English Sudden Test

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY

Time:- 35 mins. Full Marks: 30
Date: 22.04.17
{Special credit will be given to the handwriting and answers written to the point}

Name: ................................................................ Marks Obtained:

30
A. Answer the following questions: 1 x 10 =10 Joydeb
1. What does the phrase ‘nature’s changing course’ suggest?
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2. What is meant by the word ‘untrimmed’?

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3. “....thy eternal summer shall not fade”- in what sense is summer ‘eternal’ here?
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4. What shalln’t death brag?

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5. “When in eternal lines to time thou growest”- What does the poet mean to say here?
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6. What does the expression ‘the darling buds of May’ suggest?

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7. What is meant by the phrase ‘summer’s lease’?

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 8. What is ‘the eye of heaven’?
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9. How can the poet’s friend ‘grow’ eternally?

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10. How can eternal summer be maintained?

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B. Choose the correct alternative: 1 x 10 =10

1. According to William Shakespeare, the summer season is- a)eternal b) all too short c) long d) hot and
humid
2. “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”- This line suggests that- a) summer has only a temporary and
too brief tenancy on nature b) summer has a long span of life in the cycle of season c) summer is not at all
very brief d) summer is very rough and very hot.
3. Nature is the owner of land and summer is a tenant. This legal imagery is suggested in the following line- a) a)
shall I compare thee to a summer's day? b) Thou art more lovely and more temperate: c) Rough winds do
shake the darling buds of May, d) And summer’s lease hath too short a date
4. Summer days can be excessively hot, but the poet’s friend is- a) hotter than those days b) moderate and
tempered in character c) like rough winds d) as cools as a snowy evening
5. The poet’s friend is ‘more lovely and more temperate’ than- a) a winter morning b) a summer’s day c) a
rainy day d) a moonlit night
6. “Rough winds do shake”- a) buds of May b) buds of July c) flowers of winter d) roses of sunny day
7. “Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day?”- here ‘thee’ means- a)you b) I c) We d) He
8. The poetic form of ‘you’ in the nominative case is- a) thee b) thou c) your d) our
9. “Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day?”- Here ‘summer’s day’ refers to- a) a dark lady b)
Shakespeare himself c) wife of Shakespeare d) Earl of Southampton
10. “Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day?”- Here ‘a summer’s day’ is an example of- a) simile b)
metaphor c) metonymy d) none of these
Answer:-
Circle the correct alternative:

1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
C. Answer the questions in brief: 5 x 2= 10
i. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade.”- Whose eternal summer is referred to here? What is meant by
eternal summer? Why will eternal summer not fade?
ii. How is summer presented in the sonnet?

It does not matter how slowly you go as

long as you do not stop.
Q.How is summer presented in the sonnet?

Ans:-In Sonnet 18 Shakespeare wants to compare the beauty of his friend to a summer’s day. So he describes
the beauty and charm of summer and says that he can not compare the beauty of his friend to a summer’s day
because in summer, sweet buds are shaken be rough winds. The brightness of summer has no consistency.
Sometimes the sun shines brightly but often its gold complexion is dimmed by the passing clouds. Next,
summer is short-lived. Thus its beauty fades away quickly. On the other hand the beauty of the poet’s friend
will be made eternal by the eternal lines of the poet.

Q.“But thy eternal summer shall not fade.”- Whose eternal summer is referred to here? What is meant
by eternal summer? Why will eternal summer not fade?

Ans:-The eternal summer of the poet’s friend is referred to in the above quoted line.In the above quoted line
eternal summer means unfading beauty.The eternal summer in the above quoted line refers to the glowing
beauty of the poet’s male friend. The poet wants to compare the beauty of his friend to a summer’s day. But
after considering the shortcomings of a summer’s day he decides not to compare the beauty of his friend to a
summer’s day. The poet says that he will make the beauty of his friend eternal through his immortal verses. In
his words-
“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and gives life to thee”.
Swami:- Swami is a little boy. He is full of life and laughter. But he has an tendency to avoid school by providing lame
excuses. Often times he pretends to be sick to avoid the consequence s and punishments due to not completing the home-
works. He is a liar who dares to tell false even to his parents and teachers. He can put the blame to anybody for his own
sake.

Swami’ father: Swami’s father is a disciplined and punctual man who follows a strict discipline towards the regularity of
school. He is well aware about the nature of his son and his mischief behaviour. He is strict towards his child’s education
and development.

Swami’’s Mother: Swami’ s mother was the representative of the affectionate motherhood. She cherishes her child with
much affection. She feels the same pain as her son has. She is a simple housewife and thus unable to understand the prank
activities of her son quickly. She agrees with her son and supports him so that he does not feel trouble.

Swami’s Teacher: Swami’s teacher is a disciplined, punctual and sincere teacher. He checks the development of each
student everyday. He is strict observer of time and often prevents his students to indulge in laziness. He checks homework
everyday and if needs he punishes the disobedient boy. But above all he is kind and loving to the students and also
sympathetic towards them.

Swami:- Swami is a little boy. He is full of life and laughter. But he has an tendency to avoid school by providing lame
excuses. Often times he pretends to be sick to avoid the consequence s and punishments due to not completing the home-
works. He is a liar who dares to tell false even to his parents and teachers. He can put the blame to anybody for his own
sake.

Swami’ father: Swami’s father is a disciplined and punctual man who follows a strict discipline towards the regularity of
school. He is well aware about the nature of his son and his mischief behaviour. He is strict towards his child’s education
and development.

Swami’’s Mother: Swami’ s mother was the representative of the affectionate motherhood. She cherishes her child with
much affection. She feels the same pain as her son has. She is a simple housewife and thus unable to understand the prank
activities of her son quickly. She agrees with her son and supports him so that he does not feel trouble.

Swami’s Teacher: Swami’s teacher is a disciplined, punctual and sincere teacher. He checks the development of each
student everyday. He is strict observer of time and often prevents his students to indulge in laziness. He checks homework
everyday and if needs he punishes the disobedient boy. But above all he is kind and loving to the students and also
sympathetic towards them.

Swami:- Swami is a little boy. He is full of life and laughter. But he has an tendency to avoid school by providing lame
excuses. Often times he pretends to be sick to avoid the consequence s and punishments due to not completing the home-
works. He is a liar who dares to tell false even to his parents and teachers. He can put the blame to anybody for his own
sake.

Swami’ father: Swami’s father is a disciplined and punctual man who follows a strict discipline towards the regularity of
school. He is well aware about the nature of his son and his mischief behaviour. He is strict towards his child’s education
and development.

Swami’’s Mother: Swami’ s mother was the representative of the affectionate motherhood. She cherishes her child with
much affection. She feels the same pain as her son has. She is a simple housewife and thus unable to understand the prank
activities of her son quickly. She agrees with her son and supports him so that he does not feel trouble.

Swami’s Teacher: Swami’s teacher is a disciplined, punctual and sincere teacher. He checks the development of each
student everyday. He is strict observer of time and often prevents his students to indulge in laziness. He checks homework
everyday and if needs he punishes the disobedient boy. But above all he is kind and loving to the students and also
sympathetic towards them.