(a) Why does the poet think that he has lost his childhood in the poem
"Childhood?'
(b) What does the term "Comical Poverty' mean in the lesson "The Summer of
the White Beautiful Horse?"
2x5=10
(c) What preparations did the author and his wife in "We're Not afraid to die... If
we Can all Be Together' make for their round to the world sea-voyage?
(d) Why was Mrs. Dorling cautious in opening the door in the chapter "The
Address?
(e) Mention the ways in which the sparrows expressed their sorrows when the
author's grandmother died?
(1) How was King Tut's mummy scanned by the CT scan?
Answers
a)The poet thinks he had lost his childhood because at the age of eleven he realised that hell and heaven were not places that could be found in Geography and since then he had never been the same person.
b)This line refers to the fact that the family was very poor. However, the situation was ironic because they were very honest and could never retort to corrupt means for earning money.
c)The narrator and his wife wanted to 'duplicate' the round-the-world voyage made 200 years ago by Captain James Cook. They has been making formidable for the last 16 years. First of all they got a boat especially designed and professionally built for this purpose.
d)Mrs. Dorling was cautious while opening the door as she did not want the narrator to come inside her house. Inside the home, her mother's belongings such as silver, cutlery, crockery, antique plates, Hanukkah, etc. were present; narrator's mother had given these things to her to keep them safe.
e)The sparrows were utterly despaired when the author's grandmother died. They expressed their sorrow by sitting scattered on the floor, with no chirping. They did not even take notice of the bread crumbs, which the author's mother scattered for them.
1)King Tut's mummy was scanned by a portable CT scanner from head to toe. 1700 digital x-rays were created in cross section to find out the secret of his death. His head was scanned in thin slices of 0.62 mm. for intricate details.
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