Question

Read the extracts given below and complete the statements that follow : Now the frog puffed up with rage.
"Brainless bird-you're on the stage-
Use your wits and follow fashion.
Puff your lungs out with your passion".
(a) Why was the frog puffed up with rage ? (b) Give the opposite of 'Brainless' ?
(c) What happened when the nightingale puffed up her lungs ?
OR
The following afternoon we drove to the tiny village set high upon the hill side.
(a) Who went on a trip to the tiny village ?
(b) Which village had they driven to ?
(c) Why was the narrator surprised when Jacopo directed him as to where he should stop ?

Answer 1

(a) The frog's income from the sale of tickets had come down.                                              

(b) Intelligent.                                                                                                       

(c) She died because of the bursting of her vein.             

OR

(a) The narrator and the two brothers, Nicola and Jacopo went on the trip.                      

(b) They had gone in Poleta.                                                                                    

(c) He thought they would stop at some humble dwelling, but Jacopo guided him to a large villa