ISC English Literature 2024 Question Paper with Answers
All 27 questions of the ISC English Literature 2024 Question Paper, in printed order. Open a question to read it in full and see its answer.
- Q1(i) Antonio: (Aside to Sebastian) Let it be tonight; For now they are oppress’d with travail, they Will not nor cannot use such… 1 mark · MCQ
- Q1(ii) What role does Ariel play in Act IV of the play, The Tempest? 1 mark · MCQ
- Q1(iii) Caliban: No noise, and enter. Do that good mischief which may make this island Thine own forever, and I, thy Caliban, For aye thy… 1 mark · MCQ
- Q1(iv) How does Prospero ask to be to be released from his “bands” in the Epilogue of the play, The Tempest? 1 mark · MCQ
- Q1(v) ‘When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills.’ Which one of the following explains why the… 1 mark · MCQ
- Q1(viii) ‘So was I once myself a swinger of birches.’ What mood of the poet is captured in the above lines taken from the poem, Birches? 1 mark · MCQ
- Q1(x) What is the phrase ‘The Century’s corpse outleant’ in the poem, The Darkling Thrush, a metaphor for? 1 mark · MCQ
- Q2(i) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In Act V, Scene i of the… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(ii) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. At the end of the Masque in… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(iii) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In Act III Scene ii of the… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(iv) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In Act V Scene i of the… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(v) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In the short story, B… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(vi) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In the short story, The… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(ix) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In the poem, The Darkling… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q2(x) Complete the following sentences by providing a reason for each in brief. Do not write the question. In the poem, Birches, the… 1 mark · Short answer
- Q3(i) With close reference to Act III, describe Alonso’s response to the perceived loss of his son, Ferdinand. Write your answer in a… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q3(ii) How do Prospero, Ferdinand and Caliban perceive Miranda? Give one example of each of their perceptions, from the Acts studied, to… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q3(iii)(a) Despite being a half monster and half human, Caliban comes across as superior to Stephano and Trinculo. Justify the statement… 10 marks · Long answer
- Q3(iii)(b) Referring closely to any two instances from the Acts studied, show how music is used to influence the course of events / action… 10 marks · Long answer
- Q4(i) Describe the event that led the narrator, Shankar, to suggest digging of the ground under the Deodar tree in the short story… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q4(ii) Based on the short story, The Story of an Hour, discuss what can be inferred about the significance of the open window in Mrs… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q4(iii)(a) With reference to the short story Quality, trace the journey of the Gessler Brothers from “Id is an Ardt!” to the bitter… 10 marks · Long answer
- Q4(iii)(b) Miss Meadows’ need for societal acceptance makes her overlook Basil’s insensitivity and shortcomings. Discuss with reference to… 10 marks · Long answer
- Q5(i) What do you think prompts the poet’s desire for a temporary escape in the poem, Birches? Why does he wish to come back to Earth?… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q5(ii) What leads Mathew Arnold to tell his beloved, ‘Ah, love, let us be true’, in the last stanza of the poem, The Dover Beach? Write… 5 marks · Short answer
- Q5(iii)(a) Show how Carol Ann Duffy presents a disturbing picture of confinement and exploitation in the poem, The Dolphins. Write your… 10 marks · Long answer
- Q5(iii)(b) How does John Brown convey his firsthand experience of war to his mother and evoke a deep emotional response in the readers?… 10 marks · Long answer