Grade 9- Holiday Homework
1. Read the following passage and answert
e following passage and answer the questions as given below: (refer to chapter: The
French Revolution)
An Englishman, Arthur Young, travelled through France during the years from 1787 to 1789
and wrote detailed description of his journeys. He often commented on what he saw.
"He who decides to be served and waited upon by slaves, ill-treated slaves at that, must be
fully aware that by doing so he is placing his property and his life in a situation which is very
different from that he would be in, had he chosen to services of free and well-treated men.
And he who chooses to dine to the accompaniment of his victim's groans, should not
complain if during a riot his daughter gets kidnapped or his son's throat is slit.'
a. What message is Arthur Young trying to convey here?
b. Whom does he mean when he speaks for ‘slaves'?
C. Whom is he criticizing?
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a) Arthur young is trying to convey that a society which treats it own people inequally is prone to face many bad consequences.
b)He is referring to the poor and oppressed members of the third estate as slaves.
c) He is criticising the noblemen and the clergy who take advantage of the members of the third estate.
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