Question

i. What aspects of the story add depth to the sinister and pessimistic attitude of the

peddler in The Rattrap

a. Christmas and celebrations

b. Cold and windy ambiance

c. Presence of 30 kroner and food

d. Iron industry and church

ii. Choose the statement that is NOT FALSE with reference to the bullying experience

faced by Douglas

a. A big bruiser boy threw him into the YMCA pool

b. It didn’t leave a permanent trauma in his life

c. He was able to save himself without other people's help

d. He didn't miss any fun in life after that

iii. “This map becomes their window and these windows

That shut upon their lives like catacombs”, unless what is not done the above situation

would happen according to the poet?

a. Unless we forcibly chase the children out of the classrooms

b. Unless good nutritious food is given to the children of the slum school

c. Unless the images of Shakespeare and Tyrolese valley are taken away from the

classroom.

d. Unless responsible authorities visit the place and take action.

iv. Which statement below could summarise the theme of A Thing of Beauty most

appropriately?

a. Life is difficult but sometimes it is easy.

b. Life is easy but as we are focussed on bad things around us, we are unhappy.

c. Life is easy but other people make it difficult for us.

d. Life is difficult but sometimes most mundane things around us can make us happy.​

Answer 1

Answer:

d. Life is difficult but sometimes most mundane things around us can make us happy.

Answer 2

Answer:

i. option a - Christmas and celebrations are the aspects that add depth to the story.

ii. option d - He didn't miss any fun in life after that is the incorrect sentence.

iii. option c. Unless the images of Shakespeare and Tyrolese valley are taken away from the classroom.

iv. option d. Life is difficult but sometimes most mundane things around us can make us happy.​

Explanation:

• i. It was a chilly December evening. He came to a cottage at the side of the road. He rang the doorbell and requested a place to stay the night.
• An elderly crofter who lived alone was the property's owner.
• He desired a conversation partner.
• He greeted the street vendor. He provided tobacco and hot porridge for the street vendor to smoke. They then began to play cards. The crofter was trustworthy and kind.
• He disclosed to the street vendor that he had a cow whose milk he supplied to a creamery.
• Additionally, he disclosed that the previous month, he had been paid thirty kronor.
• Then he pulled the cash out of a pouch and showed it to him. He then reinserted the cash into the pouch and hung it on a nail.
• The peddler left the following morning. The crofter left his house after locking it.
• The street vendor returned to the cabin. The cash that dangled in the window frame like bait had tempted him to steal it.
• He broke the window and took the cash. He now believed it was risky to stroll near the freeway. He then entered the forest. He walked endlessly there but was unable to exit.
• He circled. He was worn out. He saw himself as being ensnared in a rattrap in the jungle. He believed his time was running out. He collapsed to die.

• ii. At first, Douglas was astonished and terrified when a large bruiser threw him into the water.
• He maintained his sitting position as he dove deep into the water.
• He was shaken with fear and panic.
• However, he maintained his composure and made plans to leap high as soon as his feet reached the ground and then bounce back to the surface like a cork.
• But sadly, none of his three tries was successful, and in the end, he felt paralyzed and smothered.
• He passed out from extreme dread.

• iii. The poets want the authorities to educate people so they can use and comprehend maps.
• By doing this, they can go outside and explore the roads shown on the maps, which will now serve as their window, and they won't lead lives as meaningless as those in tombs or cemeteries.
• Stephen Spender prays to God to grant the kids opportunity so they might escape the boundaries of the impoverished, filthy, and polluted slum.

• iv. The message of the poem "A Thing of Beauty" is that beauty never wanes or lessens.
• We have the option to find beauty in even the most basic and everyday objects around us.
• But for us, this beauty turns into a never-ending source of joy.
• The beautiful things all around us give us the fortitude to survive the tragedy of life, even though our lives are filled with pain and misery.
• They remove the heavy cloak of grief and give us cause to continue living.

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