RAPID REVISION
1. REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
1. The newly-awakened father’s heart in him was reproaching him for having failed to understand Ali’s anxiety , for now he himself had to spend another night of restless anxiety.
a) Whose „newly awakened father‟s heart‟ is referred to here ?
b) Why was his heart reproaching him?
c) What was he restless about?
2. So till judgment day that day that yourself arise,
You live in this and dwell in lovers’ eyes
a) „You live in this‟, what does „this‟ stand for here?
b) Explain; „Dwell in lovers‟ eyes‟.
c) What would happen on the Day of Judgment?
3. I hadn‟t the shade of an idea, but at the time that didn‟t worry me in the least. You see, I had often been like that before and in the end things had always come my way — I didn‟t in the least know how or why. It had all been rather mysterious?
(a) On which shade does the passage show the narrator?
(b) What do you mean by the word „mysterious‟
(c) In which field is the narrator not a specialist?
4. “ And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
a)Where are these words carved,” Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair”?
b)To whom is Ozymandias referring when he speaks of “ye Mighty”?
c)Why should Ozymandias refer to himself as “King of Kings
5. “What‟s the matter with little Vicky? Hello! What brings you here? How‟s yourself, Ben?”
(Abel thrusts his hand at Ben, who skips back smartly and retreats to a safe distance below the sofa.)
a) What surprises awaited Abel Merry Weather when he came from the world of the „dead?
b) How did Ben react when Mr. Abel offered him his hand for a shake? Why did he so?
c) What makes this scene the most dreadful and painful for the others?
6. The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill
Below the light-house top.
(a) On what note does the journey begin?
(b) What sights were seen on the way?
(c) Discuss the use of „kirk‟. What effect does it create?
7.„And I thought of the albatross,
And I wished he would come back, my snake
For he seemed to me again like a king,
Now due to be crowned again.
And so I missed my chance with one of the lords of life
I have something to expiate.
A pettiness!‟
a) Why does the poet refer to the albatross ?
b) What did the poet wish ? Why
c) What does the snake seem to the poet ?
8. „He wasn‟t like the other character in the saloon. For a start he was about my age, and though he looked like a computer image, he somehow didn‟t move like one.
a) Who is the speaker in the above lines
b) Which game was he playing ? Who does he refer to ?
c) How was he different from the other characters in the Saloon ?
LITERATURE (30-40 Words)
1.What, according to the voice of education, should the poet action be
2 .The postmaster calls Ali a pest. Was he justified in doing so?
3. How does the poet assess the power of his poetry?
4. Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appears on the scene ?
5. Briefly describe the statue of Ozymandias.
6. What is the most surprising announcement made by Mr.Abel in the end? How does it affect the other characters?
7. Describe the scene at Faraday House as Patol Baby saw it.
8. What was the terrible deed done by the old Mariner? Why was it terrible?
9. Why does the poet experience conflicting emotions on seeing the snake ?
10. Narrate the accident that injured Sebastian Schultz.
11. How does Caesar react to Cimber‟s pleadings to recall his brother from banishment?
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