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Choose the correct options for the following questions. Antonio: (Aside to Sebastian) Let it be…
Choose the correct options for the following questions.
(i)
Antonio: (Aside to Sebastian) Let it be tonight;
For now they are oppress’d with travail, they
Will not nor cannot use such vigilance
As when they are fresh.
What does Antonio refer to when he says “Let it be tonight...” in Act III, Scene iii of the play, The Tempest?
- (a)The murder of Alonso and Gonzalo.
- (b)The murder of Ferdinand.
- (c)Sebastian and Antonio’s escape from the island.
- (d)Sebastian and Antonio’s plan to steal Stephano’s liquor.
(ii)
What role does Ariel play in Act IV of the play, The Tempest?
- (a)He helps the conspirators to plot against Prospero.
- (b)He assists Prospero in presenting the “vanity” of his art.
- (c)He guides Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio towards self-realisation.
- (d)He protects Ferdinand and Miranda.
(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 foot-licker.
In the above lines taken from Act IV Scene i of the play, The Tempest, what does Caliban refer to by the phrase “good mischief”?
- (a)The act of chasing the strange sounds.
- (b)The act of killing Prospero.
- (c)The act of marrying Miranda.
- (d)The act of stealing the gaudy clothes.
(iv)
How does Prospero ask to be to be released from his “bands” in the Epilogue of the play, The Tempest?
- (a)With the audience clapping their hands.
- (b)With laughter from the audience.
- (c)With a universal shout from the audience.
- (d)With praises for the play from the audience.
(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 short story, The Story of an Hour ends with the phrase ‘...of joy that kills’?
(I) To convey a sense of irony.
(II) To make the readers judge Mrs. Mallard.
(III) To convey Mrs. Mallard’s sheer sense of shock.
(IV) To explain Brently Mallard’s shock at the incident.
- (a)Only (I) and (IV)
- (b)Only (I) and (II)
- (c)Only (I) and (III)
- (d)Only (II) and (IV)
(vi)
In the short story, Fritz, what had happened to Fritz according to Jayanto?
- (a)Jayanto had misplaced him in the garden.
- (b)The dogs had torn him apart.
- (c)Fritz had disappeared near the Deodar tree,
- (d)Fritz had died of old age.
(vii)
In the short story, Quality, what causes the death of the younger Gessler brother?
- (a)Slow starvation, rigid work schedule and dwindling customers,
- (b)Fever and cold due to bad weather,
- (c)Rude customers,
- (d)Inability to clear loans.
(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?
- (a)Boredom
- (b)Nostalgia
- (c)Amusement
- (d)Loneliness
(ix)
What is the central idea of the poem, John Brown ?
- (a)The love of a mother for her son.
- (b)Wars are necessary.
- (c)The illusion that war is glorious.
- (d)The heroism of soldiers.
(x)
What is the phrase ‘The Century’s corpse outleant’ in the poem, The Darkling Thrush, a metaphor for?
- (a)The passing of time and the end of an era.
- (b)The glory of nature.
- (c)The funeral of the thrush.
- (d)The end of poet’s life.
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From ISC 2024 English Literature Paper 1, question 1.