SECTION%20A%20-%20DRAMA

The%20Merchant%20of%20Venice%20%3A%20Shakespeare

Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

Salarino%20%3A%20Gratiano%3A

O%21%20ten%20times%20faster%20Venus%27%20pigeons%20fly

To%20seal%20love%27s%20bonds%20new-made%2C%20than%20they%20are%20wont%20To%20keep%20obliged%20faith%20unforfeited%21

That%20ever%20holds%3A%20who%20riseth%20from%20a%20feast

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%5B3%5D

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%5B3%5D%20%28iv%29%20How%20does%20Gratiano%20explain%20in%20the%20extract%20the%20state%20of%20people%20in%20love%3F%20%5B3%5D

%28v%29%20What%20will%20be%20Jessica%u2019s%20role%20in%20the%20masquerade%3F%20What%20does%20she%20have%20to%20say%20regarding%20this%20role%3F%20What%20is%20your%20opinion%20of%20Jessica%3F%5B4%5D

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Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

Antonio%20%3A

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%28iii%29%20What%20is%20meant%20by%20%u201Clingering%20penance%u201D%3F%20What%20is%20it%20that%20Bassanio%20must%20not%20regret%20and%20what%20is%20it%20that%20Antonio%20does%20not%20repent%3F%5B3%5D

%26nbsp%3B%28iv%29%20What%20offer%20does%20Bassanio%20make%20after%20this%20extract%20to%20save%20Antonio%3F%20What%20is%20Portia%u2019s%20response%3F%5B3%5D

%28v%29%20Throw%20some%20light%20on%20the%20bond%20of%20friendship%20between%20Bassanio%20and%20Antonio%2C%20giving%20various%20instances%20from%20the%20scene.

Loyalties%20%3A%20John%20Galsworthy

Question%203.

Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

Mabel%20%3A%20We%u2019ll%20fight%20it%20tooth%20and%20nail%21

Margaret%20%3A%20Mabel%2C%20you%u2019re%20pure%20wool%2C%20right%20through%3B

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iii%29%20Name%20the%20other%20lady%20who%20enters%20the%20scene%20at%20this%20time.%20What%20news%20does%20she%20bring%20that%20further%20points%20to%20%u2018him%u2019%20as%20the%20criminal%3F%20What%20bit%20of%20gossip%20does%20Margaret%20offer%20from%20%u2018his%u2019%20past%3F

Mention%20two%20ways%20in%20which%20Mabel%27s%20words%20to%20the%20other%20ladies%20reveal%20her%20fierce%20loyalty%20to%20%u2018him%u2019.%20Which%20solicitor%20does%20Margaret%20suggest%20to%20Mabel%3F%20Why%20does%20she%20do%20so%3F

Question%205.

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What%20appeal%20does%20Mabel%20make%20to%20this%20person%3F

Question%204.

Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

Dancy%3A%20They%u2019ll%20break%20the%20door%20in.%20It%u2019s%20no%20good%20-%20we%20must%20open.%20Hold%20them%20in%20check%20a%20little.%20I%20want%20a%20minute%20or%20two.

Mabel%3A%20%5Bclasping%20him%5D%3A%20Ronny%21%20Oh%20Ronny%21%20It%20won%u2019t%20be%20for%20long…….

%28i%29%20What%20two%20major%20confessions%20had%20Dancy%20made%20to%20Mabel%20just%20before%20this

extract%3F%20What%20did%20his%20solicitors%20want%20him%20to%20do%3F

%28ii%29%20What%20does%20Mabel%20say%20to%20express%20her%20loyalty%20to%20him%20despite%20his%20crimes%3F%20Who

knocks%20at%20the%20door%20at%20this%20point%3F%20What%20does%20she%20do%20to%20%u2018hold%20them%20in%20check%u2019%3F

%28iii%29%20Who%20else%20enters%20the%20house%3F%20What%20sound%20do%20they%20all%20hear%3F%20Why%20does%20Mabel%20faint%3F

%28iv%29%20What%20does%20Colford%20do%20with%20Dancy%u2019s%20letter%3F%20What%20is%20your%20opinion%20of%20Dancy%20in%20the%20light%20of%20his%20unexpected%20suicide%3F

%28v%29%20Mention%20the%20different%20kinds%20of%20loyalties%20that%20the%20dramatist%20has%20touched%20upon%20in%20the%20play%2C%20providing%20examples%20to%20support%20your%20answer%3F%3Cbr%3ESECTION%20B%20%u2013%20POETRY

A%20Collection%20of%20Poems

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Could%20my%20mother%20have%20imagined%2C%20as%20she%20held%20me%20to%20her%20breast%2C%20That%20I%u2019d%20be%20sitting%20HERE%20one%20day%20with%20this%20pain%20in%20my%20chest%3F%u201D

%28Small%20Pain%20in%20My%20Chest%20by%20Michael%20Mack%29%3Cbr%3E%28i%29%20What%20does%20his%20wife%20usually%20think%20of%20him%3F%20How%20do%20you%20know%3F%20%5B3%5D

%28ii%29%20Throw%20light%20on%20his%20present%20condition.%20%5B3%5D

%28iii%29%20Describe%20briefly%20what%20had%20happened%20last%20night.%20%5B3%5D

%28iv%29%20Is%20he%20really%20aware%20of%20his%20fatal%20wound%3F%20How%20can%20you%20say%20so%3F%20%5B3%5D

%28v%29%20What%20is%20the%20message%20the%20poet%20wishes%20to%20convey%3F%20%5B4%5D

Question%206.

Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

%28A%20Doctor%u2019s%20Journal%20Entry%20for%20August%206%2C%201945%20by%20Vikram%20Seth%29

%28i%29%20What%20does%20the%20poet%20conclude%20the%20flashes%20to%20be%3F%20What%20was%20he%20doing%20just%20before%20%5B3%5D

the%20flashes%20occurred%3F

%28ii%29%20Describe%20the%20scene%20immediately%20after%20this%20extract%3F%20%5B3%5D

%28iii%29%20What%20was%20the%20weird%20experience%20he%20had%3F%20Why%20did%20he%20think%20it%20weird%3F%20What%20was%20the%20real%20reason%3F

The%20morning%20stretched%20calm%2C%20beautiful%2C%20and%20warm.%20Sprawling%20half%20clad%2C%20I%20gazed%20out%20at%20the%20form

Of%20shimmering%20leaves%20and%20shadows.%20Suddenly

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%28v%29%20Later%20in%20the%20poem%20the%20doctor%20asks%20his%20wife%20to%20go%20ahead.%20Why%3F%20What%20were%20his%20feelings%20after%20she%20had%20gone%3F

%5B4%5D

Question%207.

SECTION%20C%20%u2013%20PROSE

Collection%20of%20Short%20Stories

Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

%28i%29%20Describe%20briefly%20why%20the%20panchayat%20was%20called.

%28ii%29%20Why%20was%20it%20that%20no%20praise%20was%20too%20high%20for%20Alagu%3F

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%28iv%29%20Explain%20the%20statement%20%u2018It%20is%20only%20honest%20men%20like%20Alagu%20who%20sustain%20the%20earth%u2019.%20%5B3%5D

Question%208.

Real%20happiness%20does%20not%20lie%20in%20material%20possessions%20or%20in%20the%20knowledge%20of%20learning.

Discuss%20with%20reference%20to%20the%20story%20%u2018The%20Bet%u2019.%20%5B16%5D

Animal%20Farm%20%3A%20George%20Orwell

Question%209.

Read%20the%20extract%20given%20below%20and%20answer%20the%20questions%20that%20follow%3A

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%28i%29Mention%20the%20two%20crimes%20that%20the%20four%20pigs%20had%20just%20confessed%20to.%20As%20a%20result%20what%20happened%20to%20them%3F%20%5B3%5D

%28ii%29%20Who%20was%20Snowball%3F%20In%20what%20way%20had%20he%20deceived%20the%20other%20animals%3F%20%5B3%5D

%28iii%29%20What%20happened%20to%20the%20other%20animals%20who%20had%20%u2018leagued%u2019%20themselves%20with

%28iv%29With%20reference%20to%20the%20end%20of%20the%20story%2C%20how%20was%20Jumman%20convinced%20that%20the%20panch%20speaks%20the%20voice%20of%20God.%26nbsp%3B

Question%208.

Real%20happiness%20does%20not%20lie%20in%20material%20possessions%20or%20in%20the%20knowledge%20of%20learning.

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