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प्रश्न
Answer these question in a few words or a couple of sentence.
What did Margie write in her diary?
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उत्तर
Margie wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
Answer these question.
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I. Identify the two parts in the sentences below by underlining the part that gives us the information in brackets.
1. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts.
(Contrasts her dress with that of others)
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Old Kaspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by;
And then the old man shook his head,
And,with a natural sigh,
"Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he,
"Who fell in the great victory.
"I find them in the garden,
For there's many here about;
And often when I go to plough,
The ploughshare turns them out!
For many thousand men,"said he,
"Were slain in that great victory."
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What words show that there were many such skulls to be found there?
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long
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What did the monkey do as he reached the tree?
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According to the poet, a house is ________
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Who do you think is the character of rebel based on?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Portia: Away then! I am lock'd in one of them: If you do love me, you will find me out. Nerissa and the rest, stand all aloof. Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then, if he lose, he makes a swan-like end, Fading in music: |
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- Explain Portia’s reference to ‘swan-like end'. [3]
- Later in the scene, Portia gives Bassanio gift.
What does she give him? What does this gift symbolise? [3] - What is the theme of the song sung in the background when Bassanio makes his choice?
How is the theme reflected in the choice he makes?
What does Bassanio find in the casket that he chooses? [4]
Why does Shane Koyczan begin the poem, Beethoven, with the word “Listen”?
