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

“I’ve come to tell you that 1 am leaving,” she staccatoed.
“Oh, yes, yes’.” I agreed, flapping my arms about to attract attention from the comer.
(a) Who is the ‘she’ referred to here?
(b) Why had she decided to leave?
(c) Why did her husband behave in a strange manner?

(a) ‘She" in the given lines is refers to Lavinia, John's wife.


(b) She had decided to leave because she suspected that John had an affair with another woman.


(c) Her husband John behaved in a strange manner because he wanted to prevent her from seeing the ghost named Helen.


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6

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identified the error and write it along the correction along the answer sheet. The first one has been done for you as an example?

eg. Incorrect correct
During summer holidays I accompanied


my a the


friend from his village. It was a small place consisting


(a) _ _
of about 200 houses. The villagers are simple people


(b) _ _
and very hospitable. The natural scenery or fresh


(c) _ _
air were very soothing. I stayed here for three days


(d) _ _
and enjoyed myself in the lap of nature.

 7

Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you.
Railway station / my parents / one evening/ along with / to the / I went /
One evening I went along with my parents to the railway station.
(a) crowd at / counter / there was / the ticket / a huge /
(b) for the / was alive / train / with passengers / the platform / anxiously waiting /
(c) arrived / started / compartment / the passengers / from one / running / to another / the train / and /

 8

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
I do beseech ye, if you bear me hard,
Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke,
Fulfil your pleasure. Live a thousand years,
shall not find myself so apt to die:
(a) When does Antony say these words?
(b) What is his request?
(c) What does ‘reek’ in the above lines mean?

 9

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

(a) What was the aim of the game, ‘Dragonquest’?
(b) What was Patol Babu’s role in Baren Mullick’s film?
(c) How was the ancient mariner punished for his crime?
(d) Why does the narrator in the poem, ‘Snake’ consider himself a coward?
(e) What makes Helen and the other ghosts organize ‘The Writer’s Inspiration Bureau’? What was their mode of working?