AMBASSADOR SCHOOL

DUBAI, UAE

GRADE 10 SA 1 LITERATURE REVISION WORKSHEET

2022-23

1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Portia:Let music sound while he doth make his choice;

Then, if he lose, he makes a swanlike end,
Fading in music. that the comparison
May stand more proper, my eye shall be the stream
And watery deathbed for him. He may win;
And what is music then? then music is
Even as the flourish when true subjects bow
To a new-crowned monarch: such it is
As are those dulcet sounds in break of day
That creep into the dreaming bridegroom’s ear
And summon him to marriage. Now he goes,
With no less presence, but with much more love,
Than young Alcides, when he did redeem
The virgin tribute paid by howling Troy
To the sea-monster.

(i) When does Portia speak these lines?

What mood is she in?
(ii) What does Portia mean when she says, Bassanio will make a ‘swan-like end’ if he
fails the Casket Test?
(iii) To which classical character is Bassanio compared?
Is she right in what she says? How?
(iv) What is the meaning of the song that is played at the end of her speech?
(v) What aspect of Bassanio’s character is revealed during the casket choice.
2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Lorenzo: Madam, with all my heart;

I shall obey you in all fair commands.
Portia: My people already know my mind,
And will acknowledge you and Jessica
In place of Lord Bassanio and myself.
And so farewell, till we shall meet again.

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 (i) Who are the speakers in this scene? Where are the speakers now? Explain:
husbandry and management in the lines spoken earlier by Portia.
(ii) Portia is ready to leave her house. What does she tell Lorenzo and Jessica? Where is
she actually going? Why does she sound convincing?
(iii) What tells you that Portia is extremely humble in the way she acknowledges her
servants?
(iv) After Jessica and Lorenzo leave, later in the scene, whom does she meet?
Why?
(v) What does she tell Nerissa later?

3. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
…. the angel wrote and vanished. The next night it came again with a great wakening
light.

(i) What did the angel write?

Where is the angel now?
What time of the day was it?
(ii) What did the angel show the next night?
What does it signify?
(iii) What had Abou asked the angel the night before?
What was the answer?
How did Abou react?
(iv) Describe the ambience of the room when the angel appeared for the first time.
(v) ‘Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase).’
Do you agree with this thought? Justify your answer.

4. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
The athletes had come from so many countries. To run for the gold, the silver and
bronze.

(i) Which sports event is in progress?

How do we know the contestants were prepared for the games?
What was the mood of the spectators?
(ii) What happened when the gun was fired?
What happened to one of the athletes?
How did he react and why?
(iii) How did the participants reach the finish line? What was the banner about? Which
phrase in the poem reflects the happiness of the athletes?
(iv) Why were all participants in the race awarded with gold medals?
(v) Discuss the theme of the poem. Do you think the athletes were happy because they
all won medals? Justify.

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 5. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

She struck another- it burnt clearly and, where the light fell upon the wall, the bricks
became transparent, like gauze.

(i) Describe the condition the little girl was in.

(ii) What did the girl do to escape the cold?
(iii) What was the first vision that the girl saw? Why did it vanish from the little girl’s
sight earlier?
(iv) Describe the vision when the girl struck the second match.
(v) The story is one of the saddest fairy tales of Anderson. Discuss.

6. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

On the first of my three qualifying jumps, I leaped from several inches beyond the
take-off board for a foul.

(i) When and where is this story set?

(ii) In which event had Owens been confident of winning a gold medal? Why?
(iii) What happened during the trials?
(iv) What advice did the German athlete give Owens?
(v) How did the two athletes perform in the finals?
What does Jesse Owens consider his ‘Greatest Olympic Prize’? Why?

7. Answer the following questions with reference to ‘The Little Match Girl.’

(i) The theme of Anderson’s story is about ‘the need for compassion for those who have
so much less than we do.’ Justify the above statement.
(ii) Describe the imagery used in the story.
(iii) Bring out the use of irony and symbols in the story.