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

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,


That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!


(a) What is the ‘bleeding piece* of the earth’ referred to here?


(b) Why was Antony ‘meek and gentle’?


(c) Who are the butchers mentioned here?

(a) The ‘bleeding piece of earth’ referred to here is ‘the corpse of Caesar’ who was cheated by his own senators without any strong reason.

(b) Antony was ‘meek and gentle’ because he did not want to displease the conspirators as it was more important to avenge Caesar’s death. He was being tactful and wanted to win the confidence of the conspirators.


(c) The butchers mentioned here are the conspirators who murdered Caesar. Their action was not gentle and killed Caesar for their own gain.


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Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you. 3

on television / a few / appeared / days ago / an advertisement /


An advertisement appeared on television a few days ago.


(a) of children / a window / it showed” / a group / through / staring out /


(b) he had brought / a cartoon character / with a toy / for them / surprised them /


(c) motorised train set / could move / it was a huge / which / in circles /

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

And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords Of life,


And I have something to expiate A pettiness


(a) The poet misses the chance to


(b) The ‘pettiness’ the poet refers to here is


(c) The word in the above lines which means the same as ‘to make amends’ is

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Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each.

(a) What news about Sebastian Shultz did Michael see in the newspaper?


(b) How did the mariners escape from the South Pole?


(c) How did Brutus win the heart of the Roman mob?


(d) What was the role offered to Patol Babu?


(e) Bring out the irony in the poem ‘Ozymandias’.

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Sebastian Shultz had a close brush with death due to the most unusual circumstances in the face of fast-moving high-technology which is probably doing uS more harm than good.

Write a short article in about 80-100 words on the topic ’Technological Advancement—A Threat.