Question

Read the poem and answer the MCQ

TheSluggard
– Isaac Watts
‘Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,
“You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.”
As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,
Turns his sides and his shoulders and his heavy head.
“A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;”
Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without number,
And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands,
Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.
I pass’d by his garden, and saw the wild brier,
The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher;
The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags;
And his money still wastes till he starves or he begs.
I made him a visit, still hoping to find
That he took better care for improving his mind:
He told me his dreams, talked of eating and drinking;
But scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking.
Said I then to my heart, “Here’s a lesson for me,”
This man’s but a picture of what I might be:
But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,
Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.




1.1 Choose the correct option.
The word ……………………., in stanza l, means the same as the word ‘sleep’.
i. sluggard ii. Slumber iii. heavy head

(b) The word ……………………. rhymes with the word ‘higher’.
i. brier ii. ‘heart iii. none of the above

(c) The word ……………………. is an example of an archaic usage.
i. thistle ii. Breeding iii. betimes

(d) The word ‘sauntering’ means the same as …………………….
i. walking in a slow relaxed way ii. running very fast iii. none of the above

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Answer 1

Answer:

A) Strumber

B)Brier

C)betimes

D)walking in a slow relaxed way

Explanation:

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