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

‘Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax? A meek harmless man like him and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him.

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) Why does he think that he is being made a ‘laughing stock’?

(c) What does the word ‘hoax’ mean?

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each marked line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.

Error Correction

I went to the pool then

no one e.g. then when

was there. The place

being quiet. (a)——- ——-

A water was still, and

the tiled (b)——- ——-

the bottom was so white

and clean (c)——- ——-

as a bathtub. I was timid

for going in alone. (d)——- ——-

Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the correct answer in your answer-sheet against the correct blank numbers.

Doctor Have you got the tests done?

Kama : No, I have not.

Doctor : Get them done today itself.

The doctor asked Kama (a) ……………… He replied that (b) ………………. The doctor asked (c) ………………..

Caesar shall forth; the things that threatened me Ne’er look’d on my back; when they shall see the face of Caesar, they vanish.

(a) Where is Caesar planning to go?

(b) What are the ‘things’ that threaten him?

(c) What does the word ‘vanished’ mean?

Answer any four cf the following questions in 30-40 words each:

(a) Why did the poet have to wait near the water trough? (Snake)

(b) What did Sebastian write in the final e-mail he sent to Michael?

(c) Why did the wedding guest beat his breast?

(d) What quality of King Ozymandias does the poem reflect?

(e) Why did Cassius tell Brutus not to allow Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral?