ISC English Literature 2023 Specimen Paper with Answers
All 14 questions of the ISC English Literature 2023 Specimen Paper, in printed order. Open a question to read it in full and see its answer.
- Q1 Choose the correct options for the following questions: What is Ferdinand doing at the beginning of Act III Scene I? What is… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q2 Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each: In Act III Scene I of The Tempest, Miranda disobeyed her father… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q3(i) Referring closely to Act IV of the play, explain why Prospero ends the masque suddenly? What does he tell Ferdinand about the… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q3(ii) With close reference to Act III Scene II of the play, describe the plot that Caliban hatches to murder Prospero. 5 marks · Short answer
- Q3(iii)(a) Referring closely to the masque presented by Prospero for Ferdinand and Miranda, explain the purpose of the masque. 10 marks · Long answer
- Q3(iii)(b) Referring closely to the interaction between Prospero and Alonso in Act V of the play, describe the changes that you notice in… 10 marks · Long answer
- Q4(i) Referring closely to the short story The Sound Machine, describe the events that occurred when Klausner went to the park with his… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q4(ii) Describe the interaction between Miss Meadows and the Science Mistress in the short story The Singing Lesson. Comment on the… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q4(iii)(a) What do you conclude about the struggles and challenges faced by women from the short story, The Story of an Hour? 10 marks · Long answer
- Q4(iii)(b) The cold becomes a character in the short story, To Build a Fire. Do you agree? Give your views by referring to the story. 10 marks · Long answer
- Q5(i) In the poem, Crossing the Bar, discuss why the thought of death poses no fear for the poet. 5 marks · Short answer
- Q5(ii) Music makers are change makers. How is this conveyed in the poem We are the Music Makers? 5 marks · Short answer
- Q5(iii)(a) How does the poet resolve the crisis in his mind in the poem The Darkling Thrush? What are his thoughts at the end of the poem? 10 marks · Long answer
- Q5(iii)(b) Dover Beach combines beautiful natural description with a commentary on the contemporary situation. Discuss. 10 marks · Long answer