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Paper 2 - 2007

Literature in English

(Two Hours)


Question 4
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-

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 (Catherine comes in)
 
 Catherine                                          :  Lord! The heat! Mother, can't you get rid of those  
  reporters - Hullo, Dickie.
 Dickie (embracing her)                    :  Hullo, Kate.
 Catherine                                          :  Come to be in at the death?
 Dickie                                               :   Is that what it's going to be?
  Catherine                                         :  Looks like it. I could cheerfully strangle that old
   brute of a judge, Mother. He's dead against us.
 Grace (fixing her hat in the mirror) :   Oh, dear!


1.

(i) Where has Catherine come from? What is happening there? What important event occurs at the end of the scene?
 

2.

(ii) What does Catherine go on to say about Sir Robert immediately after the extract?
 

3.

(iii) A little later in the scene, what information does Catherine give to Arthur about the postmistress?
 

4.

(iv) In the beginning of the scene, Dickie has a telephonic conversation. What does he say?
 

5.

(v) Mention any two aspects of the play The Winslow Boy that have appealed to you. Justify your answer with examples.
 


 
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