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ST FRANCIS SCHOOL, B.
DEOGHAR
HALF YEARLY EXAMNATION 2024-25
ENGLISH II
DATE: 20/09/2024
F.M: 90
CLASS:DX
TIME: 2 HRS
This paper consists of four sections.

Section A is compulsory. All guestions from this section
must be answered.
You must attempt one question from each of the sections B, C and D and tWo ou
questions from any section of
your choice.
SECTION -A
Question 1.
Answer the followingquestions by choosing the correct option. [10]
i) Where does Cassius want the other conspirators
to meet?
a) In Pompey's porch b) In the Senate hall
c) In the market place d) At Brutus' house
in) The first person Casca meets on the stormy night is:
a) Cassius b) Cicero c) Cinna d) Brutus

in) According to Brutus, an oath not necessary as:
is
a) Only cowards and priests swearoath b)It is not required
c) It is optional d) It can be broken
iv) Who is given the task of bringingCaesar to the Capitol?
a) Casca b) Cicero
c) Metellus Cimber d) Decius
V) Phatik'saunt was displeased with his arrival because
a) Phatik was wild and lazy b) Phatik was uncultured
c) Like a straydog that has lost its master d) Selfwilled and stubborn
vi) With chiding and scolding a boy of fourteen becomes
a) Extremely shameless b) A problernforhis parents
c) Likea stray dog that has lost its master d) Selfwilled and stubbom
vii) Mrs Bhushan concludedthat if thebank could not pay the sweeper they must be
a)Running ata loss b) In a good condition

c) In a bad condition d) About to dismiss the boy
viii) Iwas still naked, but felt no shame'.
I
The line shows that the doctor was

a)Shameless b)Numb and dazed c)Indifferent d)Strong willed
ix) Where was the mail train heading?
a)Paris b)London c)Glasgow d)Crawford
x) Clever, stupid, short and long'. For whom are these epithetsused in the poem The
Night Mail?
a)Diferent persons b)Letters c)Travellers d)Sleeping persons
SECTION -B
DRAMA
Question 2.
Read the following extract and answer the questions that followv.
I, as Aneas, our great ancestor,
Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder

The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber.
Did tired Caesar. And this man
I
Is now become a god, and Cassius is

A wretched creature,and must bend his body,
0 Who speakn thee lines? Who was Aenean?
Why docsCansius compare himeif
to Aeneas?
ii) Who in thia 'man'referred to in thefourth line of the extract? What grudgp ons
the speaker bear against thís 'man?
Iv) How does the speaker compare thín man
to Ood?
V What doen this speech reveal about the speak?
Quostlon 3.
Metellus:
0, let us have him, for his
sllver hairs
purchase us a good opinlon
Will
And buy men's voices to command our deeds,
Itshall be said his judyement rul'd our
handn,
Our youths and wildness shall no whít appear,
But all be buried In gravity.
) To whom does Metellus npeak these words? To what question does he answer in
thenewords? (31
i) Who la hím' in the first line? Why does Metellus want to include him among the
conspirators?
ii) Who rejectahis proponal? Why?
iv) What do you come to know of the character of 'him'? (3]
v) How does the inclusion of him' affect the conspiratorslater? 14]
BECTION-C
PROSE
Quostion 4.
Read the (ollowingextract from The Model Millionaíre' and answer thequentions that
follow:
When Hughíe came in he found Trevor putting the finiahíng touchen to a

wonderful lifle -size picture of a bepyar -man. The bepyar hímselfwas standing on
a raisedplatform in a corner of the studlo,He was a wbzened old man, wíth a Lace
like wrinkled parchment, and a most piteous expression.Over his shoulders was
flung a coare brown cloak, all tears and tatters; his thíck boots were patched and
cobbled, and with one hand he leant on a rough stick,while with the other he held
out his battered hat for alns,
i)Whatwas Alan Trevor doing when Hughie came in? What do you know about the
man?
begyar
ii) How did thebeggAr- model look in tattered clothen? What was Hughie's reaction
on sceing thís model?
iii)Shaking
hands with Trevor,Hughic made a cornment on the model. What nade
hím do so7 How did Trevor react to hís comment? [3]
iv) Why díd Hughie feel that the model ahould have a percentage in the sale price of a
paintíng?
v) Hughie took pity on the beggar- man, This act of Hughie brought about a
complete change in his life. How díd thís happen?
Questlon B.
Read the following extract from the storyThe Boy who Broke the Bank and answer
the questions that follow:
The news spread through the bazAar with the rapidíty of forest fire. Prom the
general merchant's it travelled to the shop,circulated amongst the customers, and
then spread with them in various directions, to the betel- seller, the taílor, the free
vendor,thejeweler,the begyar sitting on the pavenent.
i) Which news spread through the bazaar rapidly?How id Deep Chand react when
he heard thís newB?
i) How did elderly
gentleman, whose ear was nicked react to this news? [3]
iii)How did old anpatastonish everyoner
[3]
iv) What were the rumours about Seth Govind Ram?
v) What role did the mischief makers play in aggravating the mood of the (4]
customner
SECTION -D
POETRY
Questlon 6.
Read the following extract from 1 Remember, I Remember' and answer the questions
that follow:
Iremember, I remember
The fir and high;
tree dark
Iused to thìnk their slender tops
Were close against the sky:
It was a childish ignorance,
Butnowt little joy
To know I'm farther off from heaven
Than when I was a boy.
[3]
i) What does the poet recall,and in what mood?
[3]
ii) Name the objects and activities associated with his child.
Whatwas the childhood view of the fir tree? Was it

iii)
childish'in reality? [3]
[3]
iv) How does the poet feel as an adult?
[(4]
v) What does the poet seem to glorify, and how?
Question 7.
Read the following extract from the poem The Night Mail'and answer the questions
that follow:
Birds turn their heads as she approaches
Stare from the bushes at her blank -faced coaches.

Sheep- dogs can not turn her course;
They slumber on with paws across,
In the farm she passes no one wakes,
But a jug in the bedroomn gently shakes.
i) Where is the Night Mail heading for? What does it carry? [3]
[3]
ii) Explain the first two lines of the extract.
ii) Why do sheep -dogs not try to turn
the direction of the train? (3]
to the passing of the Night Mail? [3]
iv) What tells you that people are now habituated
mail What does the poet want to
V) What makes the people wait anxiously for the train?
[4]
emphasise through this poem?

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ST FRANCIS SCHOOL, B.

This paper consists of four sections.

a) Cassius b) Cicero c) Cinna d) Brutus

a)Running ata loss b) In a good condition

The line shows that the doctor was

Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder

Is now become a god, and Cassius is

When Hughíe came in he found Trevor putting the finiahíng touchen to a

Whatwas the childhood view of the fir tree? Was it

Stare from the bushes at her blank -faced coaches.

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