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Prescribed Play - ISC Class 12 English Literature Questions with Answers

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Prospero : Ariel, thy charge Exactly is perform’d; but there’s more work. What is the time o’ th day? Ariel : Past the… 2021 · 10 marks · Case based
Miranda is a perfect blend of innocence and determination. Discuss her role in the play with close reference to the text. 2021 · 15 marks · Long answer
Stephano : Put off that gown, Trinculo [Reaches for it]. By this hand, I’ll have that gown. Trinculo : Thy grace shall have it… 2021 · 10 marks · Case based
Antonio : Then let us both be sudden. Gonzalo : (Waking) Now, good angels Preserve the king! Alonso : Why, how now? Ho! Awake?… 2021 · 10 marks · Case based
Referring closely to the conversation between Prospero and Miranda in Act 1 Scene ii, answer the following: Narrate what Prospero… 2021 · 15 marks · Short answer
In the play Candida, Shaw presents Candida as an unconventional woman. Discuss. 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
Referring closely to Act III of the play Candida: Describe the conflict between Marchbanks and Morell regarding Candida. Describe… 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
Ariel : Thy thoughts I cleave to. What’s thy pleasure? Prospero : Spirit, we must prepare to meet with Caliban. Ariel : Ay, my… 2020 · 10 marks · Short answer
Morell : (thoughtfully) Hm! Time for him to take another look at Candida before she grows out of his knowledge. (He resigns… 2020 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to Act IV, scene i: Describe the blessings showered by Ceres and Iris on Miranda and Ferdinand. What is the… 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
Caliban : I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow, And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts, Show thee a jay’s nest… 2020 · 10 marks · Short answer
Marchbanks : (stopping her mysteriously) Hush! I go about in search of love; and I find it in unmeasured stores in the bosoms of… 2020 · 10 marks · Short answer
Prospero : This blue-eyed hag was hither brought with child, And here was left by th’ sailors. Thou, my slave, As thou report’st… 2020 · 10 marks · Short answer
Prospero refers to Caliban as “A devil, a born devil”. In this context, evaluate the character and role of Caliban in the play. 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
Marchbanks : [Convulsively] Onions! Candida : Yes, onions. Not even Spanish ones: nasty little red onions. You shall help me to… 2020 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the second act of the play ‘Candida’, answer the following: What opinion do Marchbanks and Burgess have of… 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
How does the conversation between the various characters bring out their innate nature? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Prospero : Be collected No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart There’s no harm done. Miranda : O woe the day. Prospero : No… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Caliban : A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! I’ll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee Thou wondrous man. Who is Caliban?… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
In what way, does Gonzalo stand out from the rest of the characters? What does he say to calm the others? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Antonio : O, out of that no hope, What great hope have you? No hope that way is Another way so high a hope that even Ambition… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Give a vivid description of the events that occur in the first scene of the play ‘The Tempest’. 2019 · 8 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the relevant scenes in the play, describe how Antonio convinces Sebastian to murder Alonso? How is the… 2019 · 20 marks · Long answer
Stephano : Put off that gown, Trinculo [Reaches for it]. By this hand, I’ll have that gown. Trinculo : Thy grace shall have it… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Morell : What have I done – or not done – my love? Candida : (With serious vexation) my own particular pet scrubbing brush has… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Prospero : Ariel, thy charge Exactly is perform’d; but there’s more work. What is the time o’ th day? Ariel : Past the… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the first Act of the play ‘Candida’, give an account of the conversation between ‘Lexy’ or Rev Alexander… 2019 · 8 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the second act of the play ‘Candida’, answer the following: What does the conversation reveal about… 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the conversation between Prospero and Miranda in Act 1 Scene ii, answer the following: How does Miranda… 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Morell : (snapping his fingers) Thats nothing. Have you raised the wages? Burgess : (triumphantly) Yes. Morell : What! Burgess… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Marchbanks (seriously) : I suppose a machine could be made to write love letters. They’re all the same, aren’t they? Proserpine… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the conversation between Prospero and Miranda in Act 1 Scene ii, answer the following: What do you conclude… 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Miss Proserpine Garrett is a true representative of the middle class who inspires pity as well as admiration. Give your views… 2019 · 20 marks · Long answer
Marchbanks : I was afraid of making you uneasy too. It looked as if it were a weapon. If I were a hero of old, I should have laid… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Antonio : Then let us both be sudden. Gonzalo : (Waking) Now, good angels Preserve the king! Alonso : Why, how now? Ho! Awake?… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Morell : (With proud humility) I have nothing to offer you but my strength for your defence, my honesty for your surety, my… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the conversation between Prospero and Miranda in Act 1 Scene ii, answer the following: Narrate what Prospero… 2019 · 8 marks · Short answer
What do you conclude about Proserpine and Candida from the conversation? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Burgess is presented as a blackguard yet he has certain likeable traits. Give your views with examples from the play. 2019 · 20 marks · Long answer
Proserpine : Another lecture? Morell : Yes. The Hoxton Freedom Group want me to address them on Sunday morning (he lays great… 2019 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the second act of the play ‘Candida’, answer the following: Give an account of the conversation between… 2019 · 8 marks · Short answer
When Candida finally enters, does she match up to Proserpine’s assessment of her? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
Sergius : Louka! (she stops and looks defiantly at him) A gentleman has no right to hurt a woman under any circumstances. [with… 2018 · 10 marks · Short answer
Choose two of the passages (a) to (c) and answer briefly the questions that follow: Benedick : I can see yet without spectacles… 2018 · 20 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to the play, trace Don John’s plots against Claudio and Don Pedro from their earliest beginnings. How do the… 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
Sergius tells Bluntschli in the play “youre not a man, youre a machine.” Do you agree with Sergius’ assessment of Bluntschli?… 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
Shakespeare’s minor characters play an important part in the development of the plot. What purpose do Dogberry, Verges and the… 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
Raina : [timidly] Nine thousand hotels? Bluntschli : Hotels! Nonsense. If you only knew! Oh, it’s too ridiculous. Excuse me: I… 2018 · 10 marks · Short answer
Referring closely to specific instances in the play ‘Arms and the Man’, discuss how Shaw presents class distinctions and social… 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
Raina : Come away from the window (She takes him firmly back to the middle of the room. The moment she releases him he turns… 2018 · 10 marks · Short answer
Petkoff : [vexed] Now who could have supposed you were going to do such a thing? Sergius : [with fire] Everyone that knew me. But… 2017 · 10 marks · Case based
Bluntschli : [promptly] Instinct, dear young lady. Instinct, and experience of the world. Raina : [wonderingly] Do you know, you… 2017 · 10 marks · Case based
With examples from the play Much Ado About Nothing, compare the characters of Beatrice and Hero. 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
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… 2017 · 10 marks · Case based
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… 2017 · 10 marks · Case based
Major Petkoff’s coat is cleverly used by Shaw to create much of the suspense and humour in the play. Discuss. 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
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… 2017 · 10 marks · Case based
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… 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
Louka is clever, ambitious, outspoken and yet vulnerable. Discuss with close reference to the play. 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
Ursula : [Aside to Hero] The pleasant’st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily… 2017 · 10 marks · Case based

Prescribed Play - ISC Class 12 English Literature Questions with Answers

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