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ICSE 10th Literature in english Sample Paper 8
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Sample Paper 8
ICSE Class X 2023-24
Literature in English
English Paper - 2
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
5. The paper has four Sections.
6. Section A is compulsory-All questions in Section A must be answered.
7. You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D and one other
question from any Section of your choice.
8. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
Section A
(Attempt all questions from this Section)
QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answer to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.) [16]
(i) “Let me say ‘amen’ betimes, lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness
of a Jew.” Who says these words and to whom?
(a) Salarino to Solanio (b) Solanio to Salarino
(c) Solanio to Shylock (d) Salarino to Shylock
(ii) When Shylock says, “What, what, what? Ill luck, ill luck?” in Act III Scene I, what feeling
does his words convey?
(a) Doubt (b) Greed
(c) Envy (d) Curiosity
(iii) In the poem Daffodils, what does the poet compare the daffodil to?
(a) Stars (b) Waves
(c) Humans (d) Both (a) and (c)
(iv) In the short story The Blue Bead, what was Sibia attracted to in the bazaar?
(a) Tin trays (b) Sweetmeats
(c) Bangles (d) All of these
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(v) In the poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the grave of dreams represents
(a) where the bird will die (b) a feeling of hopelessness
(c) the possibility for the future (d) a feeling of ignorance
(vi) Why doesn’t Bassanio want to give the ring as payment to Balthazar?
(a) It was a very expensive ring that Portia gave to him
(b) He had bought the ring as a gift to Portia
(c) Portia gave it to him with a promise to never lose it
(d) His father gave him that ring before his death
(vii) In the poem Abou Ben Adhem, Adhem teaches us _____.

(a) honesty (b) compassion
(c) love for fellow beings (d) piousness
(viii) Which quality of Antonio can be seen at the end of the trial?
(a) His need for vengeance (b) His forgiving nature
(c) His desparate need for money (d) His greed
(ix) In the short story An Angel in Disguise, John is taken by

(a) Miss Ellis (b) Mr. Thompson
(c) farmer Jones (d) the priest
(x) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order
1. The little match girl is found frozen.
2. The little match girl loses a shipper.
3. The little match girl sees a falling star
4. The little match girl lights the matches
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 3, 1, 2, 4
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1 (d) 4, 2, 1, 3
(xi) Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements (1) and (2) from
All summer in a Day.
1. Margot is locked in cupboard by her classmates.
2. The students feel bad and regret their actions
(a) 1 is the cause for 2 (b) 1 is an example of 2
(c) 1 is independent of 2 (d) 1 is a contradiction of 2
(xii) What does Bassanio find inside the lead casket?

(a) Portia’s favourite dress (b) Enough gold to help Antonio
(c) A scroll announcing that he lost (d) A painting of Portia
(xiii) Who does Portia leave in-charge when she goes to Venice?
(a) Lorenzo (b) Nerissa
(c) Jessica (d) Both (a) and (c)
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(xiv) In the poem The Patriot, the speaker is to be _____.

(a) sent for a trial (b) pelted with stones
(c) executed (d) drowned
(xv) In the poem Nine Gold Medals, why did the youngest athlete cry out in desperation?
(a) All his dreams are shattered. (b) He cannot bring glory to his nation.
(c) His efforts and practice was wasted. (d) All of these
(xvi) In the short story My Greatest Olympic Prize, what makes Jesse Owens angry?
(a) Hitler’s master race theory
(b) The presence of Luz Long
(c) The fact that the German race was inferior to others and their athletes were supposed to
lose
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Section B
(Answer one or more questions from this Section)
DRAMA
The Merchant of Venice
By William Shakespeare
QUESTION 2.
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
I thank your Lordship, you have got me one.
My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours:
You saw the mistress, I beheld the maid.
You loved, I loved; for intermission
No more pertains to me, my lord, than you.
Your fortune stood upon the caskets there,
And so did mine, too, as the matter falls.
For wooing here until I sweat again,
And swearing till my very roof was dry
With oaths of love, at last (if promise last)
I got a promise of this fair one here
To have her love, provided that your fortune
Achieved her mistress.
(i) Who is the speaker of the above lines? To whom is he/she addressing? Who is the ‘mistress’
as referred to in the extract? [3]
(ii) What do the lines ‘I got a promise of this fair one here/To have her love, provided that your
fortune/Achieved her mistress’ mean? [3]

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(vii) In the poem Abou Ben Adhem, Adhem teaches us _____.

(ix) In the short story An Angel in Disguise, John is taken by

(xii) What does Bassanio find inside the lead casket?

(xiv) In the poem The Patriot, the speaker is to be _____.

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