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PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, DOMBIVALI

FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2022-23


SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
ENGLISH PAPER - 2
GRADE: 10 MARKS: 80
DATE:08.12.2022 TIME: 2 HOURS
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.

The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

The paper has four Sections.

Section A is compulsory - All questions in Section A must be answered.

You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D and one other question from any Section
of your choice.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
This paper consists of Four (main)+ Four (MCQ)printed pages.
Neat presentation is expected.

SECTION A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)

Question 1
Refer to the MCQ paper given separately. [16]
SECTION B
(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)

DRAMA
(The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare)
Question 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Portia: Myself and what is mine, to you and yours
Is now converted; but now I was the lord
Of this fair mansion, master of my servants,
Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now,

(i) Where are Portia and Bassanio? What has just taken place which makes Portia [3]
speak these words? How has she described herself on the whole?
(ii) What does Portia offer to Bassanio immediately after the given extract? What [3]
warning does she give him?
(iii) Earlier in the scene, what reasons does Bassanio give for rejecting the golden [3]
and the silver caskets respectively? Why is he drawn towards the leaden
casket?
(iv) What does Portia plead to ‘love’ before Bassanio opens the leaden casket? [3]
Why?
(v) How does Bassanio describe Antonio in the later part of the scene? What [4]
impression do you form of their bond? …2
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Question 3
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Lorenzo: The moon shines bright: in such a night as this,
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,…
Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls…

(i) Where does the scene take place? Who else is present in the scene? List out [3]
the other classical characters referred to by the speaker and the listener.
(ii) Explain the classical reference in the given extract. [3]
(iii) What does Stephano inform Lorenzo? [3]
(iv) According to Lorenzo, what impact does music have on unhandled colts? [3]
Who was Orpheus?
(v) What does Lorenzo opine about a man who has ‘no music in himself’? [4]

SECTION C

(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)

PROSE - SHORT STORIES


(Treasure Trove - A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories)

Question 4
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
So he went to his shop, which stood near the house, and worked until dusky
evening released him from labor.

(i) Who is 'he' in the extract? How has he been described in the story? [3]
(ii) Explain the phrase 'fools' errand'. What reasons did 'he' give for not sending [3]
Maggie to the poorhouse?
(iii) With close reference to the text, state how Mrs. Thompson was introduced to [3]
the readers.
(iv) What was considered to be a ‘good omen’ immediately after the extract? Why [3]
did ‘he’ draw a deep breath as a sign of relief a little later?
(v) How did Maggie look at him when he entered her room after returning from [4]
the shop? What were the effects of the look on him? What observations were
made by him on ‘examining the thin frame’ for the first time?

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Question 5
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

The matches flared up with such a blaze that it was brighter than broad daylight,
and her old grandmother there with her.

(i) What did the little girl see when the many candles on the Christmas tree rose [3]
higher and higher through the air? What did she conclude then? Why?
(ii) Describe the appearance of the grandmother in the glow of the fire of a single [3]
matchstick. What did the little girl request to her granny? What did she
immediately do to keep her grandmother with her?
(iii) What did the grandmother do then? From what kind of discomforts were they [3]
free after that?
(iv) Where was the little girl found in the cold dawn? When had she died? What [3]
did the people say seeing the girl?
(v) Describe the appearance of the little match girl at the dawn of the new year. [4]
What were the people unaware of?

SECTION D

(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)

POETRY
(Treasure Trove - A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories)
Question 6
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;

(i) Who is 'I' in the extract? What had he been doing in the first stanza of the [3]
poem?
(ii) What does 'all at once' mean? To what has the speaker compared himself in [3]
the opening lines of the poem?
(iii) Why has the speaker used the words 'crowd' and 'host' for the daffodils? [3]
What grasped the speaker's attention when he first saw the daffodils?
(iv) Where were the daffodils spotted? Enumerate the actions which have been [3]
ascribed to the daffodils.
(v) To what has the speaker compared the daffodils in the second stanza? Is the [4]
comparison apt in context of the poem? What according to the speaker is the
bliss of solitude?
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Question 7
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still

(i) Explain the phrase ' fearful trill'. What do 'things unknown' mean? [3]
(ii) According to the poet, where can the caged bird's tune be heard? What does [3]
the caged bird 'sing of'? Explain the significance of the song.
(iii) In contrast to the caged bird, what advantages does the free bird enjoy? [3]
Answer with close reference to the text.
(iv) According to the poet, what predominates the free bird's thoughts? [3]
(v) What does the free bird name his own? Elucidate. What does the caged bird [4]
symbolise?
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