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2nd Year English Chapter 10 TestUNIT 10: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE (POEM)

26 marks · 40 minutes · 19 questions. Covers: UNIT 10: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE (POEM) .

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2nd Year English Chapter 10 Test

2nd Year · English · Punjab (PTB)

Name: ____________Roll No: ________Class/Section: ________Date: ________Total marks: 26Time: 40 minutes

Q1. Multiple choice questions (Attempt all · 10 × 1 = 10)

  1. They have their exits and their entrances.

    1. Successes

    2. Birthdays

    3. Departures

    4. Celebrations

  2. The full of wise saw and modern instance.

    1. Full off wise saws and modern instances.

    2. Full of wise sayings and modern instances.

    3. Full of wise saw and modern instance.

    4. Full of wise saws and modern instances.

  3. And shining morning face, creeping like snail:

    1. Crawling

    2. Running

    3. Jumping

    4. Flying

  4. With spectacles on nose and pouch .......... side:

    1. at

    2. inside

    3. on

    4. by

  5. The infant pukes into the nurse's arms.

    1. The infant pukes on the nurse arms.

    2. The infant pukes in the nurse's arms.

    3. Infant pukes inside nurse arms.

    4. The infant pukes into nurse's arm.

  6. One man .......... his time plays many parts:

    1. at

    2. on

    3. in

    4. through

  7. Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad:

    1. Happy

    2. Funny

    3. Short

    4. Sad

  8. And then the whining schoolboy, .......... his satchel:

    1. with

    2. by

    3. having

    4. in

  9. The shining morning face was creeping like a snail unwillingly .......... school:

    1. at

    2. to

    3. into

    4. toward

  10. Full of wise saws and modern instances:

    1. Tools

    2. Sayings

    3. Books

    4. Laws

Q2. Short questions (Attempt any 6 of 8 · 6 × 2 = 12)

  1. Why is the schoolboy compared to snail?

  2. Imagine a modern “stage of life”. How would you describe the roles and challenges of people today in seven stages?

  3. Relate any two stages of life from the poem (All the World's a Stage) to real-life experiences you have observed or read about.

  4. The poem (All the World's a Stage) describes seven stages of life. Pick any three and explain how people might experience them differently.

  5. Explain the metaphor “All the world’s a stage” in your own words.

  6. Identify and explain two similes used in the poem (All the World's a Stage) and discuss what they reveal about the human stages.

  7. Do you think comparing life to a stage is a realistic or symbolic idea?

  8. What does Shakespeare suggest about the transient nature of life?

Q3. Long questions (Attempt all · 1 × 4 = 4)

  1. Write a critical appreciation of William Shakespeare's poem "All the World's a Stage".