Test Paper Literature Grade Ten

APPRECIATION OF ENGLISH LITERARY TEXTS
SRI RAHULA BALIKA MAHA VIDYALAYA – MALABE
SECOND TERM END EXAMINATION
GRADE TEN – THREE HOURS
Answer question ONE and FOUR others selecting one from POETRY, PROSE and FICTION.
1. Answer all the questions in PART A and PART B
PART A
a. “But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!”
I. Where are these lines taken from? Who has written them?
II. Who do “she” and “me” refer to?
III. What is the difference felt by him?

b. “Says he, ‘The mystery I’ve found-
I’ll turn me round’ – he turned him round;”
I. Where are these lines taken from? Who has written them?
II. Who does “he” refer to?
III. What is the poetic technique found in these lines?

c. “And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.”
I. Where are these lines taken from? Who has written them?
II. What do you know about “her”?
III. What is referred to “they”?

d. “I put a brave face on the situation, but inwardly I was deeply disturbed and worried.”
I. Where are these lines taken from? Who has written them
II. Why is the writer deeply moved?
III. Who is “I” referring to?

e. “while the rest had little to say to the old man The little fellow was a fountain of endless chatter.”
I. Where are these lines taken from? Who has written them?
II. What is referred to “the rest”?
III. What is the poetic technique used?

f. “He seated himself on a chair, dropped his chain on the floor, and then looked hopefully at me.”
I. Where are these lines taken from? Who has written them?
II. Who are referred to “he” and “me”?
III. What is the poetic technique used?
(Marks 6 x 5)
PART B
Read the text and answer either a or b section.

a. From his rolling walk, his wildly disordered hair and his red eyeballs, it was easy to see he was already drunk although the sky still held the evening light, the sea was bronze and calm, and it was by no means the hour at which most men in