(a) Read the extract given below and answer briey the questions that follow:
He holds him with his skinny hand,
"There was a ship," quoth he.
(i) Who does 'He' refer to in the above extract?
(ii) What do we know about the speaker's feelings?
(iii) Why is his hand called 'skinny'?
(b) Read the extract given below and answer briey the questions that follow:
It all started a month ago. Dad and I had spent the entire Saturday afternoon at the Computer Fair.
(i) Who does 'I' in the extract refer to?
(ii) What started a month ago?
(iii) What does the speaker have a keen interest in?
(c) Read the extract given below and answer briey the questions that follow:
Good countrymen, let me depart alone,
And, for my sake, stay here with Antony:
(i) Identify the speaker of the above lines.
(ii) When and where were the above lines spoken?
(iii) Bring out the irony in the above extract.
Answers
a) These lines are taken from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(i) In the above context, “He” refers to the “Ancient Mariner”.
(ii) The speaker felt guilty about the killing of godly bird. He expresses his feeling to the wedding guest.
(iii) As the mariner is old, his hands are skinny.
b) These lines are taken from “Virtually True” written by Paul Stewart.
(i) In the above context, “I” refers to Michael.
(ii) One month ago, Michael and his dad visited the computer fair.
(iii) The speaker have keen interest in computer and computer games.
c) These lines are taken from “Julius Caesar” written by William Shakespeare.
(i) These words are spoken by Brutus.
(ii) Brutus spoke these words in front of the Roman citizens at the funeral of Julius Caesar.
(iii) Brutus asked the citizen of Romans to listen to Antony's speech. He thought that ""Antony"" would speak on favour of Brutus.