only a few years after its publication when her dress caught fi re while seflling n

letter with wax.

Longfellow is moat likely thinking of house• in Cambridge. Massachusett s where
he lived for many years. Longfellow's as sertion in the poem is that all hou ses are
haunted but they arc comforting rather than menacing becau se of t he fact th111
those we have loved an d lost can still walk into our hou ses and our lives . so long
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Queatlo n 1
Chooae the C01Toct anawcra to the qucatlona Crom the given optlon a. (Do not
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l. Who en ter through the open doora of hou ac1?
(al Ance■tora (bl Phantoms
(c) Ethereal air (di Thoughts
2 . Which or the following la NOT a chn.rocteriat lc of Longfellow 's 'phantoms?
(a) Harmlea■ (bl lnofTenaive
(cl lmpnlpable tdl Scary
3. When the ghost ■ cannot be seen or heard. how lltt they per ce ived in the houMc?
(ul A gu■t of wind {bl A gleam of light
(c) A acnac or aomething (di A ahadow on t.h e wall
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(a) Unknown force•
(cl Allen■ Crom other planet■
(b) Spirits of ancestors
(di None or the above
5 , Which figure or ■pccch 11 uled In the title of the poem by H.W. Longfellow?
(a) Per■onlficatlon (b) Metaphor
(cl Simile (di Alliteration
6. What la suggested by the phraac, 'hold In mortmain7
{a) Poaae11ion on nmt (b) Inherited poa acssion
(c} lnallenable poueuion (d) Temporary ownership
7. Which of the following la NOT true about the 'haunted houses ?
(a) They arc visited by ■pirit■ (bl They arc visited by guests
(c) They arc deserted (d) Strangers arc entertained.
8. Which of the following i■ NOT auoc:iated with the spirits in the poem?
(al They glide (b) They throng
(cl They waft (di They wail

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(a) fragile (bl delicate
(cl sensitive (d) bright and beautiful
10 . What are needed to be kept In balance in ·our little lives ?
(al Divine justice
(bl The presence of the spirits of ancestors
(cl Opposite attractions and desires
(di None of the above.
1 1. Which figure or speech is used in the lines given below?
And as the moan from some dark gate of cloud
Throws O'er the sea a floating bridge o/lighl.
(a) Simile (bl Personification
(c) Alliteratlon (d) None of the a bove
12. Who among the following can cross the 'bridge of light?
(al Earthly bein11s (bl The spirit.•
(cl The Holy Men (di None of the above
13, Whlch of the following lines contains the same literary device as, 'Fro m graves
forgotten stretch their dusty hands.•
(al Ten thousand 1aw I at a glance
To11lng their heads in springhtly dance
(b) Lut week In someone's place we saw
A do:ren eyeball• on the floor.
(c) Lu1trou1 tokens of radian live■
For happy daughters and happy wives
(di In triumphs, people have dropped down dead.
Section B: Context Questions
I. Read the extract pvon below and an1wer tho quo1t1on1 that follow:
All houaes whllnrin men hallf! lillfld a11d died
Are haunted houaes. Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.
Ill According to the narrator of the poem, why are all the houses haunted? What
kind of houses are these?

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(WI What 'Crranda' an: done: by tbeac: phantoms? Arc thltir t!'.rranda diff,r,nt from
the known errands or phantoms? How?

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(t., At what places in the houses are theae phantom■ found as described later in the
pw-111? How do they mt.er the bouae?

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D. • • •" the emact p-rea below and an...a, the que1tlona t h at follow:
7'lorte ore - (IU6Sf• or ra,. rhon the hosts
1 lllllllltd; riv illluftinated holJ
/a thronged with ~ . inoJfenaitJe ghosta,
A.I """111 cu riv pv.1Ure• on riv wall

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 (i) Why arc there more guests at the table? How do these u nin Ylted gues1s behave
at the table?

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IW) Why are they 'u llilmt u lb,: pctwa oo the wall? Wboee 'pictures' an they?

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 m. Rea_d tl!te extract gl• • n below and ~ •r the questions tha t follow:
We haw, no title-deeds to house or lands;
OWrvrs and occupant& of t'Gltia dates
From g,ai,es forgotten stmch tMir dusty hands,
And hold in mol'tmaVI still their old estates.
(I) Who arc 'We' ~rclffd 1.0 in this extract? Why they do not have 'title-deeds to
house or lands?
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(UJ Who aroe the 'Owner. and Occupanta of earUer dates?

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(ill) Explain the line-'Fromgra- forgotten stn:tch th.cir dusty handa' wlth m cn:ncc
to thep,em .

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If-.) Who 'bold in mortmain atill their old catatca? Why?

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IV. Read the eJrtnct p ve.n below a.nd annrer the queationa that follow:
Our little lives are kept in equipoise
By opposite attractions and desires;
The struggle of the instind that e njoys,
And the more noble instind that aspires.
(I) Whose 11ttle lives' att referred to in the lint line of the e.x tract? In comparison
to whom are they 1itlle' and why?

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 (Iv) What is the reason for the auugle between the two typeS of instin.cts? How is
this struggle resolved?

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(• I Explain briefly the rhyme 1ehemc u~ in this poem with examples. What role
dou it pl11y in the poem?

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V. Read the exuaet 1l•e11 below a11d uawer the queaUou that follow:
I Theae ~rturbatioM, rhi& ~rp«ual jar
Of earthly wanr• and aspirarions high.
Come from lhe infwcnot of an unann sla r,
An undiacouered plaMf in OMr sky.
(I) What an refem!d 10 as 'thtae perturbations? Who an affected by '\hex
perturbations?
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(IJJ Which ftgure of speech is uaed in the line 'this perpetual jar /Of earthly wantt
and aspiration• hi&h? Explain it brielly.

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 lili) Whot comes 'from the influence or on unseen s tor7 Whnt is thi K 'un Kc,·ro Kt ror' 11
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(•I Explain briefty how thla extract auggc1ta the ex:i■tcnccr of aupcmutu rnl clement.

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VJ, ltud the extract sl••n 'below and an.awu the 411eaUona that follow:
So from the world o/-,,4,it• tMn ch>- nds
A bridge of Hght, connecting it with this,
O'er whoM unateady j1Dor, that ftl/Gll• and bend.,
Wander our thoughU abo~ the darll: abyaa.
Ill What connects the 'bridge of light? How 11 thla bridge made?
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(hr) What is the algni:ticance or this 'bridge or light?

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