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    The document provides an English literature exam paper with 7 sections testing comprehension of various short stories, poems and vocabulary. It includes multiple choice questions, true/false, fill in the blanks and short answer questions about the stories "The Diamond Necklace", "The Eyes Have It", "If" poem, and "Phatik Chases the Pot of Gold".

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    TIME – 2 HOURS ENGLISH LITERATURE M.M.

    - 60

    NOTE- 1 MARKS FOR HANDWRITING

    SECTION A

    1) Word Meaning 10
    a) Gallant
    b) Uncouth
    c) Delirious
    d) Rout
    e) Tureen
    f) Impertinence
    g) Sinew
    h) Fortitude
    i) Rumble
    j) Maneuver

    2) Tick the correct answer 6

    a) very impressive in size, power, or skill – ventured / formidable / gallant

    b) pleasant thoughts that make you forget what you are doing – reverie/tantalizing/

    c) behaviour that shows lack of judgment – indiscretion/indulgence

    d)someone who pretends to be someone else, I order to cheat or trick – knave/sinew

    e) Who is the poet of “If” – Charlotte Bronte / Rudyard Kipling

    f) Who is the writer of The Eyes Have It – Rabindranath Tagore/Ruskin Bond

    3) State True or False 4


    a) Sometimes suffering is a choice (The Diamond Necklace)-
    b) Man should treat Triumph and Disaster equally-
    c) Bishamber felt sorry for his sick nephew-
    d) The poem Battle of Blenheim brings out the senselessness of wars –

    4) Complete the sentences. 10

    a) ……………………………………… and ……………………….. asked old Kaspar a lot of questions.


    b) By ‘common touch’, the poet means the feeling of …………………………. (If)
    c) Mathilde’s life would have been different is she
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    d) The narrator didn’t want the girl to know he was blind as
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    e) Phatik found Calcutta quiet oppressive as he …………………………………
    5) Make sentences - 5

    Expectant- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    Fortitude -……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    Slops-………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

    Shrieked-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    Anguish………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    SECTION B

    6) Answer the following questions. 16


    a) How did Phatik keep up his words without beating Makhan?
    b) The narrator says, “Once again, I have a game to play and a new fellow traveler.” What
    was the game he had to play? Why?
    c) Do you feel Madame Loisel was right in being so unhappy ?
    d) Whom do you think old Kaspar represents in the poem? Describe in a paragraph the
    character of old Kaspar.

    7) Read the lines and answer the following questions. 8

    1- But what they fought each other for


    I could not well make out
    But everybody said,’ quoth he,
    ‘That ‘twas a famous victory

    a) Who is the poet of the above poem?


    b) Who were the people involved in the war?
    c) What do the words ‘twas a famous victory imply?
    d) How was the country ravaged during the battle?

    2- Phatik very slowly turned his head and,without seeing anybody,said “Mother,the holidays
    have come.’

    a) Where was Phatik?


    b) What do you understand by the words “without seeing anybody”
    c) Why does Phatik say “Mother,the holidays have come.?
    d) How is the attitude of her mother different now?

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