Question

2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

The Spartans were a strange people- strange because they put honesty before cleverness, healthy before wealth,

courage before cunning and strength before all. They lived in the south of Greece over twenty centuries ago, but

their fame is known throughout the West even today. This is because they wanted to be fine men and not rich men

because they wanted to do things, and not to have things, - and because they wanted what was good for mind, body

and soul and not what was pleasant. To this day we call a man Spartan if we wish to say that he knows to deny

himself what he wants, that he is strong in character and that he eats to live rather than ‘lives to eat’. The Spartans

were better than the other Greeks because they had better aims. When the rest of Greece was trying to get rich and

to live in luxury and splendor, Sparta was trying to get strong, and live in such a way as should be the very best for

mind, body and soul.

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i. What was the difference between the Spartans and other Greeks?

ii. What kind of man is called a Spartan?

iii.Who were the Spartans?

iv. Why were the Spartans a strange people?

v. Why are the Spartans famous even today?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. In spite of and despite have a similar meaning to although or even though. They express a contrast between two things. They are both more common in writing than in speaking. Despite is a little more formal than in spite of.

Answer 2

Answer:

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