Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh …" Patol Babu began giving the exclamation a different inflection each time he uttered it. After doing it a number of times he made an astonishing discovery.
That made them do it":………
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What deed have ‘they’ done?
(c) What does the word, ‘griefs’ mean?

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The speaker is Mark Antony, a friend of Julius Caesar.

(b) ‘They’ have assassinated Julius Caesar.

(c) ‘griefs’ means grudges in this context.

Answer 2

Here are the answers to the given questions:

(a) Who is the speaker?

Patol Babu is the speaker.

(b) What deed have ‘they’ done?

Patol Babu practised pronouncing the word 'Oh!' in various manners. He realized the world could be pronounced to convey different meanings.

(c) What does the word, ‘griefs’ mean?

Grief means sadness