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ICSE Class X Prelims 2025 : English Paper 2 (English Literature) (San Jos Public School, Pavaratty, Thrissur)

6 pages, 46 questions, 18 questions with responses, 18 total responses,

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St. Joseph Public School, Pattanakad, Cherthala

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SAN JOS PUBLIC SCHOOL, PAVARATTY MODEL EXAMINATION - 1 ENGLISH 2 NAME: MARKS: 80 CLASS: X TIME: 2 hrs .. .. ........................ 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 [ ]. ___________________________________________________________________________ SECTION A (Attempt all questions from this Section.) Question 1 (16) Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options: 1. Why does Caesar ignore Artemidorus suit? (a) Artemidorus was generally perceived as a liar. (b) Caesar was determined to reject all suits. (c) Caesar was disinclined to listen to suits that concerned his own well-being. (d) Caesar was suspicious of Artemidorus intentions. 2. When Caesar rejects Metellus Cimber s suit, which character steps in to request Caesar again? (a) Decius Brutus (b) Casca (c) Marcus Brutus (d) Cassius 3. What does Antony do to convince the conspirators that he did not wish them ill? (a) He offers to help them reign Rome. (b) He shakes their hands. (c) He brings them tributes. (d) Antony takes an oath. 4. ...Art thou any thing? Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil, That mak st my blood cold and my hair to stare? What is being described by Brutus here? (a) Antony s muse (b) Caesar s ghost (c) Cassius spirit (d) Octavius daemon 5. Who tries to stop Brutus from marching to Philippi? (a) Lucius (b) Portia s ghost (c) Antony (d) None of these 6. Whose death inspires Brutus to speak of his stoicism? (a) Casca (b) Caesar (c) Calpurnia (d) Portia 7. But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless. Which character is being criticised in these lines? (a) Brutus (b) Cassius (c) Octavius (d) Antony 8. Which of the following phrases is used by the conspirators to describe Octavius? (a) A peevish schoolboy (b) a masker and a reveller (c) fawn d like hounds (d) Flatterers! 9. Which omen makes Cassius change his mind about his Epicurean philosophy? (a) The ghost of Caesar at Sardis (b) Lioness giving birth to cubs on the streets of Rome (c) Scavenger birds replacing the eagles on the battle ensign (d) A floating dagger 10. Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order. (i) Retrieving the glove, the angry Count flung it in her face. (ii) While the lions were engaged in a vicious battle, the count s beloved threw her glove into the arena. (iii) The Count realised that it was her vanity which prompted her to do this. (iv) The king was enjoying the fight of the royal beasts. (a) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i) (b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) (c) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii) (d) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) 11. The five stages of grief are described as shock, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Which of these stages is expressed in the following lines? And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, (a) shock (b) anger (c) depression (d) acceptance 12. Which of the following options contains the same literary device that appears in the following line: ..On any but a paper sheet so white .. (a) Silver and blue as the mountain mist. (b) He names the sky his own. (c) The fir trees dark and high. (d) Song and mother-croon of bird. 13. Which of the following options contains the same literary device that appears in the following line: ....the machine still staggering from the shock . (a) The house roofs seemed to heave and sway. (b) In the vestibule below was a letter box. (c) So heavy they were, tidal waves come over the islands. (d) It became transparent like a thin veil. 14. You re afraid, said his father. When are you going to grow up and act like a man? What does this sentence tell us about Martin s father s character? He was: (a) cowardly. (b) greedy. (c) insensitive. (d) rude. 15. Assess the impact of education on Adjoa s life as depicted in the story The Girl Who Can. (a) It has no significant influence. (b) It is detrimental to her growth. (c) It empowers her and provides her with a sense of identity. (d) It creates a rift between her and her family. 16. Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order. (i) Every time the young boy looked up from writing, during the last lesson, he found M. Hamel sitting motionless in his chair. (ii) He had put on his fine Sunday clothes as he was delivering his last lesson. (iii) M. Hamel had also brought new copies written in a beautiful round hand to the class that day. (iv) The boy noticed that M Hamel, their teacher, was wearing his beautiful green coat, frilled shirt, and the little black silk cap. (a) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i) (b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) (c) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv) (d) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv) SECTION B (Answer one or more questions from this Section.) DRAMA (Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare) Question 2 Read the following extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Brutus: Farewell to you; and you; and you, Volumnius. Strato, thou hast been all this while asleep; Farewell to thee too, Strato. Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet in all my life I found no man but he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day More than Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile conquest shall attain unto. (i) Discuss the manner in which Brutus instructs his supporters to help him kill himself. (3) (ii) Discuss Brutus state of mind at the time of his death. (3) (iii) Discuss how Antony and Octavius respond to Brutus death. (3) (iv) How does Strato assist Brutus in his attempt to kill himself? How does Strato react to his death? (3) (v) I shall have glory by this losing day/ More than Octavius and Mark Antony/ By this vile conquest shall attain unto. What does Brutus mean when he says these lines? What do we learn about the idea of honour from what emerges in final scene of Julius Caesar? (4) Question 3 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth; as which of you shall not? With this I depart, that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death. (i) Who says these words and to whom? Where is this speech delivered and why? (ii) Discuss the differences in the style of oration between the speaker and Antony. (iii) How does Antony prove that Caesar was not ambitious? (iv) What were the conditions of Caesar s will? (v) Discuss Mark Antony s reconstruction of Caesar s assassination. SECTION C (Answer one or more questions from this Section.) PROSE - SHORT STORIES (Treasure Trove A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) (3) (3) (3) (3) (4) Question 4 Read the following extract from Ama Ata Aidoo s short story The Girl Who Can and answer the questions that follow: Like all this business to do with my legs. I have always wanted to tell them not to worry. I mean Nana and my mother. That it did not have to be an issue for my two favourite people to fight over. But I didn't want either to be told not to repeat that or it to be considered so funny that anyone would laugh at me until they cried. (i) Where does the story take place? What is the main conflict faced by the protagonist? (3) (ii) Describe the relationship between Adjoa and her grandmother. Why was she made to feel inadequate? (3) (iii) Identify three ways Adjoa is shown to be an affectionate child in the story. (3) (iv) How did Nana s behaviour change from the time Adjoa was selected as a runner to represent her school at the district sports meet? How would you justify Nana s actions? (3) (v) Adjoa won the cup for the best-all-round, athlete. What change did this bring about in Nana s perspective? How did the grandmother feel at the end of the story? Give a reason to justify your answer. (4) Question 5 Read the extract given below from The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet and answer the questions that follow: I think, too, that I had never listened so carefully, and that he had never explained everything with so much patience. (i) Who are I and he in the above extract? What kind of a teacher was he ? (3) (ii) Why was the lesson called The Last Lesson ? (3) (iii) What did I notice that was unusual about the school that day? (3) (iv) What is the mood in the classroom among the adults and the children in the story The Last Lesson? Give an alternative title to the story. (3) (v) What does this statement reveal about I ? What kind of a pupil was the young boy earlier? What was the most important lesson he had learnt? (4) 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 from the poem The Power of Music and answer the questions that follow.\ He downs his horns and charges straight, with bellow answ ring bellow. The strains of song are tossed and whirled by blast of brutal violence, And Bhisma Lochan grants the world the golden gift of silence. (i) In which season would one hear Bhisma Lochan Sharma singing? Where would one hear his voice? (ii) Give one reason to conclude that Bhisma was passionate about singing. How did people react when they heard his song? (3) (3) (iii) How did animals react when they heard Bhisma Lochan Sharma? (iv) After reading the poem, give any three characteristic features that you can associate with Bhisma Lochan Sharma. (v) How did the world get the golden gift of silence? Mention two ways in which music helps a person. (3) (3) (4) Question 7 Read the following extract from the poem The Haunted Houses and answer the following question: The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear; He but perceives what is; while unto me All that has been visible and clear. (a) How is the speaker's perception different from that of the stranger? (3) (b) Who is I in the above stanza, and who is referred to as he in the third line of the stanza? Who is the present occupant of the house? (3) (c) Why does the poet feel that all houses are haunted? (3) (d) Give any three characteristic features of the phantoms as mentioned in the poem Haunted Houses. (3) (e) Where in the house do we meet these phantoms? (4) ......................................................................

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