Question

7. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow
each.
(a) All lovely tales that we have heard or read;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring into us from the heaven's brink.
(i) What are the lovely tales that we have heard or read?
(ii) How do the tales of heroes affect us?
(iii) What is the "fountain of immortal drink”?
(iv) What is the message revealed in this extract?
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Now I have become sad, she thought. And it is a hard burden to
carry, this sadness. Sitting here waiting and knowing he will not
come I can see the future and how I will have to live with this
burden.
1x4=4
(i) What makes the speaker sad?
(ii) "I will have to live with this burden.” Why did Sophie feel this
way?
(iii) Why did Sophie say that she could see the future?
(iv) Does this extract focus on the creativity of daydreaming of a
teenager like Sophie in the content?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Unseen Passage questions and answers

Explanation:

(a) All lovely tales that we have heard or read;

An endless fountain of immortal drink,

Pouring into us from the heaven's brink.

(i) What are the lovely tales that we have heard or read?

(ii) How do the tales of heroes affect us?

(iii) What is the "fountain of immortal drink”?

Ans: The endless fountain of the immortal drink is pouring from the heaven's brink.

(iv) What is the message revealed in this extract?

Ans: The author says that God has given us so much beauty around us that we don't see.But whenever we are sad the beauty of earth can make us happy.

Now I have become sad, she thought. And it is a hard burden to

carry, this sadness. Sitting here waiting and knowing he will not

come I can see the future and how I will have to live with this

burden.