ISC English Literature 2017 Question Paper with Answers
All 22 questions of the ISC English Literature 2017 Question Paper, in printed order. Open a question to read it in full and see its answer.
- Q1(a) Don John : I wonder that thou, being-as thou say’st thou art-born under Saturn, goest about to apply a moral medicine to a… 10 marks · Case based
- Q1(b) Ursula : [Aside to Hero] The pleasant’st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily… 10 marks · Case based
- Q1(c) Leonato : No, not so, villain; thou beliest thyself. Here stand a pair of honourable men. A third is fled, that had a hand in it… 10 marks · Case based
- Q2(a) The Man : Ah, perhaps not. No, of course not! Well, it’s a funny sight. It’s like slinging a handful of peas against a window… 10 marks · Case based
- Q2(b) Petkoff : [vexed] Now who could have supposed you were going to do such a thing? Sergius : [with fire] Everyone that knew me. But… 10 marks · Case based
- Q2(c) Bluntschli : [promptly] Instinct, dear young lady. Instinct, and experience of the world. Raina : [wonderingly] Do you know, you… 10 marks · Case based
- Q3 Give a vivid description of the events which occur in the masked ball held in honour of Don Pedro. How do these events help in… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q4 With examples from the play Much Ado About Nothing, compare the characters of Beatrice and Hero. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q5 Major Petkoff’s coat is cleverly used by Shaw to create much of the suspense and humour in the play. Discuss. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q6 Louka is clever, ambitious, outspoken and yet vulnerable. Discuss with close reference to the play. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q7 Comment on the role of Locksley and the forest outlaws in the novel. How do they add a touch of adventure and excitement to the… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q8 Describe the plot against King Richard in the novel Ivanhoe. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q9 Evaluate the character of Ivanhoe in the novel Ivanhoe. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q10 Rabindranath Tagore in his essay The Spirit of Freedom says, “.…real freedom is of the mind and spirit, it can never come to us… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q11 Based on the essay The Rule of the Road by A.G. Gardner, discuss the difference between ‘individual liberty’ and ‘social liberty’. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q12 Referring closely to the essay Go to the Ant, state what you know about the honey-ants. Why are they so called? Describe some… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q13 Referring closely to the story Old Love, discuss it as a beautifully written tale of the bitter rivalry between two undergraduate… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q14 In the short story The Drover’s Wife, the bush woman battles hostile circumstances refusing to submit to any adversity. What are… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q15 The Lost Jewels is a short story of a man-woman relationship that has tragic consequences. Referring closely to the story, show… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q16 Describe how the poem Five Ways to Kill a Man explores the increasing loss of humanity in every succeeding age. How is the ending… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q17 Examine the poem Phenomenal Woman as a celebration of the unique identity of a woman. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q18 Lord Byron gives a description of youth enjoying a night of joy and pleasure, being sent to the battlefield of Waterloo to their… 20 marks · Long answer