CARMEL SCHOOL, DHANBAD

FINAL EXAMINATION : 2021-2022

SUBJECT – ENGLISH LITERATURE 09.02.22
Class – IX Full Marks: 80
Time– 2 Hrs.
Attempt Five Questions in all
You must attempt at least one question from each of the Sections (A), (B)
and (C) compulsorily.
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 the
brackets ( ).

Section – A – Drama
The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
Answer at least one question from this section
Question 1
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Shylock: …why thou loss upon loss! The thief gone with so much, and so
much to find the thief; and no satisfaction, no revenge:
i. Who is the thief referred to in the extract? With whom has the thief
gone? Why does Shylock call this person a thief? [3]
ii. Who is Shylock speaking to? Why did this person go to Genoa?
What news did he bring from Genoa about the thief? [3]

iii. Why does Shylock say ‘no satisfaction, no revenge’? [3]

iv. What information about Antonio does Shylock get in this scene
from the person spoken to? How did this person get this
information? Why was Shylock happy over the news? [3]
v. What are Shylock’s instructions to the person spoken to at the end
of the scene? What are Shylock’s plan for Antonio? Why? [4]
Question 2
Servant: Madam, there is alighted at your gate A young Venetian, one
that comes before
To signify the approaching of his Lord;
From whom he bringeth sensible regreets,
To wit, besides commends and courteous breath,
Gifts of rich value. Yet I have not seen
So likely an ambassador of love:
A day in April never came so sweet,
To show how costly summer was at hand,
As this fore-spurrer comes before this Lord.

i. Who is referred to as ‘young Venetian’ in the above extract? Where

is he at present? Why has he come? [3]
ii. Why was the lord coming to Belmont? How would he benefit from
his visit? [3]
iii. What does Portia say to her servant immediately after this given
extract? Why? [3]
iv. Explain: A day in April never came so sweet,
To show how costly summer was at hand,
As this fore-spurrer comes before his Lord. [3]
v. How had Nerissa described the Lord earlier in the play? What stops
Portia from marrying him as soon as they meet? [4]

Question 3
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Jessica: Farewell, good Launcelot.
(Exit Launcelot)
Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my Father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood,
I am not to his manners. O Lorenzo,
If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,
Become a Christian and thy loving wife.
i. Who is Jessica? To whom is she speaking? Where are they at the
moment? [3]
ii. Why does Jessica bid farewell to Launcelot? Where is he going?
How does Launcelot bid farewell to Jessica? [3]
iii. What had Jessica asked Launcelot to do just before this extract?
What precautions has she asked him to take? [3]
iv. What is Jessica’s opinion about Launcelot? What is her father’s
opinion about Launcelot? [3]
v. What is Jessica’s relationship with Lorenzo? Which promise has
Lorenzo to keep? Describe the strife that Jessica is going to end.[4]

SECTION- B
POETRY
Question 4
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow;
The most important thing we’ve learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, Never, Never let
Them near your television set-
Or better still, just don’t install
The idiotic thing at all.
i. What according to the poet is the most important thing that he has
learnt about children? What is referred to as ‘the idiotic thing’ in the
extract? What shouldn’t we do with this? [3]
ii. How does the ‘Idiotic Thing’ prove useful and convenient for the
parents? [3]
iii. What effect does the ‘Idiotic Thing’ have on the children? [3]
iv. How will the children react if this ‘Idiotic thing’ is thrown
away? [3]

v. According to the poet what can be done to save the children from
hypnotism of the ‘Idiotic thing’? State whether his suggestion is
practical? [4]

Question 5
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never ending line
Along the margin of the bay;
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

i Who is ‘I’ referred to in the extract? What did he see? Where? [3]

ii. What is the Milky Way? How are the daffodils compared to the
stars? [3]
iii. Explain: Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Name the figure of speech used in these lines. [3]
iv. To what does the poet compare himself in the beginning of the
poem? Why? Explain the comparison. [3]
v. State the influence that nature can have over an individual’s
mind? [4]

Question 6
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
following:
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again,
He plants the forest’s heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see.

i. What benefits of planting a tree are mentioned in the extract? [3]

ii. How do trees help in producing rain? [3]
iii. Explain: He plants the forest’s heritage;
The harvest of a coming age; [3]
iv. What does the expression unborn eyes indicate? What
according to the poet is the joy that unborn eyes shall
see? [3]

v. Comment on the appropriateness of the title. [4]

 SECTION-C
PROSE
Question 7
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
He sat on the pedestal for the rest of the day. The advantage of this was
that he could watch the highway and see lorries and buses pass through
to the hills, and it gave him a sense of belonging to a larger world.

i. Who is he? What was he doing? Why had he come here? [3]
ii. Describe his village? Where was his house located? [3]
iii. Describe his activities when he was prosperous? [3]
iv. What is said about the pedestal immediately after the
extract? What did Muni do there? [3]
v. Describe the confusion that occurred in relation to the
horse. [4]

Question 8
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
But let us hope that the hostilities between us may never return. We
would have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Revenge by young
men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men
who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose ,
know better.
i. From where has this extract been taken? Who is the speaker?
Who is referred to as ‘us’ by the speaker? [3]
ii. Why does the speaker hope that the hostilities between ’us’ may
never return? What hostilities is he referring to? [3]
iii. What is the speaker’s opinion about the religion of the White
Man? What is their religion? How is it different from the religion
of the Red Man? [3]
iv. How are the dead of the two religions different, according to the
speaker? [3]
v. What opinion do you form about the speaker in the above extract?
[4]
Question 9
Answer the following questions with reference to T.S Arthur’s
short story ‘An Angel in Disguise’.
i. What was the cause behind the woman’s death? What kind of
relation did the woman have with others? [4]
ii. How many children did the woman have? Describe them. [4]
iii. ‘Death touches the spring of our common humanity’. How is this
statement proved through the action of the neighbours when they
hear of the woman’s death? [8]

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