Question

Green Valley High School, Lachitgaon
Class - VIII
Subject: English - I
Home Assignment
1. Write by heart the poem, “The Glove and the Lions' from your text book. (10
lines) 10
2. What was the sport that King Francis enjoyed? 1
3. Who is the poet of the poem, "The Glove and the Lions"? 1
4. Why did she throw the glove among the lions?
1
5. What did de Lorge do with the glove? 1
6. Who were watching the show at the court?
2
7. What was special about Count de Lorge's lover?
2
8. Describe the scene while the lions were fighting.
3
9. Write words / phrases from the poem that mean the same as the following:
a. Energetic
b. Brawny
c. Moved violently
d. Pride
10. Why was Owen's performance on that spring afternoon in 1935 a remarkable
accomplishment? 1
11.Who was Luz Long? 1
12. Who is the author of the lesson ‘Owens Pierced a Myth’? 1
2
13. What was the background for the 1936 Olympics'?
14. 'Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, but he wasn't invited
to shake hands with Hitler or with the President.' Did he have any regret?
Why?
2
3
15. Describe Owen's childhood.
16. How was the perception of the Nazis about African-Americans different from
that of the people of Germany? 5
17. Describe the friendship between Owens and Luz Long? 3​

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