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VIKRAMS ENGLISH ACADEMY (ICSE)
Std: 10th SCHOLARS Marks: 40 Dur: 1 HOUR

Topic: MOV 3.2, DAFFODILS, THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, ABOU
BEN ADHEM
1. What is the significance of the scene? How do Portia’s words change in the
beginning of the scene? (3)
Ans: This scene finally brings the casket story to its climax. Portia initially asks Bassanio
to pause a day or two because she is afraid to lose his company. Then she asks him to
detain some month or two.
2. Why does Portia want to beshrew her eyes? (4)

Ans: Portia says that Bassanio’s eyes have overlooked and divided her. One half of
Portia’s is his, the other half, his her own, she would say, but if her’s, then his. So all
his.
3. Where does the scene take place? Which line denotes the power of music? (3)
Ans: The scene takes place in a room in Portia’s house in Belmont. The line that denotes
the power of music is, “Let music sound while he doth make his choice”.
4. What is the theme of the poem? (4)

Ans: The poem clearly brings out the second great commandment ‘Love thy neighbor as
thyself’. Through the simple story, the poet tells us what it means to love God. People
generally believe that performing various religious rituals is the way to express their
love for the Lord. In reality, the service of mankind is worth living and the best way to
express our love to God is by loving other, who are also his creation.
5. Give any two figure of speech from 3rd paragraphs and explain? (3)
Ans: Gazed and gazed – Repetition
‘gazed is repeated’
Wealth-Metaphor
‘daffodils is compared to wealth’
The waves beside them danced- Personification
Waves are given the human quality of dancing.
What wealth the show to me had brought- Inversion
The sentence is not in a correct order for poetic effect. “The correct order will be what
wealth the show had brought to me”
In such a jocund company- Transferred Epithet
here the company is not jocund but the poet is jocund with the company
6. What does the term ‘inward eye’ refer to? What is the significance of the ‘inward
eye’ in the poem? (3)
Ans: The ‘inward eye’ refers to the imagination or the soul of the poet. Whenever he is
thoughtless or in a pensive mood, the image of these daffodils flash upon the inward
eye filling him with cheer. Thus, the ‘inward eye’ is mentioned to convey the fact that
the vision of the beautiful flowers was etched in the memory of the poet.
7. What was the significance of the slippers that the little match girl more at the start
of the story? (3)
Ans: the slippers that the little match girl wore at the start of the story held a
sentimental value because they belonged to her mother. They also kept her feet from
becoming cold and much numb.
8. What happened to her pair of slippers after that? (3)

Ans: She lost one slipper as she ran across the street to escape from two carriages that
were being driven terrible fast. The other one was taken by a boy. He said that if
would come in very handy as a cradle someday when he had children of his.
9. Give examples of foreshadowing from the story? (4)

Ans: The author subtly dropped ques throughout the story indicating the girl’s untimely
death. Example-‘darkness was gathering’, ‘the last evening of the old year’ and
sentences like ‘now someone is dying’, ‘she took the little girls in her arms flew with
her high up towards glory and joy…’ indicate the little girl’s untimely death.
10. Identify the archaic words from the poem and give their meaning. (2)
Ans: Writest-writes
Thou-you
Thee-you
Blest-blessed
11. Mention the supernatural elements in the poem. (4)

Ans: the following are the lines that highlight the supernatural element in the poem:
‘within the moonlight in the room’, ‘book of gold’, ‘presence in the room’, ‘the vision’,
‘a great wakening light’. Also, the encounter between the speaker and the angel seems
to be vague and mysterious. It is not clear whether the meet was a dream with a diving
message conveyed by the Lord or a reality.
12. What kind of a person was Abou Ben Adhem? Describe his character with example
from the poem? (4)
Ans: Abou Ben Adhem, originally a king of Balkh, had renounced his kingdom and given
up his life of luxury to lead a simple life devoted to the service of his fellow beings. He
had attained a great level of spirituality and was at peace with himself. This can be
clearly seen that he was not afraid at the sight of the angel. When he heard that his
name was not in the list of the people who loved God, he did not get angry or upset.
This shows that he was very humble. His love for people was true and selfless and
therefore his name appeared on top of the list of people whom God had loved and
blessed.

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VIKRAMS ENGLISH ACADEMY (ICSE)

Std: 10th SCHOLARS Marks: 40 Dur: 1 HOUR

2. Why does Portia want to beshrew her eyes? (4)

4. What is the theme of the poem? (4)

8. What happened to her pair of slippers after that? (3)

9. Give examples of foreshadowing from the story? (4)

11. Mention the supernatural elements in the poem. (4)

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