6. Select the options that shows the correct relationship between statements (i) and (ii).
(i) Brutus and Cassius argue about allowing Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral.
(ii) Brutus decides to let Antony speak.
(a) (i) is the cause for (ii)
(b) (i) is an example of (ii)
(c) (i) is independent of (ii)
(d) (i) is a contradiction of (ii)
7. When the fat lady rides the elevator with Martin, she ….
(i) Hums loudly
(ii) Slaps Martin
(iii) Stares at Martin
(iv) Prays for a safe ride
8. Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.
 1. The photographer commented, ‘The face is quite wrong’.
2. The narrator read all magazines displayed in the studio.
3. The narrator complimented the photographer about the ability to make a
narrow face make look wide and large.
4. The photographer rolled a machine into the middle of the room.
(a) 1,2,3,4
(b) 2,3,1,4
(c) 2,4,1,3
(d) 3,2,1,4

9. ‘As I keep saying, if any woman decides to come into the world with all of her two
legs, then she should select legs that have meat on them’.
What does the ‘meat’ in this extract refer to?
(i) Strength
(ii) Muscles
(iii) Tendons
(iv) Flexibility
10. ‘Which of the following statements is not true of Leonard Mead?
(i) He enjoys his regular night walks around the city.
(ii) He fears isolation
(iii) He appreciates nature
(iv) He is a writer
11. The tombs ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or
multicouloured lights touching their faces.
Find a similar expresson from the following options:
(i) He would stride off, sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of
a cigar.
(ii) There was a good crystal frost in the air, it cut the nose.
(iii) Was that murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house?
(iv) A faint incense puttering from their exhausts, skimmed homeward to the far
directions.
12. What does ‘Mortmain’ stand for in ‘The haunted houses’?
(i) Legal document
(ii) Grip of the past
(iii) Death and end of deed
(iv) A living memory
13. Which of the following phrases bring out the passion and determination of Bhisma
Lochan Sharma?
(i) Sold his soul
(ii) Staked his life
(iii) Crazy and obsessed
 (iv) Hell-bent
(a) i and iii
(b) ii and iv
(c) iii and iv
(d) ii and iii
14.Leigh Hunt’s poem ‘The Glove and the Lions’ describes the cessation of love caused
by ?
(i) Vengeance
(ii) Distrust
(iii) Vanity
(iv) Anger
15.Angelou wrote ‘When Great Trees Fall’ at the death of _________
(i) James Baldwin
(ii) Martin Luther King
(iii) Malcolm X
(iv) Abraham Lincoln
16.‘Yet must have had a set of them complete’ – What did it have as complete?
(i) Intelligence
(ii) Fingers
(iii) Feet
(iv) Eyes
Question 2

Antony: This is a slight unmeritable man,

Meet to be sent on errands. Is it fit,
The threefold world divided, he should stand
One of the three to share it?
Octavius: So you thought him,
And took his voice who should be prick’d to die,
In our black sentence and proscription.

1. Who is called as ‘slight unmeritable man’? Why is he called so? On what errands is he
sent now by Antony? 3
Lepidus[1] he views Lepidus as non qualified and not willing to participate the power
of the triumvirate. [1] was sent to bring caesar’s will, to find out how he can cut some
of the expenditure in legacies. [1]
2. On hearing Antony’s comment, what did Octavius feel? What made him feel so? How
did Octavious refute Antony’s view point? 3
Shocked [1] just before Antony had taken opinion of Lepidus who should be included
in the list of people to be killed. [1] Octavious objected Antony’s idea and thinking, by
telling about Lepidus as a ‘tried and valiant/brave soldier’. [1]
3. What are Antony’s intentions regarding the ‘man’? Explain the analogy he uses in this
context. What is the ‘threefold world’? 3
Use Lepidus only for urgent needs and then dismiss him. use him like an ass that
carries gold on its back, once delivered it will be sent to graze with commoners.[1]
power distributed among these three persons equally after their victory [1]
4. Later Antony tells Octavious, ‘Listen great things’. What great things does Antony
discuss with Octavious? 3
Brutus and cassius are raising armies, so they must raise a force immediately and
advance against them.[1] Therefore , unite the allied armies, make sure of support
from friends/ and use resources to the best[1] decide immediately how things which
are not yet known to the public should be revealed/ and how obvious dangers can be
met and dealt with most effectively. [1]
5. Analyse the character traits of Antony and Octavious Caesar in context of this scene.
[4]
Antony-skilled politician;cunning, devious-when talking about Lepidus
Octavious- a man of action and lacks Antony’s political cunningness; he pushes back
when antony insults Lepidus. Antony presents Octavious as young and inexperienced.
Matured – end of the scene when he points out the risk being surrounded by many
enemies; some men smile but have many plots in their minds to damage us.
[character definition with proof from the text; 2 – Antony; 2- Octavious]

Question 3
Brutus: You have done that you should be sorry for,
There is no terror Cassius, in your threats;
For I am arm’d so strong in honesty.
That they pass by me as the idle wind,
Which I respect not.
1. What provoked Brutus to speak so? Why is he not terrified by Cassius’ threats?
What would be his approach towards his threats? 3
When Cassius said not to take advantage of his love for Brutus, he might harm
him for which he might feel sorry later. 1 Brutus is strengthened by his integrity
that Cassius’ threats pass him by him like ineffective winds which he doesn’t take
notice of. 2
2. What request of Brutus did Cassius deny? Mention the reason that pressed Brutus
to make the request? What is ironical about Brutus’ criticism of Cassius for his
denial of money? 3
Asked for certain sums of money [1]
Had to pay to legions/doesn’t want to earn money through unfair means [1] he
criticizes Cassius for extorting money and then reprimands him for not giving him
some of that money.[1]
3. What other option did Brutus have to fulfill his necessity? What would he opt for
instead of that? 3
Take by force from the hardworking peasants [1]
Instead he would melt his heart and make it into coins, turn the drops of blood
into silver coins, than force from the hard and unwilling hands of hardworking
peasants their little money by dishonest method.
4. How does Brutus define money? What curse should befall on him if he becomes
greedy? 3
rascal counters [1] if he becomes greedy as to hide such money from his friends,
let gods send thunderbolts and dash him to pieces.[2]

5. What reason did Brutus give to Cassius for his quick temper? What was Cassius’
reaction? Who brings the same news later in the act? How does the person praise
Brutus at that time? 4
Grief on the news of the death of Portia [1/2] by consuming charcoal.[1/2]
shocked and said how he escaped from being killed by Brutus when he is deeply
grief-stricken. [1] Messala[1] the way Brutus handled the bad news is the way
great men endure great losses. [1]

Question 4
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile
we breathe, briefly.
our eyes briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
Unsaid,
Promised walks
Never taken.
1. Who are called ‘great souls’? What is the effect of their fall on the air around
us? 3
Admirable and influential people of the society. [1] the atmosphere feel
lighter, drained of spirit, sterilised by the loss. [2]
2. What happens to our eyes and vision? Why is memory said to be suddenly
sharpened? 3
Eyes become blurred with tears, but they lend us a new vision of the past.
Several scenes pass through our subconscious mind making them realise the
enormity of the loss. 2
As the mind travels back to recall words that remained unsaid and promises
not kept while they were alive. 1

3. How are the people benefitted by their association with the great souls? How
do they feel after their death? 3
Had nurtured them[1/2]; moulded their minds; enlightened their minds[1/2]
Feel their souls shrunk and wither without their nurturing light[1] minds lose
inspiration[1]
4. What comforting transition happens after a period of grief? How is the
process? Explain the effect of that change. 3
Time plays as a healer and we start experiencing peace.[1] It happens
slowly/gradually/non linear manner. [1]
The sense of void begin to fill with an uplifting spirit, a comforting electricity
and vibration as if the person’s enduring energy still resonates. [1]

5. What do the following lines convey to us? 4

They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
Better. For they existed.

Repetition of ‘they existed’ powerfully overcomes the finality of loss, asserting

the enduring evidence of their life/profound influence of the departed souls on
our lives and the inspiration they provide for us to live better lives in their
memory [2] Their existence reminds us to live fuller, with purpose and
meaning, better for having known them. [2]
OR
Can the experience of the poet be related to personal loss? What difference
and similarity can be noticed in two situations? 4
Close family members loss too create a void and put us into deep pain.
Remember the way they guided us and nurtured us.
Both are painful.
Difference- great souls’ death send shock waves throughout the society, close
one s death affect the immediate circle of family and friends.

Question 5
A speck that would have been beneath my sight
On any but a paper sheet so white
Set off across what I had written there.
1. What is a speck? What would it turn out to be? Why was it spotted by the
poet? 3
Tiny dot /a tiny piece of dirt 1
A mite/insect 1
As it was on a white sheet of paper/contrasting background 1
2. What was the poet doing when he sighted the speck? Explain the figure of
speech used in the line ‘to stop it with a period of ink’? 3
Writing on the piece of paper 1
Metaphor 1 The poet idly kept his pen away from the paper to stop its
movement using his pen as the weapon. 1

3. Mention three observations that the poet about the ‘speck’? 3

It became suspicious about the danger that can happen to it due to the pen
Became alert and started racing to escape from the danger zone.
It paused when it drank or smelt ink and tried to fly.

4. What was the poet’s final decision about the ‘speck’? What are not the
reasons for making the decision? 3
Not to kill it. 1
Doesn’t have tenderer-than-thou attitude/oversentimental love 1
Not due to any special group sentiments 1
5. Comment on the central idea of the poem. 4
Poet’s keen observation of the display of the mite’s intelligence in the form
of its use of different survival techniques.[suspicion, dread, bafflement,
terror, overpowering desire to save its life]
Recognition of the mite’s intelligence which shifted the poet’s eagerness to
admiration of intelligence, his joy of meeting an intelligent being.
Most possible effort from the mite to escape from danger.
Though mortal, all beings constant try to escape from death.
Poet’s great reverence to intelligence on any place or any form.
Question 6
Like all this business to do with legs. I have always wanted to them not to
worry. I mean Nana and my mother. That it did not have to be an issue for
my two favourite people to fight over.
1. Name the narrator. How old is the narrator? What is unique about the
place where the narrator born? 3
Adjoa 1/2
7 yrs 1/2
Hazodzi has good soil 1
even if whole of Africa is suffering from drought, there is no shortage of
food at Hazodzi 1

2. Why was Nana and mother worried about the speaker’s legs? What
didn’t the narrator speak out? 3
Too thin for a woman to support strong hips which enables a woman to
have children. 1
Didn’t want to cause distress to her grandmother and mother/ Didn’t
want either to be told not to repeat it or considered so funny that
anyone would laugh at her until they cried. 2
3. What difference of opinion do Nana and mother have about school? 3
Nana- it is waste of time 1
Mother- without schooling it is like locked into some kind of darkness 1
could learn and write and read her name and do some calculation on
paper.1
4. What change happened to Nana after the narrator was selected for
district games? 3
Whole week she washed her school uniform herself. 1
Went to Mr Mensah’s house and borrowed his charcoal pressing iron
each time, came back home with it,1 ironed so many times. 1
5. Describe how Nana attended the district games. How did she express
her joy when the narrator won all round junior athlete? 4
Every afternoon she would pull one set of fresh old clothes from the big
brass bowl to wear and go to the town with the students wearing it. she
would walk way from the students. 2
The day Adjoa won the championship she walked with them proudly and
carried the gleaming cup on her back. When they arrived their village
she entered their compound to show the cup to Kaya before returning it
to the headmaster. 2
Question 7
He turned back on a side street, circling around toward his home. he was within a block of
his destination when the lone car turned a corner quite suddenly and flashed a fierce white
cone of light upon him.
1. Who is ‘he’ in the above extract? When does this story take place? How long has he
been going for a walk in the city? 3
Leonard Mead 1
2053 A.D. 1
10 years 1
2. Why do you think there is only car at night time?
People are inside their tomb like houses, glued to tv sets. Only one police car
patrolling the streets at night.1
Ever since the election year n 2052 A.D. the force has been cut down from 3 cars to
one.1
Crime was ebbing and there was no need of police.1
3. Describe the interrogation done by the police car. 3
Ordered to stand still, asked his name and his business. When he says he is a writer,
it said no profession. Asks why he is outdoors and when he says he is walking, it asks
the purpose. When he says for air and see, it asks if he doesn’t have an air
conditioner and viewing screen. [any 3 points]

4. Which house did the car pass after the interrogation? What was its address? Why
did the house stand out from the others?
Mead’s houses. [1/2] eleven south saint James street 1
While all other houses are dark and dead, Mead’s house is well-illuminated. All its
electric lights are brightly lit. every window is yellow instead of grey and dull. The
windows stand out as squares of warmth in the surrounding darkness. [1 ½] 3 points
5. Where and why is the protagonist being taken by the police car? What do you
understand about the society in which he lives? How is the protagonist different from
others in the city? 4
Psychiatric center [1/2] for research on regressive tendencies[ ½]
Dystopian society where people totally conform to the state rules 1
Families controlled by tv screens /lights dim or out/windows curtained and non one
talks, laughts, steps out in fresh air
Mead steps out at 8 p.m every night for 10 years/enjoys waling alone /no tv/not
married/writng by profession though it was not considered as profession
/unimpressed by technology that has subdued reading and writing/attempts a joke
 witht eh robotic police car and protests when he is asked to get in. house to bright
unlike other ones. 2 points 2 marks

6. How does the narrator bring out the deathlike nature of the city? 3
Concrete walk is buckling, it has almost disappeared under unkempt grass and
flowers/ if he closes his eyes and stand it would be like Arizona deaert with the long
and empty streets as dry river beds/no one was seen on the road during day or night
for the ten years that he had been walking outside. The only signs of movement are
by the packs of street dogs intermittently barking at Mead. Houses are like tombs.
1. How apt is the comparison between great souls and great trees? What is the
impact of falling of trees? 3
Impact is far and wide/just like great trees which is depended upon by many
beings around, great souls are depended by people around. 1
rocks on distant hills feel vibrations and shudder/landscape itself trembles with
fear; lions hunker down; elephants trudge off in search of safety; small things
shrink into silence due to fear. 2