ISC English Literature 2018 Question Paper with Answers
All 20 questions of the ISC English Literature 2018 Question Paper, in printed order. Open a question to read it in full and see its answer.
- Q1 Choose two of the passages (a) to (c) and answer briefly the questions that follow: Benedick : I can see yet without spectacles… 20 marks · Short answer
- Q2(a) Raina : Come away from the window (She takes him firmly back to the middle of the room. The moment she releases him he turns… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q2(b) Sergius : Louka! (she stops and looks defiantly at him) A gentleman has no right to hurt a woman under any circumstances. [with… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q2(c) Raina : [timidly] Nine thousand hotels? Bluntschli : Hotels! Nonsense. If you only knew! Oh, it’s too ridiculous. Excuse me: I… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q3 Referring closely to the play, trace Don John’s plots against Claudio and Don Pedro from their earliest beginnings. How do the… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q4 Shakespeare’s minor characters play an important part in the development of the plot. What purpose do Dogberry, Verges and the… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q5 Referring closely to specific instances in the play ‘Arms and the Man’, discuss how Shaw presents class distinctions and social… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q6 Sergius tells Bluntschli in the play “youre not a man, youre a machine.” Do you agree with Sergius’ assessment of Bluntschli?… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q7 With close reference to the novel Ivanhoe discuss how the central plot revolves around the conflicts and tensions between the… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q8 The character of King Richard I is presented in Ivanhoe not only with all his admirable qualities but also with his shortcomings… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q9 Walter Scott appears sympathetic to Isaac’s troubles. How does Scott highlight the treatment given to Jews through the character… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q10 Referring closely to the essay Unbirthday and Other Presents, discuss why E V Lucas feels that ‘unbirthday’ gifts are better than… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q11 How does G. K Chesterton in his essay On Running after one’s Hat, romanticize difficult situations by dwelling on the notion that… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q12 Referring closely to the essay On Going on a Journey, give Hazlitt’s views about the manner in which a change of place brings… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q13 Ichabod Crane, the central character of the short story ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, is a person who arouses both our amusement… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q14 In your opinion, does Boori Ma, the main protagonist of the story A Real Durwan, deserve the fate that she meets at the end of… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q15 The anthology ‘ISC Collection of Short Stories’ includes several stories in which a woman is the central character. Which female… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q16 Discuss how the speaker in the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night rages against the traditional acceptance of death. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q17 Wilfred Owen paints a horrific picture of a nightmarish memory on the battlefield. How does Dulce et Decorum Est become Owen’s… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q18 In the poem Breaking Out, the poet shows the gradual transformation of a young girl into a confident and independent individual… 20 marks · Long answer