Class 10 --SA1--REVISION

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THE FROG AND THE
NIGHTINGALE

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Reference to
Context

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1. “At whose foot, the frog, each night
Minstrelled on till morning light.”
(a) “whose foot” refers to ……?
(b) Give two characteristics of the
minstrelling of the frog.
(c) Who heard the minstrelling?
State any one way in which they
reacted.

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2.“In the moonlight cold and pale
Perched upon the sumac tree
Casting forth her melody.”
(a) Who is ‘her’ here?
(b) Which time of the day is being
talked about here? How can you
tell?
(c) How was ‘her’ song?

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3.“Bravo!” “Too divine!” “Encore!”
(a) Who said to whom?
(b) What led to such exclamations?
(c) How did the listener react?

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4. “Sorry---was that you who spoke?.”
(a)Who says to whom?
(b) Name any one characteristic of
the listener that come through
from the lines that follow.
(c) What had prompted the listener
to visit the speaker?

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5.“Flushed with confidence, and fired
With both art and adoration.”
(a)What made the nightingale
confident?
(b) Explain “fired with both art and
adoration.”
(c) How did the frog begin to benefit
from this performance?

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6. “You got nervous in mid-flight
And, my dear ,lay on more trills:
Audiences enjoy such frills.”
(a) What was the advice given?
(b) What occurrence made the frog
say this?
(c) What happened finally, when the
nightingale followed this advice?

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Answer in 30-40
words

1. What are the different ways in
which the frog asserts his
importance?
2. Why is the frog’s joy both sweet
and bitter?
3. Bring out the irony in the
statement--- ‘Your song must be
your own’?

4. The nightingale was the
protégée of the frog. Do you
think the frog was a good
mentor. Why/Why not?

5. Why did the nightingale become
morose?

6. In spite of being a crowd puller
and having a sweet voice , the
nightingale turns out to be a loser
and dies. Why?

7. Do you think the end was
justified?

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MIRROR

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1. “…I have looked at it so long, I
think it is a part of my heart.”
(a) Who are “I “ and “it”?
(b) Describe “it”.
(c) Why is “it” apart of the speaker’s
heart ?

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2. “…Then she turns to those liars.”
(a)Who is “she”?
(b) What happens before “Then”?
(c) Who are the liars?
(d) Why does “she” turn to them?

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3. “Whatever I see I swallow
immediately
Just as it is….”
(a)State the figure of speech used?
(b) Name the poet.
(c) State any two qualities that
match – “Just as it is.”

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4. “Now I am a lake…”
(a) What was ‘I” before?
(b) Why has the poet called mirror the
“lake” ?
(c) Pick out the figure of speech.

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Comment in a sentence about what you
see,
with reference to the poem.

(a)

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a) Mirror shows the two-faced nature
of the woman
b) The woman tries to hunt for the
youthful image, now that she is
aged
c) Mirror reveals the cycle of life to
the woman , emphasizing on
youth and old age

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(b)

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a) The woman is unable to
accommodate the thought her
being old
b) The woman displays agitation
whenever she sees an old person
c) Mirror reveals the old image of the
woman to show her that youth
doesn’t last forever

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(c)

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a) Mirror—as a lake, reveals the
various creatures within , like life
shows several other people.
b) Mirror—as a lake, signifies that
death(fish symbol) is a fact
c) Mirror—as a lake, throws up the
image of the aged woman which
seems like a terrible fish.

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(d)

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a) The Mirror is silver and exact and
almost like the eye of a little
God….four-cornered.
b) The Mirror is beautiful and bright
due to the smoothness and clarity
of its ‘eye’
c) The Mirror is four-cornered and
reflects what we like to see

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(e)

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a) The woman prefers the setting of
a moonlit night and candles to
keep her away from depression.
b) The woman trusts the candles
and the moon to reveal her aged
face as beautiful and young
c) The woman likes to look at the
mirror on a full moon night

1. How is the Mirror like a ‘little God’?
2. How does the poet convey that the
woman is distressed looking at her
reflection?
3. Why do you think Plath created a
lake in the second stanza?
4. What has been described as a
‘terrible fish’ and why?

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SONNET 55

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1. “…Not marble nor the gilded
monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful
rhyme
(a)What does ‘marble’ refer to?
(b) Who gets ‘gilded monuments’
made?
(c) Why is ‘this rhyme’ more powerful?

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2. But you shall shine more powerful
in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmear’d..”
(a) Who is ‘you’ here?
(b) Explain the reference to ‘unswept
stone’.
(c) What does besmear’d mean
here?

3. “…and broils root out the work of
masonry
Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick
fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.”
(a) What are broils and how are they
connected to “works of masonry”?
(b) Bring out the allusion in these lines.
(c) Why is the record of memory ‘living’?

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4. “ ‘Gainst death and all oblivious
enmity
Shall you pace forth…..”
(a) Who is ‘you’ here?
(b) What shall ‘you’ surpass to move
ahead?
(c) What would happen after the
memory of you ‘pace forth’?

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5. “So till the judgement that yourself
arise
You live in this…..”
(a) Name the poet and state who is
‘you’?
(b) What is ‘judgement’ here?
(c) What exactly is the poet saying in
these lines?

1. Why is Time being referred to as
‘sluttish’?
2. In what way is the poet stronger
than the powerful rulers?
3. What is ‘ending doom’ and ‘the
judgement’?
4. Elaborate on the theme of Sonnet
55 by Shakespeare?

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TWO GENTLEMEN OF
VERONA


1. “ We watched for a few moments
and then as trade slackened , we
went over. They greeted us with
friendly faces.”
(a) Who are ‘they’ here and who
does ‘we’ refer to?
(b) What does ‘trade slackened’
mean? Which trade?


(c) What quality of ‘they’ do these
lines reveal?

(d) How had ‘they’ and ‘we’ become
friends?

2. “He coloured deeply under his
sunburn, then grew pale. He
looked to the ground.”
(a) Why did Nicola colour?
(b) What did the narrator presume
about the boys?
(c) How was he finally proved wrong
in his assumption?

3. “The boys grew to hate Germans .
When the resistance movement
began secretly to form, they were
among the first to join.”
(a) Who are the boys and what is the time
period being mentioned?
(b) Why did they grow to hate the
Germans?
(c) What did they do to get rid of

1. Justify the title.
2. What impression did the writer form
of the boys first?
3. Why did the boys have a frugal
lifestyle?
4. What was noticeable about the boys’
demeanour?
5. How did the war effect the boy’s
family?

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MRS.PACKLETIDE’S
TIGER

1. “The prospect of earning a
thousand rupees had stimulated
the sporting and commercial
instinct of the villagers.”
(a) What had caused the stimulation?
(b) What has the writing used the
phrase ‘sporting & commercial
instinct’?
(c) What were the Rs.1000 for?

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2. “Mothers…..hushed their singing
lest they might curtail the sleep of
the venerable herd robber.”
(a)Explain the oxymoron
(b)What is the tone of the writer in the
given lines?
(c) What does the writer want to
highlight through the given lines?

3. “Louisa adopted a protective elder
sister attitude towards money in
general.”
(a) Explain the ‘protective elder sister
attitude.”
(b) What do these lines reflect about
Louisa?
(c) How did she use this characteristic
to her advantage, later?

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4. “You surely wouldn’t give me
away?” she asked.
(a) Who says this to whom?
(b) What does ‘giving away’ mean
here?
(c) How was it possible for the listener
to give the speaker away?

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5. “I suppose we are in some
danger?” said Miss Mebbin.
(a) Who was Miss Mebbin and what is
the location she is speaking from ?
(b) What danger is she anticipating?
(c) Why do you think she refers to
‘some danger’?

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6. “How amused everyone would be if
they knew what really happened?”
(a) Who says this and to whom?
(b) What is the speaker referring to as
cause for amusement?
(c) Who are ‘they’?
(d) What is the tone of the speaker?

1. Why is Mrs. Packletide compared to
Nimrod?
2. What How did Miss Mebbin discover
that the tiger had not been shot?
3. Why did Loona refuse to look at a
paper for weeks? How did she react
to the gift of the tiger-claw brooch?
4. Why did Miss Mebbin plant tiger lilies
in her garden?

5.Why did Mrs. Packletide give up big-
game shooting?
6. How did Mrs. Packletide react to
Louisa’s comment after the shooting?
7. What does the author try to convey
through the story?
8. Who emerges slightly better in
character : Mrs. P or Miss Loona?
Why?

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THE LETTER

1. “Beholding the wooden arch ofthis
building , the old man was filled with
a joy that a pilgrim feels when he first
sees the goal of his journey.”
(a) What is the building and who is the
old man?
(b) Why has he been compared to a
pilgrim ?
(c) Why is the building the goal of his
journey?

2. “The old man got up, raise his eyes
to heaven in gratitude and stepping
forward put his hands to the door.”
(a) Where did he get up from and why
was he there?
(b) Why did he raise his eyes
heavenwards?
(c) What did he encounter on opening
the door ?

3. “Now he understood the meaning of
love and separation. He could no longer
enjoy the sportsman’s pleasure and
laughter at the bewildered terror of the
young partridges bereft of their parents.”
(a) Why had he understood the meaning
of love and separation?
(b) What does ‘sportsman’s pleasure’
mean? (c) How did he react earlier?

4. “Get away! Do you think we will eat
your letter when it comes?” and he
walked off hastily.
(a) Who is ‘he’ and ‘you’?
(b) What impact did the words have on
the listener?
(c) Write any two traits of the speaker
as revealed in the lines above.

5. “…maybe he shed some blood within
sacred precincts and is paying for it
now,” the postman added in support
of his answer.
(a) Who is being spoken to?
(b) What does the postman mean by
his remark?
(c) What is the suffering that is being
experienced by ‘he’ as per the lines?

6. “Yes sir, I was the first.” “Then
how…… No. I don’t understand….”
(a) Who are the two speakers?
(b) What question is the first speaker
answering?
(c) Why is the second speaker
speaking in broken sentences?

1. How does the writer bring out Ali’s
loneliness?
2. Why has Ali’s journey to the post office
been described as a pilgrimage?
3. How does the separation from Miriam
change Ali?
4. What is the significance of the
discussion on mad men in the story?

5. Describe the Postmaster.
6.Why were Ali’s eyes filled with tears
after he had been admonished by the
Postmaster?
7.What role does the letter play in the
story?
8.Why What was the change that came
over the Postmaster when he had
delivered Ali’s letter?

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THE
DEAR DEPARTED

Mrs. J: I like Never Forgotten ,it’s refined.
Henry: Yes, but its rather soon for that
(a)What is the context of the
conversation ?
(b) What does Mrs. Jordan suggest?
Comment.
(c) What is the meaning of Henry’s
statement?

“Now Amelia, you mustn’t give way.
We all have got to die some time or
the other. It might have been worse.”
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What prompts the speaker to say
these words?
(c) What do you think he’s suggesting
when he says ‘it might have been
worse’?

Victoria: Oh Grandpa! I’m so glad
you are not dead
Mrs. Slater: (in a vindictive whisper)
Hold your tongue, Victoria
(a) What does Victoria’s exclamation
reveal about her?
(b) Comment on Mrs. Slater’s
instruction to Victoria?
(c) Why does she speak in a whisper?

“He was always thoughtful in that way.
He was too honourable to have ‘gone’
without paying his premium”
(a) Why was he said to be thoughtful?
(b) Bring out the irony in the above
statement?
(c) What does ‘to have gone’ refers
to?

“If there was one thing he could not
bear , it was water.”
(a) Who is being talked about?
(b) Why is this remark made ?
(c) What aspect of the speaker does
this statement highlight ?

1. Describe Mrs. Slater’s state of mind
as the play begins.
2. What made Amelia so sure of
outshining her sister?
3. What were the difference in views of
Mr. & Mrs. Slater about the arrival of
the Jordan’s?
4. Comment on the bureau shifting
episode.

5. Why does Amelia wish Henry to wear
Abel’s slippers?.
6. What was Amelia’s reason for for not
getting another doctor to examine
Abel?
7. Whom was Abel staying with currently?
Why?
8. What makes the Jordans suspicious
about the bureau?

9. How do the Jordans and Slaters react
to Abel’s appearance in the sitting
room where they had gathered to
mourn his death?
10. How does Abel remember Amelia and
Henry shifting the bureau ?
11. How sincere is Elizabeth’s concern
when she says , “I will not see you
robbed.”

12. How What is Abel’s reaction on learning
that his family mistook him to be dead?
13. What was the amusing remark that Abel
made about the bureau at the end of the
play?
14. Comment on the ‘obituary planning’
episode.
15. Why did Mrs. Slater mention Ben’s
brother? What was Ben's and Abel’s
reaction

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