Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
'Go run around the house Duke'. But Duke wouldn't. He'd lie down with a reproachful eye on Hooper.
(a) What do these lines tell us about Duke ?
(b) Reproachful means
(c) Duke was unhappy with Hooper because
OR
"Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow.
For old, unhappy, far off things."
(a) What do the 'plaintive numbers' refer to ?
(b) Why does the poet use the word 'perhaps' here ?
(c) Pick out a word similar in meaning to 'to move continuously'.

Answer 1

(a) These lines tell us that Duke was determined to make his master get up.
(b) Expressing disapproval.
(c) Hooper was not showing any interest in taking Duke out for a walk.
OR
(a) ‘The plaintive numbers’ refer to the highland girl’s song.
(b) The poet uses the word ’perhaps’ here because he does not know her language.
(c) Flow.