Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std. English Unit Test Marks: 15
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Poem: - Ballad of the Tempest
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I. Four alternatives are given below for the each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Write the
correct or the most appropriate answer:- (2 x 1 = 2)
1. A shelter for ships is known as………….
(a) cabin
(b) mast
(c) harbour (d) anchor
2. The captain’s daughter had faith that…………..
(a) winter should soon end (b) god would protect them
(c) her father could save the ship (d) she could stop the storm
II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each:- (2 x 2 = 4)
3. When the captain shouted. ‘We are lost’. How did his daughter react?
4. ‘A ship is always safe at the shore, but it was not built for that’ what does this mean?
III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: - (2 x 3 = 6)
5. ‘‘We were crowded in the cabin, not a soul would dare to sleep’
(a) Who does the word ‘we’ refer to here?
(b) Not a soul would dare to sleep-why was it so?
6. ‘T is a fearful thing in winter. To be shattered by the blast’
(a) What is to as a ‘fearful thing’?
(b) How did it affect the sailors?
IV. Quote from memory:- (1 x 3 = 3)
7. We were ………………………
……………………….. to sleep, It was …………………………
………………………….. deep. Tis a …………………………..
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Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std. English Unit Test Marks: 15
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Poem: - Ballad of the Tempest
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Key Answers
I. Four alternatives are given below for the each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the most appropriate answer: - (2 x 1 = 2)
1. (c) harbour
2. (b) god would protect them
II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each: - (2 x 2 = 4)
3. His daughter held his hand and gently asked if God protected us on land would he not protect us when they are on the ocean.
4. A ship is built to take people and goods across the seas. If it just stays on the shore, it will no doubt be unharmed, but would be of no use to anyone.
III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: - (2 x 3 = 6)
5. (a) ‘We’ refer to the sailors.
(b) Because the sailors were afraid that the storm would destroy the ship and their lives
6. (a) To be caught in a fierce storm at sea in winter is the fearful thing. (b) The sailors lay awake saying a silent prayer in the dark.
IV. Quote from memory: - (1 x 3 = 3)
7. We were crowded in the cabin, Not a should would dare to sleep, It was midnight on the waters,
And a storm was on the deep. Tis a fearful thing in winter
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