*Suggestions for English Pre-Final Examination* 1. Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that follow : (a) ‘‘Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.” (ii) What did she notice when her mother sat beside her ? (iii) Find two words from the passage that mean ‘sleep lightly’ and ‘dead body’. (iv) Why was her mother’s face like that of a corpse ? 2. Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words : (i) How did the travellers on the highways react to the roadside stand ? (ii) What, according to Keats, makes human beings love life in spite of all its problems and miseries ? (iii) Why quietness would be an exotic moment for the speaker in ‘Keeping Quiet’ ? (iv) What i...