Question

Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
MIRANDA : O ! I have suffer'd
With those that I saw suffer : a brave vessel --
Who had, no doubt,some noble creature in her ---
Dash'd all to pieces ! O, the cry did knock
Against my very heart ---poor souls, they perish'd.
a) Who else are there with her? Where are they?
b) What has she requested the person spoken to just before the passage? What has been happening now?
c) Who have suffered according to the speaker? What has actually happened to them?
d) What does 'a brave vessel' mean? From where was she coming? Do the 'noble creatures' deserve to be called 'poor souls'? Give reasons.
e) What do you think of Miranda from this extract?
f) Who comes in her life a little later? How does she feel about that person?

Answer 1

I this A is correct in Q1