Question

Question 6.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
The richi man just sat back and thought
Of the wealth he had in store
And how to keep what he had earned
From the lazy shiftless poor.
(i) What were the thoughts of the rich man? What was he saving and from whom?
(ii) What opinion did the rich man have of the poor ? Did his wealth benefit him at the end?
(iii) Why did the rich man resent the poor?
(iv) What were the thoughts of the rich man in his final moments ?
(v) What good act was the rich man supposed to do ? How would it have benefitted him?
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Answer 1

Answer:

I) The rich man thought of his wealth that he had in store and how to keep what he had earned.

He was saving his earned money from the poor. 2)The rich man have an opinion about the poor is that the poor peoples are lazy shiftless.

Answer 2

Explanation:

why did the rich man recent the poor