Question

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the following sentences:
(a) The squirrel is -
() as large as the mountain
as small as the mountain
(ii) not as large as the mountain
(iv) not as small as the mountain
Ans:
(b) The mountain cannot -
(1) crack a nut
ü) make a squirrel track
(ii) carry forests
(iv) carry fountains
Ans:
(c) The squirrel does not find it disgraceful to -
(1) occupy the mountain's place
(ii) occupy the river
(iii) occupy its own place
(iv) occupy the tree​

Answer 1

Answer:

(ii) number two

(iii) number three

(iii) number three

Answer 2

The correct answers are as follows:

• (a) The squirrel is not as large as the mountain. (option ii).
• (b) The mountain cannot crack a nut. (Option i).
• (c) The squirrel does not find it disgraceful to occupy its own place. (Option iii).
• The given questions are from the poem "The Mountain and the Squirrel" which is written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the poem, the mountain and the squirrel argue with each other to show who is more superior.