Question

Que)_ Answer the following questions.

1. Which among these does not describe the grandmother in “the Portrait of a Lady?”

(a) Silver locks (b) Puckered face

(c) Pale face (d) Rosy cheeks


2. What does seclusion mean?

(a) The state of being away from people (b) The state of being secular

(c) An illusion (d) A destination

3. From where did the ship sail for the voyage in „We Are Not Afraid to Die‟?


(a) America (b) Germany

(c) Plymouth, England (d) Mexico


4. What were the names of the two crewmen whom the author hired?


(a) Herb Seigler and Shelly Cooper (b) Larry Vigil and Adam Moore

(c) Shelly and Cabil (d) Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler​

Answer 1

Answer:

silver lock,the state of being secular,

Answer 2

Answer:

1. (d) Rosy cheeks

2. (a) The state of being away from people

3. (c) Plymouth, England

4. d) Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler​

Explanation:

• The grandmother in the poem  “the Portrait of a Lady” written by Kushwant Singh describes as having rosy cheeks. The writer tells the story of his childhood spent with his grandmother.
• seclusion means the state of being away from people or isolation.

• In the story we are not afraid to die the voyage started from Plymouth situated in England. The synopsis talks about Gordon Cook's extreme courage and skill. Gordon Cook's family and crew are fighting water and waves for their presence.

• The two crewmen hired by the author were Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler​. The narrator hired two crew members, the American Larry Vigil and the Swiss Herb Sigler, to sail the southern Indian Ocean, known as one of the world's roughest seas.

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