ENGLISH LITERATURE SECTION (Class-10)-2

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CBSE TEST PAPER-03
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE (COURSE-A)
LITERATURE SECTION (Class-10)
(Poetry)
1. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions. Write the answers in
your answer sheets in one for two lines only. Remember to number the answers correctly.
(4 marks)
“Yes,” the frog replied. “You see
I’m the frog that owns this tree.
In this bog I’ve long been known
For my splendid baritone.”
a) What had the listener asked the frog? (1)
b) What tree is “this tree”? (1)
c) What are the two things that the frog claims he is known for in the bog? (2)
2. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions. Write the answers in
your answer sheets in one or two lines only. Remember to number the answers correctly
(4 marks)
O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being
‘Thou from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestilence-stricken multitudes!
a) What season of the year is presented in the above lines? (1)
b) Why does the poet refer to he leaves as “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”? (1)
c) What else does the wind blow away? Where do they hide? (2)