Question 1-5. Read the given passage from the story "The Mysterious Picture and answer the questions that follow
'Your Highness, may it please you to remember me and my donkey, Jeff, for just one more minute, Tyl replied. My donkey has been feeding himself fairly well all along the way on the thorns in the hedges and the grass on the roadside. But I have had nothing to eat for the past three days. My stomach has been complaining very loudly. Perhaps Your Highness can even hear it now. I have been feeding myself with dreams of good food and drink at your royal table.' The Archduke smiled and said, 'Well, my dear fellow, you will certainly have something more solid than dreams to feed on. But where is your donkey? 'I left him outside, opposite the palace. I shall be most grateful if Jeff is looked after. He needs a little fodder and lodging at night,' said Tyl. The Archduke immediately ordered the donkey to be taken care of and he added. "Treat it like one of my own animals.
1. Why is Jeff, the donkey not hungry?
2.Pick out the word from the passage that means 'food for animals'
3. 'I have been feeding myself with dreams'. What did Tyl dream of?
4. What expression does Tyl use to show that he is extremely hungry?
5. What does Archduke mean by saying, something more solid than dreams?
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Answer:
1. Why is Jeff, the donkey not hungry?
ans:- Jeff, the donkey is not hungry because his donkey has been feeding himself fairly well all along the way on the thorns in the hedges and the grass on the roadside.
2.Pick out the word from the passage that means 'food for animals'
ans:- feeding himself
3. 'I have been feeding myself with dreams'. What did Tyl dream of?
ans:- Tyl has been dreaming that he was having good food and forgeting that in reality, he is hungry
4. What expression does Tyl use to show 4. What expression does Tyl use to show that he is extremely hungry??
ans:- The expression that he used for showing that he is extremely hungry is by saying that he had nothing to eat for the past three days. And his stomach has been complaining very loudly.
5. What does Archduke mean by saying, something more solid than dreams?
ans:- Archduke meant that instead of dreaming to have good food and good dreams why not do it in reality.