Alternative No: Index No: 0 1 0 1 0 Supervising Examiner's/Invigilator's initial: English Paper II Writing Time: 3 Hours Reading and Literature Total Marks : 80 READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY: 1. Do not write for the first fifteen minutes. This time is to be spent reading the questions. After having read the questions, you will be given three hours to answer all questions. 2. The first five digits have already been printed. Write the remaining seven digits of your index number in the space provided on the top right hand corner of this cover page only. 3. In this paper, there are four Sections: A, B, C and D. Each section has two sets of questions, Set I and Set II. Set I comprises of Question nos. 1a and 1b and Set II corresponds to Question no. 2 across all sections. You must attempt one set of questions from each section. 4. You must attempt four sets of questions in all. Your choice must include one Set II question (Question no.2) from any section. 5. Do not attempt questions from two different sets. Your choice is strictly between the two sets of questions provided for each section. 6. Read the directions to each question carefully and write all your answers in the space provided in the question booklet itself. 7. Remember to write quickly but neatly. 8. Do not remove or tear off any pages from the booklet. 9. Do not draw lines or pictures on or in the booklet to beautify it. 10. Do not leave the examination hall before you have made sure that you have answered four sets of questions according to the directions given above. Question Award Markers Initial For Chief Marker's and Markers' Use Only Section A Section B Section C Section D Total I II I II I II I II Chief Marker s Signature BCSE/EngII/2010 This booklet comprises 32 pages. Page 1 of 32
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SECTION A SHORT STORY Direction: From the two sets of questions under this genre, choose ONE SET and write your responses in the space provided. Read the extract given below and answer the questions based on the story from which this extract has been taken. For once they didn t starve a genius to death and then put into other pockets the rewards he should have himself SET I Question 1a. Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer or response that best fits the given question and write it in the space provided. [1x5=5] 1. The narrator of the story within the story is A Carl. B Millet. C Smith. D Theophile Magnan. Answer: 2. The work by Millet which fetched the highest price was A Angelus. B his portrait. C Skeleton Sketches D Fragments of Studies. Answer: 3. Theophile Magnan s real name is A Carl. B Claude. C Millet. D Smith. Answer: BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 3 of 32
4. As per Carl s plan, one of the four friends would be elected to die because A they wanted to earn fame. B they wanted to earn money. C their house was too small for four people. D talent was given recognition posthumously. Answer: 5. The story can best be called A a fantasy. B an allegory. C a classic realistic fiction. D a modern realistic fiction. Answer: Question 1b. [3x5=15] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 60 words. 1. This story employs dual plots. Explain two advantages of this technique. (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 4 of 32
2. Imagine you are Claude. Briefly narrate how you went about selling Millet s work during the six weeks of the plan period. (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 5 of 32
3. Do you think the plan carried out by the four painters is ethical? Justify your response. (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 6 of 32
SET II Question 2. [10x2] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 150 words. 2a. What is a satire? Bring out any two evidences of satire from the story and explain what they satirize. (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 7 of 32
2b. That many a great artist has never been acknowledged until after he was starved and dead. Does this statement still hold true in the present day context? Give any two points with appropriate examples to support your response. (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 8 of 32
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SECTION B ESSAY Direction: Read the essay given below carefully. From the two sets of questions on this text, choose ONE SET and write your responses in the space provided. The Mirror On a trip to Greece, Robert Fulghum attends a seminar given by Alexander Papaderos, a philosopher, teacher, and politician. Dr. Papaderos runs an institute dedicated to human understanding and peace, and especially to healing the rift between Cretans and Germans caused by World War II. The institute is located on the island of Crete, where during the war the populations of whole villages on the island were lined up and shot by Nazi troops. At the end of the war, Papaderos came to believe that Germans and Cretans had much to learn from one another. If they could forgive each other and construct a creative relationship, then any people could. Papaderos succeeded and the institute became a reality. During a session at the institute, Fulghum asks a profound question. Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life? The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was. I will answer your question. Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this. When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motor cycle had been wrecked in that place. I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine- in deep holes and crevices and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find. BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 10 of 32
I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light- truth, understanding, knowledge- is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it. I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world- into the black places in the hearts of men- and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life. Robert Fulghum, Passages, 2001 SET I Question 1a. Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer or response that best fits the given question and write it in the space provided. [1x5=5] 1. Dr. Papaderos decided to answer the question when he saw that the A speaker was serious. B speaker was trying to fool him. C audience was making fun of him. D question could be easily answered. Answer: 2. Dr. Papaderos is a A politician, teacher and poet. B teacher, politician and engineer. C politician, philosopher and author. D philosopher, politician and teacher. Answer: BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 11 of 32
3. Which of the following is true? A Dr. Papaderos defined the meaning of life. B The essay is presented to us by Dr. Papaderos. C The audience thought Fulghum s question was silly. D Fulghum questioned Dr. Papaderos to challenge him. Answer: 4. In order to explain the meaning of his life, Dr. Papaderos uses A a fable. B a real story. C an anecdote. D a fictional story. Answer: 5. Light is used to symbolize A fragment of a mirror. B truth, understanding and knowledge. C deep holes, crevices and dark closets. D dark places where the sun would never shine. Answer: Question 1b. [3x5=15] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 60 words. 1. What does life mean to you? (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 12 of 32
2. How did the philosopher come to understand that he is not the light or the source of light? (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 13 of 32
3. Black places in the hearts of men. What do you think the phrase represents? List at least five representations with a short explanation for each. (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 14 of 32
SET II Question 2. [10x2] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 150 words. 2a. Explain how the mirror helped Dr Papaderos to find the meaning of his life. (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 15 of 32
2b. Dr Papaderos ends his speech with This is the meaning of my life. What is the meaning of your life? Explain. (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 16 of 32
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SECTION C POETRY Direction: Read the poem given below carefully. From the two sets of questions on the poem, choose ONE SET and write your responses in the space provided. As I Grew Older It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun-- My dream. And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly, Between me and my dream. Rose until it touched the sky-- The wall. Shadow. I am black. I lie down in the shadow. My hands! My dark hands! Break through the wall! Find my dream! Help me to shatter this darkness, To smash this night, To break this shadow Into a thousand lights of sun, Into a thousand whirling dreams Of the sun! Langston Hughes, http://www.poemhunter.com BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 18 of 32
SET I Question 1a. Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer or response that best fits the given question and write it in the space provided. [1x5=5] 1. The word wall in the poem means a A pillar. B panel. C barrier. D shadow. Answer: 2. The phrase into a thousand lights of sun suggests A peace and prosperity. B the end of the world. C war and destruction. D freedom and hope. Answer: 3. Bright like a sun--my dream. The figure of speech used in the above line is A B C D simile. rhyme. metaphor. assonance. Answer: 4. Which of the following is not true according to the poem? A As children we have dreams. B As we grow, we loose sight of our dreams. C We dream when we face many problems in life. D People stop dreaming when overcome with problems. Answer: BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 19 of 32
5. This poem is a A sonnet. B ballad. C satire. D lyric. Answer: Question 1b. [3x5=15] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 60 words. 1. Explain how you would feel if a wall arose between you and your dream. (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 20 of 32
2. What is the central idea of the poem? (5) 3. What is a plausible explanation for the line, I am black. I lie down in the shadow.? (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 21 of 32
SET II Question 2. [10x2] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 150 words. 2a. Narrate an incident when you could break through a wall. (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 22 of 32
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2b. The readers can experience the growth of the speaker as the poem unfolds. Explain how this growth is evident through the development of five stages. (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 24 of 32
SECTION D NOVEL Direction: From the two sets of questions based on the novel Giver by Lois Lowry, choose ONE SET and write your responses in the space provided. SET I Question 1a. Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer or response that best fits the given question and write it in the space provided. [1x5=5] 1. The first memory Jonas received was a A sun burn. B family at Christmas. C ride on a sled through falling snow. D ride on a sled resulting in a broken leg. Answer: BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 25 of 32
2. The river, which runs out of the community to Elsewhere symbolizes A hope and regeneration in literature. B escape from the confines of the community. C Jonas entry into a world where colour, sensation and emotion exist. D the journey Jonas takes during his training and the discovery he makes. Answer: 3. Jonas helps the new child Gabriel to go to sleep by A B C D telling him bed time stories. injecting a mild sleeping drug. transmitting memories of lullabies and a soft bed. transmitting memories of peaceful sails on a lake. Answer: 4. After giving them their respective job assignments, the chief elder says, thank you for your childhood. What is the meaning of this statement? A B C D They had been very good children. They will now enter the world of adults. They will no longer have to do volunteer work. They will have to leave their family dwelling units. Answer: 5. A clause in Jonas job assignment folder reads, you may lie. Why do you think that Jonas is given the liberty to lie? A B C D It was Jonas habit to tell lies. Jonas is more privileged than the others. Jonas requested the Committee to allow him to do so. Jonas is not supposed to share the memories received. Answer: BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 26 of 32
Question 1b. [3x5=15] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 60 words. 1. Jonas was very worried about his assignment in the ceremony of 12. How was Jonas reassured of his assignment by his parents? (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 27 of 32
2. Explain what would happen if sameness was removed from Jonas community. (5) 3. Do you support or oppose the system in Jonas community? Give reasons to justify your stand. (5) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 28 of 32
SET II Question 2. [10x2] Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the space provided in about 150 words. 2a. The revelation of Release is a turning point in the novel. What are the outcomes of the revelation to Jonas in the later part of the novel? (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 29 of 32
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2b. Jonas society is a utopian society where everything is ideal and positive. Only happiness and efficiency are retained. Do you agree? Why? (10) BCSE/EngII/2010 Page 31 of 32
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