"(A) Read the extract given below and complete the sentencesthat follow with the help of given options.
And on the pedestal these words appear :
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings :
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair !”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch for away.
(a) The background of the poem is …………………
(i) a remote village (ii) a big city (iii) a large desert (iv) apalace in the wilderness
(b) The king’s words reveal his …………………nature.
(i) benevolent (ii) boastful (iii) ambitious (iv) forgiving
(c) The phrase, ‘colossal wreck’ refers to …………………
(i) the wrecked ship (ii) the broken statue (iii) the level sands(iv) the mighty kings
(B) Read the passage given below and answer the questions thatfollow.
At least, that was what I thought then. Now I knew that SebastianShultz, the boy from the game, really did exist, I’d seen the proof in the newspaper.
(a) What had Michael thought earlier?
(b) Why is Sebastian Shultz called ‘the boy from the game’?
(c) What had Michael seen in the newspaper ?
(C) Read the extract given below and answer the questions thatfollow.
‘Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,
To be afraid to tall graybeards the truth ?
Decius, go and tell them Caesar will not come’.
(a) Why has Decius come to Caesar’s place?
(b) What message does Caesar give him?
(c) Who are the ‘graybeards’ referred to here?"
Answers
(b.) boastful
(c.) the broken statue
(B.) (a.) Michael thought that Sebastian Schultz was a part of the game.
(b.) He is called so because his first meeting with Michael was in the game.
(c.) Michael had seen the article on the newspaper titled ' Miracle recovery' which referred to Sebastian's recovery from the coma.
(C.) (a.) Decius came to Caesar's place to take him rt o the Senate house.
(b.) Caesar told him about the dream of California.
(c.) old men
Explanation:
(A) Read the extract given below and complete the sentencesthat follow with the help of given options.
And on the pedestal these words appear :
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings :
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair !”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch for away.
(a) The background of the poem is …………………
(i) a remote village (ii) a big city (iii) a large desert (iv) apalace in the wilderness
(b) The king’s words reveal his …………………nature.
(i) benevolent (ii) boastful (iii) ambitious (iv) forgiving
(c) The phrase, ‘colossal wreck’ refers to …………………
(i) the wrecked ship (ii) the broken statue (iii) the level sands(iv) the mighty kings
(B) Read the passage given below and answer the questions thatfollow.
At least, that was what I thought then. Now I knew that SebastianShultz, the boy from the game, really did exist, I’d seen the proof in the newspaper.
(a) What had Michael thought earlier?
(b) Why is Sebastian Shultz called ‘the boy from the game’?
(c) What had Michael seen in the newspaper ?
(C) Read the extract given below and answer the questions thatfollow.
‘Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,
To be afraid to tall graybeards the truth ?
Decius, go and tell them Caesar will not come’.
(a) Why has Decius come to Caesar’s place?
(b) What message does Caesar give him?
(c) Who are the ‘graybeards’ referred to here?"