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Answer the following question based on prescribed novel text for extended reading in about 200- 250 words.

The Diary of a Young Girl


What are Anne’s views about the laws that restrict the Jew’s freedom?


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Write the pen portrait of Mr. Van Dann.

Ans. Anne felt that the laws imposed on the Jews were inhuman. Trouble started for the Jews after May 1940 as a series of anti-Jewish decrees restricted their freedom. Some of these restrictions were that the Jews must wear a yellow star to distinguish themselves from others. The Jews were forbidden to use street cars, bicycles or personal cars. The only way Jews could travel was on ferry. They had to carry out their shopping during certain hours of a day and could only use Jewish-owned barbershops. They were also forbidden to visit theatres, cinemas and other places of entertainment etc. There was a separate school for Jew children. Anne was unable to understand these restrictions. Anne got used to all these restrictions and somehow managed to enjoy with her friends until she went into hiding with her family. After they go into hiding in an attic in Mr. Frank’s office building, their movements are now completely restricted. Anne had bitter feelings now. She herself felt, a song bird without wings’ and a bundle of contradictions.


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Mr. Van Dann was a business associate of Otto Frank. According to Anne he is intelligent, opinionated, and pragmatic. His wife appears to be more dominating at least during the period while they were in hiding because Mr Van Dann is mentioned mostly when he is fighting with his wife or trying to pacify her. Once they were discovered, like the others, Mr. Van Dann was taken first to Gestapo headquarters in Amsterdam for questioning, and then he was sent to the Westerbork reception camp. He too made the long journey by train to Auschwitz and after reaching there he was separated from his wife, whom he never saw again.


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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Write the answer in your answer sheet in one or two lines only.

(a) "We do many things, sir”, Nicola answered seriously. He glanced at us hopefully.


i. What does the speaker mean by “We do many things”, sir?


ii. Whom is he addressing to?


iii. Why was Nicola serious?


iv. Find the synonym of “looked”.


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CAESAR: Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.


i. Whom does Caesar console and why?


ii. Which quality of the speaker is revealed here?


iii. Explain: Cowards die many times before their deaths.


iv. Give the synonym of „Gallant‟.

 9

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

i. Although Calpurnia revealed her fear after nightmare yet Caesar decided to go to senate house. Why?


ii.“Pen is mightier than sword”. Elucidate with reference to the poem “Not Marble Nor Gilded Monuments.”


iii. Why was the, “Writer’s inspiration Bureau” formed?


iv. What message is conveyed by Vikram Seth through the poem “The Frog and the Nightingale”?


v. How does the story “Two Gentlemen of Verona” give hope to the society?

 10

Attempt any one out of the two following long answer type questions in 100-120 words.

“Pride goes before a fall”. Justify the statement on basis of the chapter Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger.


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“Only the bearer knows where the shoe pinches”. Elucidate the statement with reference to the story The Letter.

 11

Answer the following question based on prescribed novel text for extended reading in about 200- 250 words.

The Story of My Life


In the life of Helen Keller, “Ms. Anne Sullivan acts as an inspiration”. Justify with suitable instances from the text.


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Give a pen portrait of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.