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KISA - ICSE STD. X Preparatory Examination 2024 Subject: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (ENGLISH PAPER -2) ANSWWER KEY SECTION A Question 1  [16]  (i) (a) He is reassuring Cassius. (ii) (c) honourable (iii (d) Cinna, a poet (iv) (c) Ruthlessness (v) (a) sightless (vi) (b) Stoicism (vii) (b) The storm clouds angrily gathered overhead. (viii) (d) It flew off the page. (ix) (c) The needs of a group are important, not an individual. (x) (b) Great souls (xi) (d) Healing follows grief. (xii) (a) 4,2,1,3 (xiii) (c ) (1) is the cause for (2). (xiv) (b) in a cliffhanger (xv) (c) dark and foreboding (xvi) (c) Language: a symbol of identity, Education SECTION B DRAMA (Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare) Question 2 (i)Who is Antony addressing in this extract? Who are the butchers? Why is Antony apologising? [3] Antony is addressing the dead body of Caesar lying on the ground. [1] The butchers are the conspirators who killed Caesar. [1] Antony is apologising for being meek and gentle with the conspirators / for reconciling with the conspirators. [1] (ii) Earlier, what does Brutus allow Antony to do? How does Cassius feel about this? What does this tell you about Cassius? [3] Brutus allows Antony to speak to the people at Caesar’s funeral. [1] Cassius tells Brutus that he does not what he is doing by letting Antony speak at Caesar’s funeral / he advises Brutus not to let Antony speak at the funeral / He feels that the people may be moved /stirred / incited by what Antony will say to them. [Any 1 points – 1 mark] Cassius is very shrewd / clever [1] (iii) What conditions does Brutus lay before Antony to follow during his speech at Caesar’s funeral? [3]
Brutus tells Antony to take Caesar’s body to the marketplace, / He should not blame the conspirators in his speech / he should speak all the good he can devise of Caesar ( all good that he can think of about Caesar) / Antony should say that he is speaking with the permission of the conspirators / Brutus warns Antony that he will have a role in Caesar’s funeral if he does not follow these conditions / Brutus tells Antony that he should speak in the same pulpit (platform) where he speaks after his speech ends. [ Any 3 points – 3 marks] (iv) Antony earlier says “Here wast thou bay’d?” What is the comparison implied in the expression? To what custom of the hunters does it refer? Why is the comparison made here? [3] Caesar is compared to a brave stag. [1] A stag is brought to bay when it has been hunted to a halt / and forced to face the hounds, with no room for escape. [1] Caesar had also been murdered by the conspirators in the same way. [1] (v) What does prophesy ‘mean’? Discuss the prophesy made by Antony. [4] ‘Prophesy’ means predict. [1] Antony prophesies that a curse shall fall upon the limbs of men. / Domestic fury and fierce civil war shall rage and burden all the parts of Italy./ Bloodshed and destruction shall be common. / Dreadful sights would be so familiar that mothers shall merely smile when they see their infants cut to pieces with the weapons of war. / All their pity shall be smothered by familiarity with cruel deeds. / Caesar’s spirit roaming about for revenge, / with Ate, the Greek Goddess of mischief and revenge, by its side, will rush from hell. / The Goddess will give a signal in these regions for the merciless destruction with a monarch’s voice, “Havoc”. / This ghost of Caesar will unleash the dogs of war, / so that the stench of this foul murder shall rise from the corpses begging to be buried. [Any 3 complete points – 3 marks] Question 3 (i)Where are Brutus and Cassius? What are Cassius’ reasons for not wanting to march to Philippi immediately? [3] - inside Brutus’ tent in Sardis. [1] - Cassius feels that the enemy will waste his means [resources] / and weary [exhaust/ tire] his soldiers / thus he will harm himself / while Brutus’ and Cassius men will wait calmly in the same place / and will be full of rest, defence[gain strength ] and nimbleness [ will be ready for action] [ Any 2 points – 2 marks] (ii) Does Brutus think that the people between Philippi and Sardis will support them? What does he say about them? [3] No, Brutus does not think that the people between Philippi and Sardis will support them. [1]
He thinks that they show affection for them out of compulsion [1] They have unwillingly given supplies that they needed to Brutus’ army. [1] (iii) To whom does Brutus say ‘Our legions are brim-full, our cause is ripe’? What does Brutus mean by this? [3] Brutus says this to Cassius. [1] Brutus says that their armies are large enough / and are at maximum strength / getting the support of all their friends / allies. / The time for fighting for their cause is most appropriate. [ Any 2 points – 2 marks] (iv) Describe the circumstances of Portia’s death. [3] Portia was unable to bear Brutus’ absence / she was upset that young Octavius and Mark Antony had become powerful against Brutus / she went out of her mind / when her attendants were absent, she swallowed fire [ burning coals] / she committed suicide. [ Any 3 points – 3 marks] (v) Brutus and Messala say that they have both received letters. What have they learnt from them? [4] Brutus has learnt that Octavius Caesar and Mark Antony are about to attack them with a powerful army / and they are moving towards Philippi / seventy senators have been condemned to death by Octavius, Lepidus and Antony / by proscription / seventy senators have been sentenced to exile / by bills of outlawry / Cicero was one of senators who were killed. [ Any 2 points – 2 marks] Messala’s letters tell him that Antony, Octavius are about to attack them with a powerful army [ he has heard the same thing about being attacked by Antony’s army ] / but he has heard that Octavius, Lepidus and Antony have condemned to death or exiled a hundred senators. [2] Question 4 (i)Where did the photographer come out of? What did he roll into the middle of that place? What did the narrator want him to do with it? [3] The photographer came out of his studio. [1] He rolled a machine into the middle of the room. [1] He wanted to click the narrator’s photograph with it. [1] (ii) Why did the photographer look very grave? When he says that the narrator’s face is quite wrong, what is the narrator’s reaction? What does it tell us about the narrator? [3] The photographer looked very grave as he had probably realized that the photograph of the narrator did not turn out as expected. [1] The narrator replies quietly that he has always known that his face is wrong. [1] This reply tells us that the narrator is self-aware about his face and its shortcomings / He is quite satisfied with his looks/ he was a calm, composed man [Any one point – 1 mark]
(iii) Does the photographer give the narrator exactly what he wants? Justify your answer. [3] No, the photographer does not give the narrator exactly what he wants. [1] The narrator wishes to have a photograph that accurately depicts his face as it truly is, capturing his likeness as "Heaven gave it" to him, however humble it might be. / He wants a genuine representation of himself, despite any perceived flaws in his appearance. [Any one point – 1 mark] However, he feels disappointed and frustrated, that the photographer has failed to create an image that resembles him. [1] (iv) Name the processes the photographer uses in his line of work and explain them. [3] The photographer uses the Delphide and the Sulphide processes. [ ½ + ½ ] The Delphide process is used for putting in new eyebrows. [1] The Sulphide process is used for removing the ears entirely. [1] (v) Discuss the conflict in the story ‘With the Photographer’ with reference to the photographer’s and the narrator’s perception of beauty. [4] The photographer does not accept the reality of the narrator’s face / he has his own fixed standards of beauty / He alters almost all of the narrator’s facial features / to make his photograph come up to his own fixed standards of how a face should look. [Any 2 points – 2 marks] The narrator has accepted the reality of his face and looks. / he is happy with what Heaven has given him / he treats it like a gift from God and does not want to alter the reality, [Any 2 points – 2 marks] Question 5 (i)Who does ‘he’ refer to? Where was he headed that particular evening and in what direction? What was the weather like that evening? [3] ‘He’ refers to Mr. Leonard Mead. [1] He was headed toward the hidden sea [ ½ ] in a westerly direction. [ ½ ] There was a good crystal frost in the air/ it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside. [Any 1 point – 1 mark] (ii)What does the extract tell you about the activities of the people in the houses on that street? Give specific details. [3] Mead asks the people what they were watching on channel 4 on television / channel 7 / channel 9/ he asks where the cowboys were rushing / and if the United States Cavalry were going over the next hill to the rescue on television./ He also asks if it was time to watch a dozen assorted murders on television as it was 8.30 pm / or if they were watching a quiz / a revue / a comedian falling off the stage. [ Any 3 – 3 marks] Note : They have to mention television. (iii) Describe his experience with the lone police car. [3]