Read the extract and find the answers :
He came to the door of a cottage, In travelling round the earth, Where a little woman was making cakes. And baking them on the hearth. ::-
QUESTIONS -::
(a) Whom did saint peter meet ?
(b) What was she doing ?
(c) Where did he come to ?
(d) Where did he travel ?
(e) Write the rhyme scheme of the given para ?
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Answers
Explanation:
Question 1:He came to the door of a cottage In travelling round the earth Where a little woman was making cakes And baking them on the hearth
Who does “he” refer to in the first line ?
What request did “he” make to the woman ?
Was the little woman rewarded or punished ? Why ?
Answer:
“He” refers to Saint Peter in the first line.
“He” requested the woman to give him a cake.
The little woman was punished since she was highly stingy, miserly, greedy and mean.
Question 2:He came to the door of a cottage
In travelling round the earth
Where a little woman was making cakes
And baking them on the hearth.
What was Saint Peter doing ?
What was the little woman making ?
What is a hearth ? (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-022)
Answer:
Saint Peter was travelling.
The little woman was baking cakes.
Hearth is a fire-place.
Question 3:Then Saint Peter grew angry
For he was hungry and faint ‘ ,
And surely such a woman Was enough to provoke a saint
Why was Saint Peter about to faint ?
How did the woman provoke Saint Peter ?
What is the rhyming scheme of the given stanza ?
Answer:
Saint Peter was about to faint as he had been preaching and fasting.
The woman provoked Saint Peter by not giving him the cakes that were baked for him.
abcb.
Question 4:He came to the door of a cottage In travelling round the earth Where a little woman was making cakes And baking them on the hearth.
What was Saint Peter doing ?
What was the little woman making ?
What is a hearth ? (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-022)
Answer:
Saint Peter was travelling.
The little woman was baking cakes.
Hearth is a fire-place.
Question 5:And being faint with fasting For the day was almost done
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.
Who is “He” in the extract ?
What did he ask her to*give him ?
Trace a word from the extract that means “weak”. (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-023)
Answer:
“He” referred to in the extract is Saint Peter.
He asked her to give him one cake from her store. ‘
Faint
Question 6:And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.
Who is “He” in the passage ?
Why was he fainting ?
What is meant by “the day was almost done” ? (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-024)
Answer:
“He” in the passage is Saint Peter.
He was fainting due to fasting.
“The day°was alihost done” means that the day had finished or passed.