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Treasure Trove Poems Workbook Answers After Blenheim
Explanation:
After Blenheim Comprehension Passages
1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar’s work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
(i) What kind of situation is presented here ?
Answer: The situation described here is common place and familiar. It was a summer evening. An old man Kasper having finished his day’s work was sitting before his cottage door. His little granddaughter Wilhelmine was playing near him on the green grass
(ii) Where was the old man sitting ? What mood was he in ?
Answer: The old man was sitting before his cottage door. He was in a quiet and calm mood.
(iii) Who were two grandchildren of old Kaspar ? What do you think of them ?
Answer: 1. His granddaughter named Wilhelmine.
2. His grandson named Peterkin.
The two grandchildren of Kaspar were inquisitive and curious as they wanted to know about the war fought at Blenheim. They were eager to know why it was fought.
(iv) How did Kaspar react when his grandchildren wanted to know about the war fought at Blenheim ? Whom did people give credit for the victory ?
Answer: Kaspar was puzzled and said that he only knew that the English defeated the French badly and that it was a ‘famous’ victory. He told the children that the people gave credit to the Duke of Marlbrough and the Prince Eugene for the victory
(v) Why were they confused about the claims of their grandfather about the war ?
Answer: When their grandfather told them that it was a ‘great’ and ‘famous’ victory of the English over the French in a battle fought at a small village named Blenheim, they were confused. They did not understand why their grandfather was calling it a ‘great’ victory when so many people had died in the war. When his granddaughter told him that war was a wicked thing, he tried to correct her by saying that it was a ‘famous’ victory. When his grandson asked him about the outcome of the war, he again repeated that ‘it was a famous victory.’ Thus the children remained confused about the claims of their grandfather.
2. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round,
Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found;
He came to ask what he had found,
That was so large, and smooth, and round.
(i) Whose family has been referred to earlier in the context ?
Answer: The family of an old man, named Kaspar, has been referred to earlier in the context. Kaspar has two grandchildren – a grand daughter named Wilhelmine and a grandson named Peterkin.
(ii) Wo was Wilhelmine ? What was she doing ?
Answer: Wilhelmine was the granddaughter of Kaspar. She was playing on the green grass near her cottage.
(iii) What did she see Peterkin doing ?
Answer: She saw her brother Peterkin rolling something that was large and round.
(iv) Why had he come home ?
Answer: He had been playing near a rivulet. While playing he had discovered a thing by the side of a rivulet. The thing was large and round. He did not know what it was. He had brought home that thing by rolling it. He had come home to know what it was.
(v) What did his grandfather tell him ?
Answer: His grandfather looked at the thing, shook his head in sorrow and sighed. He told him that it was somebody’s skull. The person must have died in the battle fought at Blenheim. He called the battle a ‘great victory’. He was proud of the victory won by the English over the French.