Term 2 Assessment (2021- 2022)

English Literature - Class 8

Total Marks - 60

• Reading Time: 8:30 a.m. to 8: 40 a.m.

• Writing Time: 8:40 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.
• Scanning and Uploading Time: 10:10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Attempt all the questions.

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

Question 1

Miss Dare has just shown us the second way; I’m quite sure she will now give us
a demonstration of the first.

a. What was the ‘second way’ shown by Miss Dare? How did she respond to the
challenge put forward by Mr. Braithwaite? [3]
b. What qualities of Mr. Braithwaite appealed to you the most? Give reasons to
justify your answer with close reference to the text. [4]

Question 2

He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it- namely, that
in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the
thing difficult to attain.

a. How did Tom make the task of painting the fence seem covetous? [3]
b. What did Tom gain by making the task seem covetous? [3]
c. Do you think Tom was right in behaving in this fashion? Give a reason to justify
your answer. [2]

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Question 3

Bronze stones and cold scales:

but they'll never weigh

our tobacco-bane,

our salt sweat.

a. What are the sufferings of the tobacco pickers? [3]

b. Identify the figure of speech used in the line: ‘drinks our pain, sweat, blood and
strength’ and explain it clearly with close reference to the text. [3]
c. Why do you think the word ‘leaf’ has been repeated in the line -‘leaf, leaf, pick -
leaf, leaf, tie - leaf, leaf, turn over, push down leaf, leaf, thread’? Give a
justification for your answer with close reference to the text. [2]

Question 4

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less travelled by,

And that has made all the difference.

a. What did the two roads look like? [3]

b. What do you think about the narrator’s character based on the selection of the
road? Which road would you have chosen and why? [4]

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Question 5

a. Comment on the use of panels and speech bubbles on this page. [2]
b. How did Banquo and Macbeth react to the predictions made by the three
witches? [3]

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Question 6

a. What do you see in the foreground in the last panel? [1]

b. Give an example of an emanata from any of the panels. State why the emanata
has been used. [2]
c. Look at panel no 7. What is ‘SLOSH’ an example of? [1]
d. What do you see in the midground in panel no 2? [1]

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Question 7

a. What is the quality of Jo that she disliked in herself? Mention any one incident
where she got into trouble because of this quality. [4]
b. How was Marmee a constant guide to her daughters? [4]
c. Mention any one quality of Jo with which you can identify. Explain the choice
clearly. [2]

Question 8

a. How is the theme of charity portrayed in the ‘Little Women’? Give any 2 specific
examples. [4]
b. How did the March family suffer because of their charitable attitude? [4]
c. What aspect of Louisa May Alcott’s writing style appeals to you and why? [2]

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