Calcutta Bops' School

Class: 10
English Literature
(TwoHours)
Full Marks: 80
Answers to this Paper must be written on the answer booklet provided separately.
You willnot be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is tobe spent in reading the paper and preparing jour work.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers

Section Ais compulsory

All questions in Section A must be answered.
any section of your
Youmust attemptone question from Section B,C and D and oneother question from
choice.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets /

SECTION A
(Attemptall questions from this section)
Question 1 [16]
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.)
4). What is the significance of the phrase
"Friends, Romans, cOuntrymnen" in Mark Antony's speech?
(a) It establishes his credibility
(b) It appeals to the crowd's emotions
(c) It sets the tone for his arqument
(d) It addresses multiple audiences simultaneously
over battle strategy?
(). What is the outcome of Brutus and Cassius's disagreement
(a) They decide to march to Philippi
(b)They choose to defend Rome
(c) They agree to part ways
(d) They postpone the decision
(i). What role does the Portia play in Act IV?
(a)She provides comic relief
(b) She serves as a messenger
(c) She reveals her husband's secrets
(d) She demonstrates her own strength and loyalty
(iY, What is the significance of the ghost of Caesar appearing to Brutus?
(a) It symbolizes Brutus's guilt
(b) It foreshadows Brutus's defeat
(c) It represents Caesar'srevenge
(d) It highlights Brutus paranoia

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 () What is the alliance formed by Mark Atony, Octavius, and Lepidus known as?
(a) The Second Triumvirate
(b) The Roman Republic
(c) The Julian Alliance
(d) The Philippi Coalition

(v) What is the dramatic significance of Mark Antony's repeated use of the phrase "For BrutuS I5 an
honorable man" in his funeral oration?
(a) It highlights Brutus's nobility
(b) It satirizes Brutus's hypocrisy
() It creates irony through
(d) It establishes Antony'sownunderstatement
credibllity
(wi)The photographer had the looks of
(a) asick man
(b) an angry man
(c) a natural scientist
(d) a crooked politician

(v) Select the option that shows the correct

Iwanted something that would depict my facerelationship between statement 1and 2
as Heaven gave it to me ,humble though the gift
been. may have
Statement 1 \No", said the photographer, with a momentary qlance at my face,"
We have a process now- the Delphide-for putting in new eyebrows are removed.
Statement 2 The author got angry and left without the photograph. ones.
(a) 1 is the cause for 2
(b) 1is independent of 2
(c) 1 is an example of 2
(d) 1 is acontradiction of 2

(i Cho0se the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order as
"The Girl Who Can." they ocCur in the story,
1. What Iam sure of that when Icame out of the land of sweet,
soft silence into the world of noise and
comprehension, that the first topic I met was my legs.
2. And my problem is that at this seven years of age, there are
things Ican think in my head, but which
maybe,I do not have the proper language to speak them out with.
3. It's much better this way. To have acted it out to show them,
4. Legs that have meat on them with good calves to support solid
although I could not have planned it .
hips...to be able to have children.
(a) 2,1,4,3
(b) 1,2,3,4
(c) 2,4, 1,3
(d) 2,1,3,4
(YWhich of the following is NOT one of the probable reasons of the elevator being scary for
Martin?
(a) it squeaked.
(b) it was dimly lit.
(c) the door never closed.
(d) the door slammed shut.

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(hat is a big surprise. What was the surprise in the story, "The Girl Who Can?
(a) Nana was pleased with Maami.
(b) Nana washed Adjoa's school uniform.
(c) Nana allowed Adjoa to go to school.
(d) Nana did not laugh at Adjoa's statements
(o Which of thefollowing lines contains the sameliterary device as, "As silent as the pictures on the wal
(a) this perpetual jar of earthly wants and aspirations high
(b) floats like an atmosphere
(c) Throws o'er the seaa floatingbridge oflight
(d) from Graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands
( )In the poem, 'Haunted Houses', who influence the 'earthly wants and aspirations high?
(a) An unseen object
(b) An unseen Comet
(c) An unseen star
(d) haunting memories
()Why did King Francis say that 'we're better here than there'?
(a) They were at asafe distance from the ferocious fight in the pit
(b) They were enjoying the game rather than fighting out.
(c) They did not have to enter the arena to pick up the lady's glove
(d) None of the above.
(yWhich of the following is NOT a characteristic of Longfellow's 'phantoms '?
(a) Harmlessness
(b) Inoffensiveness
(c) Impalpability
(d) Fear
(xi) In Maya Angelou's poem When Great Trees Fall, how do the survivors see the world after the departure
of the great souls from this world?
(a) The world becomes unrecognisable
(b) The world remains the same
(c) The world loses its beauty
(d) They are hopeful.
Section B- Drama (Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare)
(Answer one or more questions from this section)

Question 2
Read the extract given below and answer all questions that follow:
Brutus: Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may
hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe.

)What is Brutus about to reason out at this point of the scene? Why does he want the people to believe him
for his honour? (3)
ii) How does Brutus suggest the people judge him? (3)
ii)) Describe the state of the Roman republic at this point of the play. (3)

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 iv) How does Brutus justifythe heinous deed in front of the people of Rome? (3)
v) What do you make of Brutus' character through the scenes leading up to the heinous deed? (4)
Question3
Read the extract given below and answer all questions that follow:
LEPIDUS: Upon condition Publius shall not
live, Whois your sister's son, Mark Antony.
ANTONY: He shallnot live. Look, with a spot I damn him.
A Where does the scene take place? What are the
characters discussing at the beginning of this scene? (3)
A) How do we see their integrity through their discussion?
Ai) What task does Antony assign to Lepidus (3)
following this extract? Why? (3)
)What doubt does Antony express
about Lepidus after this exit?
) What do Antony's viewS and (3)
approach of his leadership tell you about his character?
(4)
SectionC
(Answer any one or more questions from this Section)
PROSE- SHORT STORIES
(TREASURE TROVE-A COLLECTION OF ICSE POEMS AND SHORT
STORIES)
Question 4
Read the following extract from Stephen
"Ithink too, there was a certain pride inLeacock's With the Photographer and
his manner. He unfolded the proof ofanswer
the questions:
both loOoked at it in silence." alarge photograph and we
Where was the narrator? What did the narrator look at in
silence ? Why ?
j) Where was the photograph taken ? How did the (3)
narrator pass his time there for an hour ? (3)
i) Why was the photograph considered as a 'worthless bauble' ?
i) What instructions did the photographer give the (3)
narrator in order to clicka good photograph? A3
) What message or critique is Leacock trying to convey
through " With
is the story in achieving this purpose through its humour and satire? the Photographer"? How effective
Question 5 (4)
Read the following extract from William Sleator's short story The
She was still watching him. He wanted to close his eyes, he Elevator and answer the questions :
wanted
but how Could he? The Elevator creaked down to twelve,and then eleven
to turn around and stare intothe corner
Whois this 'woman' and him' referred to in the extract? Where did they
meet? (3)
Describe the woman's appearance.
(3)
n Howdid 'he feel' when he found himself in the presence of the woman?
(3)
v Why did Martin tell his father about the woman? What was the father's reaction?
y How does the story end? What effect does it have on the reader? (3)
(4)

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 SECTION D
from this Section)
(Answer one or more questions
POETRY
ICSE Poems and Short Stories)
(Treasure Chest -ACollection of
that
Question 6 Longfellow's poern Haunted Houses and answer the questions
H.W.
Read the following extract from
follow
lands,
We have no title-deeds to house or
occupants of earlier dates
Owners and
their dusty hands,
From graves forgotten stretch old estates.
And hold in mortmain still their
world of sense
The spirit-world around this
Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere
vapours dense
Wafts through these earthly mists and
air.
Avital breath of more ethereal bad
every house that was once inhabited? Why is this not necessarily a
What does the author assert about (3]
thing? as described in the poern.
we are likely to meet the phantoms
) Mention any two places where in the above extrac
actual ownership of property as you find
( What is the poet's opinion about the living world as
Light which connects the spirít world to What is the only similarity
(iwMention the concept of the bridge of the last twO stanzes of the poern.
compared to amoonlight night as you find in 3]
between the two. totally different fron the
haunting as described in the above poerm is
( The concept of ghosts and Explain with examples how the author is able to achieve thís distínction in
traditional concept of horror. (4)
the poem.
Question 7 and answer the questions
Hunt's poem The Glove and the Lions
Read the following extract from Leigh
that follow:
beauteus Ilively dame
De Lorge's love o'erheard the King, a which alwayS seemed the same;
With smilinglips and shapbright eyes,
as brave can be;
She thought, the Count my lover is brave
to show his love of me;
He surely would do wondrous things is divine:
the occasion
King, ladies, lovers, all look on; will be mine.
love; great glory
IIl drop my glove, to prove his
Who were the audience members in the lion
fight (3]
(i) What do you know about King Francis? (3]
gallant thing to see that show?
(ii) Why does the poet say it was a find in the poem (3]
you
(iüi) Describe the behavior of the Lions as
the
King Francis declares that they were better up with
(iv) What does the lady love decide to do just after [3]
audience than in the lion pit
satistactory? Could you suggest an alternative ending for the
(v) Why do you find the ending of the poem (4]
poem.

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