SAQ - 1 MARK
Short Answer-type Questions - 1 Marks
Important SETS
2.
PROSE
(i) Where did the girl get in?
(ii) What could be a fascinating game to the narrator?
(iii) When was the ancestral house, in which Kalam lived, built?
(iv) Who were the parents of Abdul Kalam?
(v) How did Roger know that he and the woman were not alone in the house?
(vi) Why did Roger take care to sit on the far side of the room?
(vii) What did the Tsar do to meet the hermit?
(viii) Why did the Tsar want answer to three important questions?
POETRY
(ix) What does the phrase 'earth-cave' mean?
(x) What comes out from leprous hide?
(xi) Where does the soldier lie stretched?
(xii) How was the smile of the young soldier?
(xiii) What will give life to the poet's friend?
(xiv) What do you mean by 'summer's lease'?
(xv) What does Keats celebrate in the poem, "The Poetry of Earth"?
2.
PROSE
(i) The girl got in the train compartment at Rohana station.
(ii) Guessing what went on outside the window could be a fascinating game to the narrator.
(iii) The ancestral house, in which Kalam lived, was built in the middle of the nineteenth century.
(iv) The parents of Abdul Kalam were Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma.
(v) Hearing other roomers laughing and talking in the large house, Roger knew that he and the woman were not alone in the house.
(vi) Roger took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought the woman could easily see him out of the corner of the other eye, if she wanted to.
(vii) As the herminarrator. ed none but common folk, the Tsar, putting on simple clothes and leaving his bodyguard behind, went on alone to meet him.
POETRY
(ix) The phrase 'earth-cave' means the gaping hole in the earth when the roots of the tree are to be pulled out entirely, out of the anchoring earth.
(x) Leaves come out from 'leprous hide'.
(xi) The soldier lies stretched in the small green valley in the warm sunlight.
(xii) The smile of the young soldier was like an infant's-- gentle, without guile.
(xiii) The continuous reading of the eternal sonnet 18 will give life to the poet's friend.
(xiv) By 'summer's lease' the poet means the short duration of summer season.
(xv) Keats celebrates the never-ending music of earth in his poem 'The Poetry of Earth'.
SET - II
2.
PROSE
(i) What was the girl tired of?
(ii) How much did the girl like a train journey?
(iii) What were Kalam's parents regarded as?
(iv) Where did Mrs Jones have her purse?
(v) How did the hermit look like?
(vi) What was Roger afraid of?
(vii) Where did the evening prayers reach, according to Kalam?
POETRY
(ix) How can eternal summer be maintained?
(x) "Has wrought a silence" --- What has wrought a silence?
(xi) What role is played by the sun's rays in "Asleep in the Valley"?
(xii) What kind of a task is to kill a tree?
(xiii) What does the octave and the sestet represent in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
(xiv) How does the 'eye of heaven' sometimes shine in summer?
(xv) Where are the feet of the soldier?
2.
PROSE
(i) The girl was tired of people telling her that she had a pretty face.
(ii) The girl did not like much a train journey. She said that she could not bear to sit in a train for more than two or three hours.
(iii) Kalam's parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple.
(iv) Mrs. Jones had her purse on the daybed.
(v) The hermit was frail and weak.
(vi) Roger was afraid of going to jail.
(vii) According to Kalam, evening prayers reached God.
POETRY
(ix) Eternal summer can be maintained through the eternal poetry written in his friend's praise.
(x) Frost has wrought a silence.
(xi) In the poem, "Asleep in the Valley" the sun's rays, streaming from the mountaintop, beautify and brighten the valley.
(xii) To kill a tree is not an easy task.
(xiii) The octave part of the poem, "The Poetry of Earth" represents the music of summer, and the sestet represents the music of winter.
(xiv) Sometime too hot the 'eye of heaven' shines in summer.
(xv) The feet of the soldier are among the flowers.
SET - III
2.
PROSE
(i) What remark did the narrator make about people with good eyesight?
(ii) When do the hills look lovely?
(iii) How does Kalam describe his appearance?
(iv) What did Abdul Kalam’s father used to avoid?
(v) Where did Roger fall on losing his balance?
(vi) What was the price of the cake Mrs. Jones offered to Roger?
(vii) Why did the man want to take revenge upon the Tsar?
(viii) What was the hermit doing when the Tsar approached him?
POETRY
(ix) What does the epithet 'earth-cave' point out?
(x) What causes the bark of a tree to bleed?
(xi) What is described as 'gentle without guile'?
(xii) What do the sunrays do?
(xiii) Why will the eternal summer in the friend never fade?
(xiv) What shall death not brag of?
(xv) Why do the birds hide in cooling trees?
2.
PROSE
(i) The narrator remarked that people with good eyesight often fail to see what is right in front of them.
(ii) The hills look lovely in October.
(iii) Kalam describes himself as a short boy with rather undistinguished looks, born to tall and handsome parents.
(iv) Abdul Kalam's father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.
(v) Loosing his balance, Roger fell on the sidewalk.
(vi) The price of the cake Mrs. Jones offered to Roger was ten-cent.
(vii) The man wanted to take revenge upon the Tsar because the Tsar executed his brother and seized his property.
(viii) When the Tsar approached the hermit, he was digging the ground in front of his hut.
POETRY
(ix) The epithet 'earth-cave' points out the gaping hole in the earth when the roots of the tree are pulled out entirely, out of the anchoring earth.
(x) The act of hacking and chopping causes the bark of a tree to bleed.
(xi) The smile of the dead soldier is described as 'gentle, without guile'.
(xii) The sunrays, streaming from the mountaintop, beautify and brighten the valley.
(xiii) The eternal summer in the friend will never fade because the poet wants to immortalise his friend's eternal beauty in his eternal lines of the sonnet 18.
(xiv) Death shall not brag of the poet's young male friend's eternal beauty inscribed in his eternal lines of his sonnet 18.
(xv) The birds hide in cooling trees because of the hot sun in summer.
SET - IV
2.
PROSE
(i) Who was the bearded man in 'Three Questions'?
(ii) How many beds did the Tsar dig?
(iii) Where was the narrator going in the story 'The Eyes Have It'?
(iv) Who are formidable creatures, according to the narrator in the story 'The Eyes Have It'?
(v) What made Roger loose his balance?
(vi) Where did Mrs. Jones work?
(vii) What does adversity offer us, according to Kalam?
POETRY
(ix) What does the phrase 'anchoring earth' refer to?
(x) What are the final steps of killing a tree?
(xi) Where are the feet of the soldier?
(xii) What do the 'humming insects' denote?
(xiii) Why will the 'eternal summer' of the poet's friend never fade?
(xiv) What shakes the darling buds of May?
(xv) Where is the Grasshopper seen in summer?
2.
PROSE
(i) In 'Three Questions' the bearded man was a sworn enemy of the Tsar.
(ii) The Tsar had dug two beds.
(iii) In the story 'The Eyes Have It' the narrator was going to Mussoorie via Dehradun.
(iv) According to the narrator in the story 'The Eyes Have It', aunts are formidable creatures.
(v) His weight and the weight of the purse combined made Roger loose his balance.
(vi) Mrs. Jones worked in a hotel-beauty shop.
(vii) According to Kalam, adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
POETRY
(ix) The phrase 'anchoring earth' refers to the root of the tree which like an anchor grips the tree in the earth.
(x) The final steps of killing a tree are uprooting and then scorching and chocking, and then browning, hardening, twisting and withering.
(xi) The feet of the soldier are among the flowers.
(xii) The humming insects denote the insects that are trying to wake the soldier from his eternal sleep with their buzzing sound.
(xiii) The 'eternal summer' of the poet's friend will never fade because the poet wants to immortalise his friend's eternal beauty in his eternal lines of the sonnet 18.
(xiv) The rough wind shakes the darling buds of May.
(xv) In summer the Grasshopper is seen about the new-mown mead.
SET - V
2.
PROSE
(i) "It was a safe remark" -- What was the 'safe remark'?
(ii) Why was Rameswaram famous?
(iii) How old was Roger?
(iv) Whom did the hermit receive?
(v) Who stammered an apology?
(vi) What would Kalam's father do after the namaz?
(vii) Why did Roger want to snatch the pocketbook?
POETRY
(ix) What is described as 'gentle' and 'without guile'?
(x) Describe the root.
(xi) Whose voice is heard from a stove?
(xii) What does 'thy eternal summer' stand for?
(xiii) Describe the bed of the soldier.
(xiv) What shall death not brag of?
(xv) Who took shelter in cooling shades of trees?
2.
PROSE
(i) The 'safe remark' made by the narrator was about the girl's face. He said that she had an interesting face.
(ii) Rameswaram was famous for the Shiva temple to pilgrims.
(iii) Roger was fourteen or fifteen years old.
(iv) The hermit received none but common folk.
(v) The second fellow passenger or the third passenger stammered an apology.
(vi) After the namaz, Kalam's father used to walk down to a small coconut grove they owned, about four miles from their home.
(vii) Roger wanted to snatch the pocketbook because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
POETRY
(ix) The smile of the dead soldier is described as 'gentle' and 'without guile'.
(x) The root of the tree is white and wet hidden inside the earth for years.
(xi) The Cricket's voice is heard from a stove.
(xii) 'Thy eternal summer' stands for the eternal beauty of the poet's young male friend.
(xiii) The bed of the young soldier is described as a warm, green and sun-soaked bed.
(xiv) Death shall not brag of poetry written in praise of the poet's young male friend.
(xv) The faint birds in summer took shelter in cooling shades of trees.
SET - VI
2.
PROSE
(i) What lingered inside the compartment after the girl left?
(ii) How can one enjoy the nights in the hills?
(iii) How was Kalam's childhood?
(iv) Describe one of the most vivid memories of Kalam's early childhood.
(v) What were there behind the screen in Mrs. Jones's room?
(vi) "Then we will eat" -- Who are 'we'?
(vii) What was the second question of the Tsar?
(viii) Why did the hermit breath heavily?
POETRY
(ix) What are 'miniature boughs'?
(x) Who has written the poem 'On Killing a Tree'?
(xi) What type of sonnet is 'Asleep in the Valley'?
(xii) How is the bed of the dead soldier?
(xiii) "And often is his gold complexion dimmed" -- Whose complexion is referred to here?
(xiv) What will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal?
(xv) What might one hear on a lone cold winter evening?
2.
PROSE
(i) The perfume from the girl's hair still lingered inside the compartment after the girl left.
(ii) At night in the hills one can sit in front of a logfire and drink a little brandy.
(iii) Kalam's childhood was very secure, materially and emotionally.
(iv) One of the most vivid memories of Kalam's early childhood was of the two men--his father Jainulabdeen and his father's very close friend, the high priest of Rameswaram temple, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, discussing spiritual matters.
(v) In Mrs. Jones's room behind the screen there were a gas plate and an icebox.
(vi) 'We' are Mrs. Jones and Roger in the story 'Thank You Ma'am'.
(vii) The second question of the Tsar was 'Who are the most important people to listen to?"
(viii) The hermit breathed heavily while digging the earth because he was frail and weak.
POETRY
(ix) 'Miniature boughs' are the very small boughs of the tree rising from the part close to the ground.
(x) The eco-friendly poet, Gieve Patel has written the poem 'On Killing a Tree'.
(xi) "Asleep in the Valley" is an Italian or a Petrarchan sonnet.
(xii) The bed of the soldier is warm, green and sun-soaked.
(xiii) The complexion of the sun is referred to here.
(xiv) The continuous reading of the eternal lines of the sonnet 18 will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal.
(xv) On a lone cold silent winter evening one might hear the Cricket's song.
SET -- VII
2.
PROSE
(i) What was the name of Kalam's mother?
(ii) Why did the man in 'Three Questions' want to take revenge?
(iii) What advice did Mrs. Jones give to Roger at the end of the story 'Thank You Ma'am'?
(iv) What did the second co-passenger inform about the girl?
(v) Where did Mrs. Jones work?
(vi) What was the hermit doing when the Tsar went to his cottage?
(vii) When did Kalam's father take his breakfast?
(viii) How did the girl describe the narrator?
POETRY
(ix) What does Keats celebrate in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
(x) How is the 'gold complexion' of the sun dimmed?
(xi) How does Rimbaud describe the soldier's smile?
(xii) How does a tree grow up?
(xiv) How can a tree be uprooted?
(xv) Mention one demerit of summer.
2.
PROSE
(i) The name of Kalam's mother was Ashiamma.
(ii) The man in 'Three Questions' wanted to take revenge on the Tsar because the Tsar executed his brother and seized his property.
(iii) At the end of the story 'Thank You Ma'am' Mrs. Jones advised Roger to behave himself.
(iv) The second co-passenger informed that the girl had beautiful eyes but they were of no use to her because she was completely blind.
(v) Mrs. Jones worked in a hotel-beauty shop.
(vi) When the Tsar went to the cottage of the hermit, he was digging the ground in front of his hut.
(vii) After returning from the small coconut grove, Kalam's father took his breakfast.
POETRY
(ix) In the poem 'The Poetry of Earth' Keats celebrates the never-ending music of earth.
(x) The 'gold complexion' of the sun is dimmed because of the thin layer of clouds over the sun.
(xi) Rimbaud describes the soldier's smile like an infant's--gentle, without guile.
(xii) A tree grows up slowly, consuming the earth.
(xiii) The soldier lies open-mouthed in warm sunlight in a small green valley.
(xiv) A tree can be uprooted by pulling it out, out of the anchoring earth.
(xv) In summer rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.
SET - VIII
2.
PROSE
(i) At which station did the blind girl get into the train?
(ii) What lingered after the girl had left the train?
(iii) In which town was Kalam born?
(iv) What does Kalam fail to recall?
(v) What was the full name of Mrs. Jones?
(vi) What did Mrs. Jones ask the boy to pick up?
(vii) What was the second question of the Tsar?
(viii) What did the Tsar promise?
POETRY
(ix) Where does the tree's strength lie?
(x) What kind of task is to kill a tree?
(xi) What is described as gentle without guile?
(xii) What does 'heavy undergrowth' refer to?
(xiii) What shall death fail to do?
(xiv) Who shall grow in eternal lines to time?
(xv) Why do birds hide in the cooling trees?
2.
PROSE
(i) The blind girl got into the train at Rohana station.
(ii) After the girl had left the train, the perfume from her hair still lingered there where she stood.
(iii) Kalam was born in the island of Rameswaram.
(iv) Kalam fails to recall the exact number of people his mother she fed everyday in their house.
(v) The full name of Mrs. Jones was Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.
(vi) Mrs. Jones asked the boy to pick up her pocketbook.
(vii) The second question of the Tsar was ''Who are the most important people to listen to?"
(viii) The Tsar promised to restore the seized property of the wounded bearded man.
POETRY
(ix) The strength of the tree lies in its roots.
(x) To kill a tree is not an easy task.
(xi) The smile of the dead soldier is described as gentle, without guile.
(xii) The phrase 'heavy undergrowth' refers to the plentiful bushes and plants which grow in the valley.
(xiii) Death shall fail to overcome poetry written in praise of the poet's young male friend.
(xiv) The poet's young male friend's eternal beauty shall grow in eternal lines to time.
(xv) Birds hide in the cooling trees because of the hot sun in summer.
SET - IX
2.
PROSE
(i) What is the most important time, according to the hermit?
(ii) What is considered to be the best time to visit Mussoorie?
(iii) What had made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims?
(iv) What does 'half-nelson' suggest?
(v) Why did Roger snatch Mrs. Jones's pocketbook?
(vi) How did the speaker describe the voice of the girl companion in the compartment?
(vii) How many times did the Tsar repeat the questions before he departed from the hermit's cottage?
POETRY
(ix) Which provided the pillow for the soldier?
(x) What is the most sensitive part of a tree?
(xi) How is the smile of the soldier?
(xii) What do 'rough winds' do?
(xiii) Whose voice will run in summer?
(xiv) How will the poet immortalise his friend?
(xv) "Out from the earth-cave" -- What does 'earth-cave' suggest?
2.
PROSE
(i) According to the hermit, the most important time is now or the present time.
(ii) October is the best time to visit Mussoorie.
(iii) The Shiva temple had made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims.
(iv) 'Half-nelson' suggests a wrestling hold.
(v) Roger snatched Mrs. Jones's pocketbook because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
(vi) The speaker described the voice of the girl companion in the compartment as the sparkle of a mountain stream.
(vii Tsar repeated the questions four times before he departed from the hermit's cottage.
POETRY
(ix) Fern provided the pillow for the soldier.
(x) The root is the most sensitive part of a tree.
(xi) The smile of the soldier is like an infant's--gentle, without guile.
(xii) 'Rough winds' do shake the darling buds of May.
(xiii) The Grasshopper's voice will run in summer.
(xiv) The poet will immortalize his friend through his eternal lines of the sonnet 18.
(xv) The expression 'earth-cave' refers to the gaping hole in the earth when the roots of the tree are pulled out entirely, out of the anchoring earth.
SET - X
2.
(i) How did the narrator in 'The Eyes Have It' describe the voice of the blind girl?
(ii) What were the eyes of the narrator sensitive to?
(iii) What did Abdul Kalam’s father use to avoid?
(iv) Describe the ancestral house of Kalam.
(v) According to Mrs. Jones, how old was the boy?
(vi) What shoes and jeans was Roger wearing?
(vii) What, according to the hermit, is the most important thing to do?
POETRY
(ix) How does the stream look like in the poem 'Asleep in the Valley'?
(x) Why does the poet ask Nature to keep the soldier warm?
(xi) What does the expression 'consuming the earth' mean?
(xii) From where would the curled green twigs rise?
(xiii) "So long lives this" -- What is referred to by the word 'this'?
(xiv) What shall death not brag about in Shakespeare's sonnet no. 18?
(xv) Where was the Grasshopper seen in summer?
2.
(i) In 'The Eyes Have It' the narrator described the voice of the girl as the sparkle of a mountain stream.
(ii) In 'The Eyes Have It' the eyes of the narrator were sensitive only to light and darkness.
(iii) Abdul Kalam's father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.
(iv) The ancestral house of Kalam was a fairly large pucca house, made of limestone and brick, on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
(v) According to Mrs. Jones, the boy was fourteen or fifteen years old.
(vi) Roger was wearing tennis shoes and blue jeans.
(vii) According to the hermit, the most important thing to do is to do good to him with whom one is.
POETRY
(ix) In the poem 'Asleep in the Valley' the stream looks like a silvery ribbon on the bright green grass.
(x) The poet asks Nature to keep the soldier warm because the poet fears that the soldier may catch cold.
(xi) The expression 'consuming earth' means 'absorbing nutrients from the earth's crust'.
(xii) The curled green twigs would rise from the cut part of the tree close to the ground.
(xiii) By the word 'this' the poet refers to his eternal sonnet 18.
(xiv) In Shakespeare's sonnet no. 18 death shall not brag about poetry written in the poet's young male friend's praise.
(xv) In summer the Grasshopper is seen from hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.
SET - XI
2.
PROSE
(i) What problems did the Tsar face when he woke up in the hermit's hut?
(ii) What, according to Kalam’s father, does adversity present?
(iii) What moral advice does Mrs. Jones give to the boy?
(iv) Where would the narrator be going from Dehra?
(v) Who were the most important men for the Tsar from the time of his reaching the hermit's hut to the time of his departing from there?
(vi) Why did Mrs. Jones not ask personal details about Roger while he ate?
(vii) What does Kalam remember as one of his most vivid memories?
(viii) When the girl moved from the narrator in order to leave the train, what lingered behind?
POETRY
(ix) What has the tree absorbed for years?
(x) What are the two ways by which there will be inevitable decline of fairness, as stated by Shakespeare in sonnet no. 18?
(xi) What is the effect of the 'hot sun'?
(xii) What is suggested by the word 'hollow'?
(xiii) Where are the feet of the soldier?
(xiv) Who takes the lead in 'summer luxury'?
(xv) What will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal?
2.
PROSE
(i) When the Tsar woke up in the hermit's hut, it was long before he could remember where he was, or who was the strange bearded man lying on the bed and gazing intently at him with shining eyes.
(ii) According to Kalam's father, adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
(iii) Mrs. Jones advised the boy to behave himself.
(iv) The narrator would be going to Mussoorie from Dehra.
(v) The hermit and the wounded bearded man were the most important men for the Tsar from the time of his reaching the hermit's hut to the time of his departing from there.
(vi) Mrs. Jones did not ask personal details about Roger while he ate because she thought that would embarrass him.
(vii) Kalam remembers one of his most vivid memories of his early childhood is of the two men--his father and his father's close friend, the high priest of Rameswaram temple, discussing spiritual matters.
POETRY
(ix) The tree has absorbed three major elemental forces of nature, sunlight, air and water, for years.
(x) The two ways by which there will be inevitable decline of fairness, as stated by Shakespeare in sonnet no. 18 are by chance and nature's changing course.
(xi) All birds are faint with the hot sun.
(xii) The word 'hollow' suggests the 'valley' in which the soldier lies open-mouthed.
(xiii) The feet of the soldier are among the flowers.
(xiv) The Grasshopper takes the lead in 'summer luxury'.
(xv) The continuous reading of the eternal sonnet 18 will make the beauty of the poet's friend eternal.
SET - XII
2.
(i) When did the new passenger stammer an apology?
(ii) Where, according to the narrator, were hardly any animals left?
(iii) What was the name of Abdul Kalam’s mother?
(iv) What kind of family did Kalam belong to?
(v) Where did Mrs. Jones meet Roger?
(vi) How was the hermit to look at?
(vii) How did the writer describe Roger's appearance?
POETRY
(ix) What is anchored inside the earth by the tree?
(x) What does a tree consume during its slow growth?
(xi) What will 'give life' to the poet's friend?
(xii) What does the expression 'eternal lines' refer to?
(xiii) Where does the Grasshopper take rest?
(xiv) When does the Cricket sing in Keats's sonnet?
(xv) What is the soldier's pillow made of?
2.
(i) When the new passenger was getting into the train compartment at Saharanpur, he stammered an apology.
(ii) According to the narrator, there were hardly any animals left in the forests near Dehra.
(iii) The name of Abdul Kalam's mother was Ashiamma.
(iv) Kalam belonged to a middle-class Tamil family.
(v) Mrs. Jones met Roger on the sidewalk at about eleven o'clock at night.
(vi) The hermit was frail and weak to look at.
(vii) The writer describes as if Roger were a boy of fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.
(viii) The wound of the man bandaged with the Tsar's handkerchief and with a towel the hermit had.
POETRY
(ix) The root is anchored inside the earth by the tree.
(x) A tree consumes years of sunlight, air and water during its slow growth.
(xi) The continuous reading of the eternal sonnet 18 will 'give life' to the poet's friend.
(xii) The expression 'eternal lines' refers to the eternal lines of the sonnet 18.
(xiii) The Grasshopper takes rest beneath some pleasant weed.
(xiv) In Keats's sonnet 'The Poetry of Earth' on a lone winter evening the Cricket sings from behind the fireplace.
(xv) The soldier's pillow is made of fern.
SET - XII
2.
PROSE
(i) What did the wounded man promise the Tsar?
(ii) What, according to the hermit, is the most important thing to do?
(iii) How did Abdul Kalam’s father start his day's work?
(iv) At what time does Kalam's father start his day's work?
(v) What did the narrator ask the new fellow traveller about the girl?
(vi) What remark did the narrator make about people with good eyesight?
(vii) What advice did Mrs. Jones to Roger give at the end of the story?
POETRY
(ix) In which month can the 'darling buds' be seen?
(x) What gives life to the poet's friend in Shakespeare's sonnet no. 18?
(xi) What does the 'eye of heaven' refer to?
(xii) From where is the shrill song of the Cricket heard in 'The Poetry of Earth'?
(xiii) Where does the soldier lie stretched?
(xiv) Why is the soldier pale?
(xv) What is meant by 'leprous hide'?
2.
PROSE
(i) The wounded man promised the Tsar that in the rest of his life he would serve him as his most faithful slave, and would bid his sons do the same.
(ii) According to the hermit, the most important thing to do is to do good to him with whom one is.
(iii) Abdul Kalam's father started his day at 4 A.M. by reading the namaz before dawn.
(iv) Kalam's father started his day's work at 4 A.M. by reading the namaz before dawn.
(v) The narrator asked the new fellow traveller about the girl's hairstyle.
(vi) The narrator remarked that people with good eyesight often fail to see what is right in front of them.
(vii) At the end of the story 'Thank You Ma'am' Mrs. Jones advised Roger to behave himself.
POETRY
(ix) The 'darling buds' can be seen in May.
(x) The continuous reading of the eternal sonnet 18 will 'give life' to the poet's friend in Shakespeare's sonnet no. 18.
(xi) The 'eye of heaven' refers to the all important sun.
(xii) In 'The Poetry of Earth' the shrill song of the Cricket is heard from behind the fireplace.
(xiii) The soldier lies stretched in the small green valley.
(xiv) The soldier is pale because he is dead.
(xv) By 'leprous hide' the poet means the rough and marky bark of the tree.
SET - XIII
2.
PROSE
(i) What seemed to be tantalizing to the narrator?
(ii) What was one of Kalam's most vivid memories?
(iii) Where did Mrs. Jones meet Roger?
(iv) Why did the Tsar go to the hermit?
(v) What does the narrator opine about the aunts?
(vi) What was Kalam's ancestral house built with?
(vii) What did the Tsar use to bandage the wounded man?
POETRY
(ix) Why are the roots white?
(x) What are the insects doing in the valley?
(xi) How long will the poet's friend live?
(xii) Who increases the warmth of the wintry frost?
(xiii) From where would the curled green twigs rise?
(xiv) What fills the hollow with light?
(xv) What does 'nature's changing course' mean?
2.
PROSE
(i) The perfume from the girl's hair seemed to be tantalizing to the narrator.
(ii) One of Kalam's most vivid memories of his early childhood was of the two men--his father and his father's close friend, the high priest of Rameswaram temple, discussing spiritual matters.
(iii) Mrs. Jones met Roger on the sidewalk at about eleven o'clock at night.
(iv) The Tsar went to the hermit to get the right answer to his questions.
(v) The narrator opines that aunts are usually formidable creatures.
(vi) Kalam's ancestral house was built with limestone and brick.
(vii) The Tsar used his own handkerchief and a towel of hermit to bandage the wounded man.
POETRY
(ix) The roots are white because they always remain hidden inside the earth without getting sunlight.
(x) The insects are humming in the valley.
(xi) As long as people read this sonnet 18, the poet's friend will live so long.
(xii) The Cricket with its shrill song increases the warmth of the wintry frost.
(xiii) The curled green twigs will rise from the cut part of the tree close to the ground.
(xiv) The sun's rays, streaming from the mountaintop, fill the hollow full of light.
(xv) 'Nature changing course' means the passage of time following the cycle of seasons.
SET - XIV
2.
PROSE
(i) Where did the hermit live?
(ii) Why did Roger try to snatch Mrs. Jones's pocketbook?
(iii) Who was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?
(iv) "You must be disappointed," -- Who said this and to whom?
(v) Where was Kalam's ancestral house located?
(vi) What were the last words, Mrs. Jones spoke to Roger?
(vii) Why did the Tsar put on simple clothes to meet the hermit?
POETRY
(ix) How was the soldier's smile?
(x) What do you mean by 'miniature boughs'?
(xi) What is meant by the phrase 'nature's changing course'?
(xii) What role does the Grasshopper play in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
(xiii) "Nor shall death brag thou wanderest in his shade" -- What rhetorical device does the poet use here?
(xiv) What do 'two red holes' signify in 'Asleep in the Valley'?
(xv) Which creates silence in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
2.
PROSE
(i) The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted.
(ii) Roger tried to snatch Mrs. Jones's pocketbook because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
(iv) The second fellow passenger said this to the narrator.
(v) Kalam's ancestral house was located on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
(vi) The last words, Mrs. Jones spoke to Roger were 'Good night! Behave yourself, boy!'.
(vii) The Tsar put on simple clothes to meet the hermit because the hermit received none but common folk.
(viii) The girl's voice was the sparkle of a mountain stream to the narrator.
POETRY
(ix) The soldier's smile was like an infant's--gentle, without guile.
(x) By 'miniature boughs' I mean 'very small boughs'.
(xi) By 'nature's changing course' the poet means the passage of time.
(xii) In the poem 'The Poetry of Earth' the Grasshopper plays the role of representative of summer who carries the music throughout the season.
(xiii) Frost creates silence in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'.
(xiv) The poet uses here personification rhetorical device.
(xv) In the poem 'Asleep in the Valley' the 'two red holes' signify the two bullet wounds visible on one side of the soldier's body.
SET - XV
2.
PROSE
(i) Where did the Tsar fall asleep?
(ii) What did Kalam's father use to avoid?
(iii) Who will receive the girl at Saharanpur?
(iv) Why did Roger try to steal Mrs. Jones's pocketbook?
(v) What was the hermit doing when the Tsar came to visit him?
(vi) When and where did Roger and Mrs. Jones meet?
(vii) What kind of a family did Kalam belong to?
POETRY
(ix) From where would curled green twigs rise?
(x) Why is the soldier pale in 'Asleep in the Valley'?
(xi) How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed?
(xii) Which season does the Grasshopper celebrate?
(xiii) To whom does the poet plead to keep the soldier warm?
(xiv) From where can the Cricket's voice be heard?
(xv) What is meant by 'summer's lease hath all too short a date'?
2.
PROSE
(i) The Tsar fell asleep on the threshold of the hermit's cottage.
(ii) Kalam's father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.
(iii) Her aunt will receive the girl at Saharanpur.
(iv) Roger tried to steal Mrs. Jones's pocketbook because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
(v) When the Tsar came to visit the hermit, he was digging the ground in front of his hut.
(vi) Roger and Mrs. Jones met on the sidewalk at about eleven o'clock at night.
(vii) Kalam belonged to a middle class Tamil family.
POETRY
(ix) The curled, green twigs would rise from the cut part of the tree close to the ground.
(x) In 'Asleep in the Valley' the soldier is pale because he is dead.
(xi) The 'gold complexion' of the sun is dimmed by the thin layer of clouds over the sun.
(xii) The Grasshopper celebrates the music of summer.
(xiii) The poet pleads Nature to keep the soldier warm.
(xiv) The Cricket's voice can be heard from behind the fireplace.
(xv) By 'summer's lease hath all too short a date' the poet means the short duration of summer.
