SAINT PAUL’S HIGH SCHOOL, BATHINDA

(Permanently Affiliated to CISCE, New Delhi)

TEST SERIES-III (2022-23)

Class : X LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Time : 2 Hrs M.M-80

The paper has four sections.

Section A is compulsory – All questions in this section must be answered.

You must attempt at least one question from each of the Sections

B, C, D and one other question from the section of your choice.

Attempt four questions.

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

NAME: …………………… INDEX NO: ..……. ENROLMENT NO: …… DATE:00-12-2022

SECTION -A

( Attempt all questions from this section.)

1. Read the following questions and choose the most appropriate response from the options given
below:. 16Mks

( Attempt all questions given below)

(i)Which figure of speech is used in the line –‘ Ten thousand saw I at a glance ‘

(a) Onomatopoeia

(b) Simile
(c)Hyperbole

(d) Metaphor

(ii)Who is the poet of the poem ‘ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’?

(a)Maya Angelou

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) William Wordsworth

(d) Robert Browning

(iii)What were the people doing on their rooftops in the beginning of the poem ‘ Patriot’ ?

(a)dancing

(b)shouting

(c) gathered to see the patriot.

(d)throwing stones at the patriot.

(iv)The main and the basic aim of the poem ‘ Abou Ben Adhem ‘ is:

(a)human enmity

(b)human love

(c)human hatred

(d)human greed

(v)What is the moral that the poet is trying to convey in ‘ Nine Gold Medals’ ?

(a)It is okay to fall down once in a while.

(b)Winning is important.

(c)Compassion is more important than competition.

(d)All of the above.

(vi)What is the poetic device used in ‘Death touches the spring of our common humanity’?

(a)Metaphor
(b)Personification

(c)Alliteration

(d)Simile

(vii)After reading the line below, where did thestory ‘ The Little Match Girl’ take place?

“Most terribly cold it was; quite dark, and evening-the last evening of the year.”

(a)On a cold New Years eve night.

(b)In a small town at night.

(c)On a cold new years day.

(d)During a warm summers day.

(viii)Who is the author of the short story ‘ Blue Bead’?

(a)Jesse Owens

(b)R.K. Narayan

(c)Ray Bradbury

(d)Norah Burke

(ix)Jesse Owens disliked Adolf Hitler because

(a)he patronised Luz Long,a rival of Jesse Owens.

(b)he had kept Luz Long hidden from other Olympic athletes.

(c)he advocated the theory of Aryan supremacy.

(d)he organised the Olympics in Berlin.

(x)Why don’t the other students like Margot?

(a)Margot picks on William.

(b)Margot’s experiences are very different than the other students’.

(c)Margot thinks she is better than the others.

(d)Margot does not like to take showers.

(xi)Which statement best explains how the rainy season affects Margot?

(a)She is pale, silent, and thin.

(b)She likes to hide from everyone.

(c)Tunnels are her only comfort.

(d)Rain improves her poetry writing.

(xii)Who is described as a spendthrift in the ‘ Merchant of Venice ‘?

(a)Antonio

(b)Shylock

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(d) Launcelot

(xiii)Where does Portia live before her marriage?

(a) Belmont

(b)Rhodes

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(d)Venice

(xiv)Why does Shakespeare arrange a quarrel among the lovers ?

(a)To add suspense.

(b)To produce a comic effect.

(c)To arouse pity.

(d)To add adventure.

(xv)How many couples are there by the end of the drama?

(a)One

(b)Two

(c)Three

(d)Four
(xvi)With whom does Nerissa fall in love with?

(a)Tubal

(b)Salarino

(d)Gratiano

SECTION-B (DRAMA)

The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare

Question 2:

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Portia

Why, this bond is forfeit;

And lawfully by this the Jew may claim

A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off Nearest the merchant’s heart. Be merciful: Take thrice thy money;
bid me tear the bond.

Shylock

When it is paid according to the tenour.

It doth appear you are a worthy judge: You know the law, your exposition Hath been most sound: l
charge you by the law, Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar, Proceed to judgment: by my soul I swear

There is no power in the tongue of man

To alter me: I stay here on my bond.

(i)What is meant by this bond is forfeit? How is the bond now

Forfeit? (3)

(ii)Give the meaning of:

When it is paid according to the tenour. (3)

(iii)Why does Shylock call Portia a worthy judge? Why was she compared to Daniel earlier?
(3)

(iv)What was Shylock’s reaction when Portia offered him the due amount for the first time?
(3)

(v)State why Shylock was confident that no one could take away his right to forfeiture. What impression
of Shylock’s character do you have from the extract? Give a reason to justify your opinion.
(4)

Question 3:

Lorenzo

In such a night

Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew,

And with an unthrift love did run from Venice,

As far as Belmont.

Jessica

In such a night

Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well,

Stealing her soul with many vows of faith,

And ne’er a true one.

(i)What did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew in such a night? (3)

(ii)What precautions were taken by Jessica and Lorenzo to ensure that she could escape from her
father’s house undetected? (3)

(iii)How did Jessica’s father react her escape? What were Jessica’s feelings just before her elopement?
(3)
(iv)What was the role played by Lorenzo in Jessica’s escape from the Jew?
(3)

(v)What do Venice and Belmont stand for? What does the elopement of Lorenzo and Jessica from
Venice to Belmont signify? (4)

Section -C POETRY

A COLLECTION OF POEMS

Question 4:

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

The signal was given, the pistol exploded

And so did the runners all charging ahead

But the smallest among them, he stumbled and staggered

And fell to the asphalt instead.

(i)During the race, who had the bad luck? What happened to him? What were his feelings then?
(3)

(ii)What strange thing happened? (3)

(iii)Which phrase has been used to indicate that the race has started? Which is the only word that
describes the physical feature of the athlete who falls? Why were the runners charging ahead?
(3)

(iv)Do you think that the sight of an athlete falling during the course of a race is unusual? What does this
result in? (3)

(v)State in your own words what the eight other runners did. What did their action reflect on their
attitude? (4)

Question 5:

But a caged bird stand on the grave of dreams.

His shadow shouts on a nightmare

Scream. His wings are clipped and his feet are tied. So, he opens his throat to sing.

(i) In the context of the poem who is a ‘free bird’ and who is a ‘caged bird? What mood do the
above lines convey? (3)

(ii)How does a free live in his life? What are the things he thinks of and dreams about?
(3)

(iii)What does the caged bird sing about? What are the restrictions that a caged bird has to deal with?
(3)

(iv)What do you understand from the title of the poem?What is meant by: “fearful trill”?
(3)

(v)Compare the life of the caged bird with that of the free bird and show how the theme of freedom and
enslavement is brought out in the poem. (4)

Section -D PROSE

A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES

Question 6:

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

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

From the day, perhaps a hundred years ago when he sun had hatched him in a sandbank, and he had
broken his shell, and got his head out and looked around, ready to snap at anything, before he was even
fully hatched from that day, when he had at once made for the water, ready to fend for himself
immediately, he had lived by his brainless craft and ferocity. Escaping the birds of prey and the great
carnivorous fishes that eat baby crocodiles, he has prospered, catching all the food he needed, and
storing it till putrid in holes in the bank. Tepid water to live in and plenty of rotted food grew him to his
great length. Now nothing could pierce the inch-? Thick armoured hide. Not even rifle bullets,

Which would bounce off. Only the eyes and the soft underarms offered a place. He lived well In the
river, sunning himself sometimes with other crocodiles-muggers, as well as the long-? Snouted fish-
?eating gharials-on warm rocks and sandbanks where the sun dried the clay on them quite white, and
where they could plop off into the water in a moment if alarmed. The big crocodile fed mostly on fish,
but also on deer and monkeys come to drink, perhaps a duck or two.

(i)How old was the crocodile? How did he survive as a baby crocodile from the day he was hatched?
(3)

(ii)What posed a danger to him when he was young? (3)

(ii) Describe the appearance of the crocodile. What made him move? (3)

(iv)Describe the physical appearance of the little girl. (3)

(v)How is the body of the crocodile strong enough to protect him? How was he vulnerable to an attack?
(4)

Question 7:

Lights were shining in every window, and there was a glorious smell of roast goose in the street, for this
was New Year’s Eve, and she could not think of anything else. She huddled down in a heap in a corner
formed by two houses, one of which projected further out into the street than the other, but though she
tucked her little legs up under her she felt colder and colder. She did not dare to go home, for she had
sold no matches and earned not a single penny.

(i)How has the atmosphere been set up in the given passage? (3)

(ii)What did the little girl do to keep herself warm? Did it help her? (3)

(iii)Why could the little girl not go home in spite of extremely bad weather? (3)

(iv)What kind of relationship existed between the girl and her grandmother? (3)

(v)Give the character sketch of the little match girl. How is she a representative of children in Victorian
Society? (4)