Rajendra Vidyalaya

Final Term Examination

English Literature

Std 11

Session 2020-2021

FM 80 Time 3hrs

( candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper. They must not start writing
during this time.)

Answer question 1 from section A (compulsory) and four questions from section B choosing at least one
question from each of the prescribed textbooks. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions
are given in brackets

Section A (20 marks)

( Compulsory)

The Tempest

Question 1

Choose two of the passages a to c and answer briefly the question that follows

a. Ferdinand: The ditty does remember my drowned father:

This is no mortal business, nor no sound
That the Earth owes: I hear it now above me.
i) What is a ditty? Who actually produces the ditty? (1)
ii) What does Ferdinand say about the source of the ditty?(2)
iii) What does Miranda see? What does she think of what she sees?(2)
iv) What does Prospero say to correct what Miranda says?(2)
v) In what way is Ferdinand introduced romantically to Miranda?(2)
vi) Give the meaning of the following words (1)
a. no mortal business
b. fringed curtains

b) Alonso: You cram these words into mine ears against. The stomach of my sense. Would I had never
married my daughter there

i) To whom is Alonso speaking? What does he want to say by the following? “You cram these words into
mine ears….” (1)

ii) To whom is Alonso's daughter married? Why does he now regret saying that he should not have
given his daughter in marriage there?(2)

iii) What does Francisco say to console Alonso?(2)

iv) Whom does Sebastian blame for the loss and why? (2)

v) According to Sebastian what was the effect of the shipwrecked on Milan and Naples? (2)

vi) Give the meaning of the following

a) cram b) breasted (1)

c) Trinculo: Here's neither bush nor shrub , to bear off any weather at all, and another storm brewing; I
hear it sing….

i) Who is Trinculo? From where is he speaking? (1)

ii) Why is Trinculo looking for bush or shrub? (2)

iii) What does Trinculo see? What doubts does he have about it? (2)

iv) What is referred to as poor John ? What would Trinculo do if he were in England? (2)

v)Why do the people in England develop interest in strange beasts? (2)

vi) Give the meaning of the following words: a. brewing b. bombard (1)

Section- B (60 marks)

Answer four questions in all choosing at least one question from each of the three prescribed books.

The Tempest

Q2. Antonio is a ruthless conspirator. Explain with reference to the play The Tempest. (15)

Q.3 (a) What role does the banquet play in Act 3 scene 3 ? (5)

(b) Why does Ariel call himself and the other spirits minister of Faith? (5)

(c) In play The Tempest how does Prospero’s plot to make Alonso believe Ferdinand is dead facilitate
Alonso’s redemption ? (5)

Echoes

4. Compare and contrast Jayanto and Shankar’s characters with reference the short story Fritz .(15)

5. Salvatore is a static character who remains primarily the same throughout the story. Give reasons to
support the statement. (15)

6. a. The Gessler brothers had great passion for their vocation. Justify the statement with reference to
the short story Quality. (5)

b. State how the traditional art of shoe making suffered in the world of industrialization. (5)

c. The narrator of the story was an admirer of Art and artists. Briefly elaborate the statement. (5)

Reverie
7. Sarojini Naidu’s poem The Gift of India commemorates the sacrifices made by her countrymen.
Elucidate. (15)

8. How is the world of thralldom depicted in Carol Ann Duffy's poem “The Dolphins”. 15)

9. a. How did John Brown repay his mother for her lopsided view about the glory of War ? (5)

b. In what way does the poem John Brown reveal the irony of life ? (5)

c. What is the message of the poem John Brown? (5)