1. In Julius Caesar, Antony says,
'The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious;
If it were so, it was a grievous fault'.
What is referred to a 'grievous fault' here?

2. Match the following:
(a) Takazhi Sivasankaran Pillai 1. Sonnet 116
(b) William Shakespeare 2. Kuttichovan
(c) Douglas Malloch 3. Is Life but a dream?
(d) Lewis Carroll 4. Be the Best
(a) (b) (c) (d)

3. Match the following:
Author Title
(a) Norman Nicholson 1. The road to success
(b) Dale Carnegie 2. O Captain! My Captain!
(c) Walt Whitman 3. The Solitary Reaper
(d) William Wordsworth 4. Off to outer space tomorrow morning
(a) (b) (c) (d)

4. In Julius Caesar, Antony says, 'He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill '.
'Ransoms' in this line means

5. Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide.
These are the words of

6. Annie Louisa Walker is a well-known_______poet

7. ________is not a Nobel Prize winner.

8. Match the poems under Column ' A' with the poets under Column ' B' and select the
correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) The Apology 1. Jack Prelutsky
(b) Be Glad your nose is on your face 2. Emerson
(c) Where the mind is without fear 3. David Roth
(d) Nine Gold Medals 4. Tagore
(a) (b) (c) (d)

9. The ozone gas that acts like a canopy, protecting you from the harmful ultra violet rays of the Sun is depleting.
Identify the option closest in meaning to the underlined word:

10. Match the following idiomatic expressions under column A with their core meaning under Column B
Choose the right code:
Column A Column B
(a) I can ride a motor cycle 1. Asking for permission
(b) No one can be right all the time 2. Theoretical possibility
(c) Can I use your mobile phone, please? 3. Ability
(d) Anyone can make mistakes 4. Possibility
Responses:
(a) (b) (c) (d)