Question 2Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:Bassanio: A gentle scroll. —-- Fair lady, by your leave; [Kissing her]I come by note, to give and to receive.Like one of two contending in a prize,That thinks he has done well in people’s eyesHearing applause and universal shoutGiddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubtWhether those peals of praise be his or no;(i) Where did Bassanio find the ‘gentle scroll’?What ‘prize’ had Bassanio just won? [3](ii) Explain why Bassanio said he felt ‘Giddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubt’. [3](iii) Soon thereafter, Portia gives Bassanio a ring as a token of her love. What does thisgift symbolise? [3](iv) What assurance does Bassanio give her while accepting this gift? [3](v) What does Portia urge Bassanio to do when she learns that his friend Antonio is introuble? What aspect of her character do her words reveal? [4]Question 3Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:Shylock: Shall I not have barely my principal?Portia: Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture,To be so cut taken at thy peril, Jew.(i) What is the ‘forfeiture’ Portia mentions?How will it prove perilous for Shylock? [3](ii) What does Portia go on to tell Shylock about the laws of Venice, as applicable for aforeigner? [3](iii) How does Gratiano mock Shylock at this point? [3]

Soon thereafter, Portia gives Bassanio a ring as a token of her love. What does thisgift symbolise?

What tokens does Portia ask from Antonio and Bassanio?

RomanceRobert Louis StevensonI WILL make you brooches and toys for your delightOf bird-song at morning and star-shine at night.I will make a palace fit for you and me,Of green days in forests and blue days at sea.I will make my kitchen, and you shall keep your room,5Where white flows the river and bright blows the broom,And you shall wash your linen and keep your body whiteIn rainfall at morning and dewfall at night.And this shall be for music when no one else is near,The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear!10That only I remember, that only you admire,Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.QuestionWhat tone is conveyed in this poem through the speaker's choice of words such as "delight," "palace," "white," "music," and "admire"?ResponsesA idealisticidealisticB jubilantjubilantC obsequiousobsequiousD realistic

Select the correct text in the passage.Which detail from the passage best reveals the idea that the little things in life are worth exploring?(25) He took her back to the drawing-room and left her there, drank several glasses of champagne and watched her during supper. She allowed two young members of the Diplomatic Corps to wait on her, but made fun of them all the time and treated them as if they were footmen.(26) As soon as the cotillon1 began, he went to her and offered her a bouquet.(27) "Do you accept me?" he asked.(28) "Yes," she replied.(29) And so they were engaged.(30) It's a splendid match, said the world. They are made for one another. They are equals as far as social position and money are concerned. They hold the same blasé views of life. By blasé the world meant that they cared very little for dances, theatres, bazaars, and other noble sports without which life is not really worth living.(31) They were like carefully wiped twin slates, exactly alike; but utterly unable to surmise whether or not life would write the same legend on both. They never asked one another during the tender moments of their engagement: Do you love me? They knew quite well that it was impossible, because they did not believe in love. They talked little, but they understood one another perfectly.And they married.

Select the correct text in the passage.Which detail from the passage best reveals the idea that the little things in life are worth exploring?(25) He took her back to the drawing-room and left her there, drank several glasses of champagne and watched her during supper. She allowed two young members of the Diplomatic Corps to wait on her, but made fun of them all the time and treated them as if they were footmen.(26) As soon as the cotillon1 began, he went to her and offered her a bouquet.(27) "Do you accept me?" he asked.(28) "Yes," she replied.(29) And so they were engaged.(30) It's a splendid match, said the world. They are made for one another. They are equals as far as social position and money are concerned. They hold the same blasé views of life. By blasé the world meant that they cared very little for dances, theatres, bazaars, and other noble sports without which life is not really worth living.(31) They were like carefully wiped twin slates, exactly alike; but utterly unable to surmise whether or not life would write the same legend on both. They never asked one another during the tender moments of their engagement: Do you love me? They knew quite well that it was impossible, because they did not believe in love. They talked little, but they understood one another perfectly.And they married.Reset Next