Question

Sympathy
I lay in sorrow deep distressed:
My grief a proud man heard,
His looks were cold, he gave me gold.
But not a kindly word.
My sorrow passed I paid him back
The gold he gave to me,
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
And blessed his charity.
I lay in want and grief, and pain
A poor man passed my way
He bound my head, he gave me bread;
He watched me night and day;
How shall I pay him back again
For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy



Questions
1.One day the poet was in
(a) trouble
(b) need of money
(c) need of a friend
(d) depression.
2.The proud rich man offered the poet
(a) sympathy
(b) money
(c) bread
(d) tea.
3.The poet was in a fix because
(a) he didn’t know how to pay back to the rich proud man
(b) he didn’t know the poor man who served him so much
(c) he wanted to give money to the poor man but he had no money
(d) he didn’t know how to pay back to the poor man’s service to him.
4.The poet realised in the last that
(a) the poor man was better than the rich man
(b) sympathy was more valuable than gold
(c) the rich man was better than the poor man
(d) money was the most important thing in the world.
5.The word that means opposite to sorrow is
(a) carelessness
(b) ability
(c) joy
(d) beauty

Answer 1

1. b) need of money

2. a) sympathy

3. a) he didn't know how to pay back to the rich proud man

4. b) sympathy was more valuable than gold

5. c) joy

Answer 2

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