lit2

 

Literature2

Class: x Total: 40 Time: 80 mines

A. M.C.Qs:6+

1. Which of the following is not wanted by the bond made by Shylock?

a) A pound of flesh from Antonio’s body b) a single drop of blood from cut flesh c) three thousand ducats d) none of above

2. Who among the following refers to the lawyer coming to the court so that dispute can be solved?

a) The duke b) Nerrisa c) Portia d) Shylock

3. Which of the following refers to the quality of Abu Ben Adhem?

a) Pious b) godless c) vulgar d) Unholy

4. Which of the following refers to the aim of the competitors of ‘Nine Gold Medals’?

 1. to win the race in order to win themselves a gold medal b) In order to win the medal c) to take part in the event d) all of them

5. Which of the following refers to the planet from ‘All summer in a day’?

a) Venus b) mars c) Uranus d) Neptune

6. Which of the following refers to the previous record of the speaker of ‘My greatest Olympic Prize’?

 a) 26 feet 8-1/4 inches b) 26 feet 7-1/2 c) 26 feet 9-2/3 inches d) All of them

B. Reference to text: 5x5=25

a) “Did I come 3000 miles for this?” I thought bitterly. “To foul out of the trials and make a fool of myself?”

1. What made the speaker of the extract better? 2. Why was he making fouls?  3. How did the speaker react to his poor performance? 4. How did his anger vanish? 5. Describe the appearance of the speaker.

b) And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives.

“It’s stopping, it’s stopping!”

“Yes, yes!”

1. What kinds of people are there on the planet Venus? 2. What does the phrase “rocket men and women” indicate? 3. What is referred to as the “raining world”? Why? 4.  What is said to be stopping?

c) And is mine one?’ said Abou.

‘Nay, or not so,’ Replied the angel,

Abou spoke more low,

But cheery still: and said, ‘I pray thee, then,

Write me as one that loves His fellow men.’

1. What did the angel tell Adhem? 2. What did Abou find the angel doing in his room one night? 3. What was the angel writing? 4. Did the angel’s answer depress Abou?  5. How did he conduct himself?

d) ‘Many weeks and months of training

All coming down to these games.’

1. What kinds of athletes were they?  2. What was their aim? 3. How had they prepared themselves for the special event? 4. Who won the race in the end as described later in the poem? 5. What sports event is referred to earlier in the context?

e) Antonio: I have heard

Your Grace has taken great pains to modify His stubborn course; but since he stands solid, And that no lawful means can carry me Out of his envy’s reach, I confront His fury with my patience, and I am ready To suffer the very tyranny and rage of his With a quiet spirit.

1. Where does the scene take place? 2. What has the Duke said before this extract about the hard-hearted adversary? 3. What rigorous course is referred to in the extract? 4. What does Antonio say that no lawful means can carry him out of his enemy’s reach? 5. From the speech of the Duke, after the extract, give an example to show that the Duke was annoyed with Shylock.

C. Writing :( 5+4) =9

1. A paragraph on suppose you are to go to school full of unvaccinated students after lockdown whereas rising of covid-19 is still ongoing.5+

2. A notice from your school on a free vaccination camp for unvaccinated students.4+