ISC (Arts) Class 12 - CISCE Important Questions

Magic is used to manipulate, intimidate and amaze the various characters in the play. Give your views on this statement by referring to any two examples from the Acts studied.

Referring closely to the short story, The Singing Lesson, show how the Headmistress’ summons to Miss Meadows eventually brings the latter out from cold despair to a realm of hope, love and joy.

Referring closely to the short story, The Sound Machine, give specific instances to show how Klausner was obsessed with sound.

With close reference to the short story, To Build a Fire, discuss how the Man's lack of imagination led to his paralysing death while the dog's primitive instincts helped him to survive.

Do you think that friendship is not a matter of age but of emotional connect? Give your views with close reference to V.S. Naipaul's short story B. Wordsworth.

Referring closely to the poem, Dover Beach, show how the poet correlates the gradual receding of the "Sea of Faith" with the gradual loss of human faith in religion.

Referring closely to the poem, The Darkling Thrush, examine the poet's encounter with the aged thrush as a passage from amazement to introspection.

Referring closely to the poem, Birches, discuss what differentiates the swinging of birches in the poet's adulthood from that in his childhood. 

How does the poem, Crossing the Bar, portray the poet's deep affirmation and faith in God?

What does Antonio refer to when he says “Let it be tonight...” in Act III, Scene iii of the play, The Tempest?

What role does Ariel play in Act IV of the play, The Tempest?

In the above lines taken from Act IV Scene i of the play, The Tempest, what does Caliban refer to by the phrase “good mischief“?

How does Prospero ask to be to be released from his “bands” in the Epilogue of the play, The Tempest?

“When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills."
Which one of the following explains why the short story, The Story of an Hour ends with the phrase "...of joy that kills"?

1. To convey a sense of irony.
2. To make the readers judge Mrs. Mallard.
3. To convey Mrs. Mallard’s sheer sense of shock.
4. To explain Brently Mallard’s shock at the incident.

In the short story, Fritz, what had happened to Fritz according to Jayanta?

In the short story, Quality, what causes the death of the younger Gessler brother?

“So was I once myself a swinger of birches."

What mood of the poet is captured in the above lines taken from the poem, Birches?

What is the central idea of the poem, John Brown?

What is the phrase 'The Century's corpse outleant' in the poem, The Darkling Thrush, a metaphor for? 

In Act V, Scene I of the play, The Tempest, Ariel reminds Prospero that it was the sixth hour because ______.