IX Time: 2 Hrs. Second Term Examination English - Paper II An

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Date: 28.01.2020 Marks: 80 Class: IX Time: 2 Hrs.

Second Term Examination English - Paper II Answer Key

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Attempt five questions in all from only three text books.

You must attempt at least one question from each of the Sections A, B and C and not more than two other questions from the same books you have already compulsorily chosen.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Section A – Drama (The Merchant of Venice : Shakespeare)

Question: 1 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Portia: Go draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince Now make your choice. Morocco: The first, of gold, who this inscription bears, “Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.”

(i) Who is Morocco? How did he introduce himself to Portia when they first met in an earlier scene? [3]

(ii) How would Morocco know that he had made the right choice? What would his award be? [3] (iii) Which casket did Morocco finally choose? What reasons did he give for rejecting the casket

made of lead? [3] (iv) What two objects does Morocco find in the casket of the choice? What reason does he give to

Portia for leaving in haste? [3] (v) How does Portia respond to Morocco’s parting words? What does this reveal of her nature?

[4]

Question: 2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Salerio: Should I go to church And see the holy edifice of stone, And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks, Which touching but my gentle vessel’s side Would scatter all her spices on the stream, Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks; And, in a word, but even now worth this, And now worth nothing?

(i) How would Salerio feel if he went to a church? (ii) Bring out the context of the extract. (iii) What is the ‘holy edifice’? What will it make him think? What is symbolic meaning of the

comparison used? (iv) Explain the lines: ‘but even now worth this and now worth nothing’. (v) What would be the feeling of Solanio, if his argosies had been out in the sea?


To bait a fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it Will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and Hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, Mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted My bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine Enemies; and what’s his reason?

(i) Who says these lines to whom and in what circumstances? (ii) In reply to what did Shylock say the above lines? (iii) State how Shylock justifies his revenge for Antonio. (iv) Why did Shylock reap a vengeance for Antonio? (v) Explain the terms ‘cooled my friends’ and ‘heated mine enemies’.

The Mousetrap: Agatha Christie Question 4 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Giles: Oh, there you are – leave it all to me. Shall I stoke the Aga? Mollie: Done.

(i) Where are Giles and Mollie? What new venture were they embarking on? [3] (ii) What is the ‘Aga’? Why does Giles offer to stoke the ‘Aga’? [3] (iii) Where had Giles been? What did he tell Mollie? [3] (iv) When does Mollie discover where Giles had really gone? What does she feel then? Why? [3] (v) What do you know about what Giles and Mollie have really been up to? Why were they

keeping secrets from each other? [4]

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

Giles: That’s what you say. Perhaps you’ve been running up to London to meet him on the sly.

Mollie: You know perfectly well that I haven’t been up to London for weeks. Giles: (In a peculiar tone) You haven’t been up to London for weeks. Is-that-so?

(i) Whom is Giles referring to? What is he accusing Mollie of? Why? [3] (ii) What proof Giles have of Mollie going to London? How does he discover this? [3] (iii) Mollie accuses Giles of being in London and lying about it as well. How does she find out that

he had been lying? [3] (iv) Why were both Giles and Mollie in London? Why were they trying to keep it a secret from each

other? [3] (v) What incident had happened in London that caused their lives to turn into a ‘nightmare’? [4]

Question: 6 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Giles: Safety? What danger does he think we’re in? Good Lord, he’s not suggesting that

somebody is going to be killed here. Trotter: I don’t want to frighten any of the ladies – but frankly, yes, that is the idea. Giles: But – why? Trotter: That’s what I’m here to find out. Giles: But the whole thing’s crazy! Trotter: Yes, sir. It’s because it’s crazy that it’s dangerous.

(i) What information does Trotter give about Mrs. Lyon? [3] (ii) What is the Longridge Farm case? [3] (iii) What object at the scene of crime at Culver Street caused Trotter to be here? Why? [3] (iv) What is the reaction of the others to Trotter’s revelations? [3] (v) What does Trotter continue to say, at Mollie’s behest? What is his theory as to the identity of

the murderer? [4]

Section B – Poetry (Collection of Poems)

Question: 7 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Bangle sellers are we who bear Our shining loads to the temple fair… Who will buy these delicate, bright Rainbow-tinted circles of light? Lustrous tokens of radiant lives, For happy daughters and happy wives. Some are meet for maiden’s wrist, Silver and blue as the mountain’s mist,

(i) Who are the bangle sellers, according to the given extract? [3] (ii) Describe the bangles mentioned in the given extract. [3] (iii) For whom are these bangles meant? [3] (iv) Which bangles will suit a maiden’s wrist? [3] (v) Explain: “Some are meet for maiden’s wrist, Silver and blue as mountain’s mist.” [4]

Question: 8 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And, with a natural sigh, (After Blenheim, Robert Southey)

(i) What was the name of the boy? Describe what Old Kaspar took from him. Where had he found it? [3]

(ii) Where had Old Kaspar been sitting? What time of the day and year was it? Who else was present? [3]

(iii) What did Old Kaspar say after taking a “natural sigh”? What word in the poem tells you the boy was curious and anticipated an answer? [3]

(iv) Why is the old man not surprised at the find? How have so many of its kind reached there? [3] (v) What is the repeated phrase in the poem? Why is it ironical? [4]


Six humans trapped by happenstance In bleak and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood Or so the story’s told. (The Cold Within – James Patrick Kinney)

(i) At what time of the year is this poem set? Give reasons for your answer. (ii) What do you understand by the word ‘happenstance’? Where were they? Mention any ONE

trait of character that is common to all the six humans. (iii) Why was the woman unwilling to share her log? What does this reveal of her character? (iv) How do the rich man and the poor man justify to themselves their unwillingness to share? (v) Explain the meaning of the lines:

‘They did not die from the cold without They died from the cold within’

What theme does the poet explore through these simple but profound lines?

Section C – Prose (Collection of Short Stories)


“There were not so many carts now and very few people on foot, but the old man was still there.”

(i) Who is the speaker in the above extract? Where is he? What is his job? [3] (ii) Where are the carts and people going? Why? Where was the old man? [3] (iii) Why doesn’t the old man move? What was he wearing? [3] (iv) What made of the old man smile? [3] (v) Describe the scene at the pontoon bridge? [4]


“What is to be done with the children?” That was the chief question now.

(i) Who are these ‘children’? Why is something to be done with them? [3] (ii) What effect does Maggie’s condition have on the villagers? [3] (iii) Describe the three children? Who among them was the most wretched? Why? What decision

is taken for the children? [3] (iv) According to the villagers, what type of place was the poorhouse? How will it be for Maggie?

[3] (v) What melted Farmer Joe’s heart and what did he do? [4]

Question: 12 Answer the following questions with reference to ‘A Face in the Dark’

(i) What do you know about Mr. Oliver’s job and his usual practice from the story ‘A Face in the Dark’? [4]

(ii) What according to you would have happened to Mr. Oliver after his encounter with the faceless boy and the Watchman? [4]

(iii) Describe the encounter of Mr. Oliver with the ‘Faces in the Dark’. What is your opinion? [8]

(ii)

(iii)

Animal Farm: George Orwell Question 13 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

The animals had their breakfast, and then Snowball and Napoleon called them together again. “Comrades,” said Snowball, “it is half-past and we have a long day before us. Today we begin the hay harvest. But there is another matter that must be attended to first.”

(i) Who is Snowball? What did he do about the name of the farm? [3] (ii) What had happened the previous night? [3] (iii) What did the pigs reveal after the extract? How did they manage that? [3] (iv) Describe the harvest. [3] (v) What did the pigs reduce the principles of animalism to? List them. [4]


At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw; under a lantern which hung from a beam. He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.

(i) Where were the animals? What do you know about the owners of the farm? [3] (ii) Who attended the meeting? [3] (iii) What does the Major say about England? [3] (iv) How is Man’s selfishness highlighted by the Major? [3] (v) What does the Major ask the animals to remember, in conclusion? [4]

Question 15 Answer the following questions with reference to George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm.’

(i) Why was it important for the animals to project Animal Farm as a success? [4] (ii) Who was Benjamin? What was his opinion all along? How did he have the last word? [4] (iii) Analyse the character of Clover. [8]

The Call of the Wild: Jack London Question 16 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair from Puget Sound to San Diego.

(i) Who is Buck? Where did he live? [3] (ii) What was the trouble brewing? Why was it brewing? [3] (iii) How old was Buck? What do you know about his father and mother? [3] (iv) Who was responsible for Buck’s trouble? Why? [3] (v) How was Buck taken away from his home? [4]


“T’row down de club,” Perrault commanded. Francois complied, whereupon Buck trotted in, laughing triumphantly, and swung around into position at the head of the team. His traces were fastened, the sled broken out, and with both men running they dashed out on to the river trail.

(i) What was the disagreement between men and dog? [3] (ii) How had Buck earned his place? [3] (iii) What was the fear instilled in Buck about the club? [3] (iv) Describe the run. How was it a record run? [3] (v) How did Buck prove to be good at his new position? [4]

Question 18 Answer the following questions with reference to Jack London’s ‘The Call of the Wild’:

(i) How did Buck defend Thornton? [4] (ii) Why did Buck feel the need to get away into the wild? Describe his feelings then. [4] (iii) Narrate the havoc Buck causes when he discovers the Yeehats at the camp. [8]

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