Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std. English Unit Test Marks: 15
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Poem: - Quality of Mercy
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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. His sceptre shows......... her ‘Sceptre’ can be identified with
(a) a poor man `
(b) a teacher
(c) a king (d) a minister
2. According to the speaker, in King’s mercy is seated in the…………..
(a) heart (b) head
(c) shoulders (d) mouth
II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each:- (2 x 2 = 4)
3. Why does the speaker say that mercy is not strain’d?
4. How does an Emperor rule his land?
III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: - (2 x 3 = 6)
5. ‘It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest’.
(a) What is compared to the gentle rain from heaven?
(b) Why does the speaker feel it is twice blest?
6. ‘It’s mightiest in the mightiest’.
(a) Who is mighty?
(b) How is it mighty?
IV. Quote from memory: - (1 x 3 = 3)
7. The quality ……………………………..
……………………………. from heaven
Upon the ………………………………..
………………………………. that takes.
……………………………… it becomes
*****All the Best*****
Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std. English Unit Test Marks: 15
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Poem: - Quality of Mercy
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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) a king
2. (a) heart
II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each: - (2 x 2 = 4)
3. The speaker wishes to say that the quality of mercy is a voluntary emotion and it cannot be forced or compelled by anyone. This feeling has to come from within oneself.
4. An Emperor who is enthroned with a crown and scepter is always looked with awe and majesty. The sight of scepter creates fear and dread in people.
III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: - (2 x 3 = 6)
5. (a) Mercy
(b) According to the speaker, the person who shows mercy and the person who receives mercy is also blest.
6. (a) Mercy.
(b) Quality of Mercy is more powerful than all the symbols of power on earth.
IV. Quote from memory:- (1 x 3 = 3)
7. The quality of mercy is not strain’d;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath, It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
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Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std. English Unit Test Marks: 15
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Poem: - Quality of Mercy
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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. His sceptre shows......... her ‘Sceptre’ can be identified with
(a) a poor man `
(b) a teacher
(c) a king (d) a minister
2. Acording to the speaker, in King’s mercy is seated in the…………..
(a) heart (b) head
(c) shoulders (d) mouth
II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each:- (2 x 2 = 4)
3. Why does the speaker say that mercy is not strain’d?
4. How does an Emperor rule his land?
III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: - (2 x 3 = 6)
5. ‘It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest’.
(a) What is compared to the gentle rain from heaven?
(b) Why does the speaker feel it is twice blest?
6. ‘It’s mightiest in the mightiest’.
(a) Who is mighty?
(b) How is it mighty?
IV. Quote from memory: - (1 x 3 = 3)
7. The quality ……………………………..
……………………………. from heaven
Upon the ………………………………..
………………………………. that takes.
……………………………… it becomes
*****All the Best*****
Academic Year: - 2017 – 18
10th Std. English Unit Test Marks: 15
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Poem: - Quality of Mercy
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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) a king
2 (a) heart
II. Answer the following question in 1 or 2 sentences each: - (2 x 2 = 4)
3. The speaker wishes to say that the quality of mercy is a voluntary emotion and it cannot be forced or compelled by anyone. This feeling has to come from within oneself.
4. An Emperor who is enthroned with a crown and scepter is always looked with awe and majesty. The sight of scepter creates fear and dread in people.
III. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: - (2 x 3 = 6)
5. (a) Mercy
(b) According to the speaker, the person who shows mercy and the person who receives mercy is also blest.
6. (a) Mercy.
(b) Quality of Mercy is more powerful than all the symbols of power on earth.
IV. Quote from memory:- (1 x 3 = 3)
7. The quality of mercy is not strain’d;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath, It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it become
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