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Are all deposed kings slain by the deposer?

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Are all deposed kings slain by the deposer?

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No, some, of the deposed kings are jailed and some are slain.

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अध्याय 6.2: The Hollow Crown - Exercises [पृष्ठ १८७]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 6.2 The Hollow Crown
Exercises | Q C. 4. | पृष्ठ १८७

संबंधित प्रश्न

What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?


How does the poet compare his face with dresses?


What does the poet long for?


This poem is nothing but a criticism of modern life. Justify this statement.


‘Face is the index of the mind.’ Does this adage concur with the views of the poet?


Find out the rhyme scheme of the given stanza.

One infant grows up and becomes a jockey

Another plays basketball or hockey

This one the prize ring hates to enter

That one becomes a tackle or center…


Find words from the poem that convey the following ideas:

  1. connected together
  2. spread over the surface of the ground in a straggling manner 
  3. make out or understand
  4. slender woody shoots growing from branches or stems of trees

Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.

And I must think, do all I can,

That there was pleasure there…

  1. What did the poet notice about the twigs?
  2. What was the poet’s thought about then?

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.

The birds around me hopp’d and play’d,

Their thoughts I cannot measure.


Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.

What Man has made of Man?


The poet finds joy in various objects of Nature. Explain.


The poem speaks of ______.


When humanity fails to live in harmony with Nature, its effects are felt around the world. Why and how?


What makes the fakir stare in wonder?


Describe Macavity’s appearance.


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw…

  1. Does the poet talk about a real cat?
  2. Why is he called the Hidden Paw?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.

  1. What seems to be a challenge for the Scotland Yard?
  2. Why do they need his footprints?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare


Which line is repeated in the poem? What is the effect created by this repetition?


What does ‘hillock’ refer to in the line ‘Every hillock has a summit to boast!’?


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

Defeat we repel, courage our fort;

  1. How do we react to defeat?
  2. Which is considered as our stronghold?

Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:

Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.

farewell ceremonious deposed
reverence vain pomp
conceited sorrow scoffing

Who is Bolingbroke? Is he a friend or foe?


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“How can you say to me, I am a king?”


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;

Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

“And tell sad stories of the death of kings:”


Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.

What are the causes for King Richard’s grief?


Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.

How are eternal truths and wisdom brought to the reader here?


Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.

Who does the future generations remember easily - the victor or the vanquished? Give reasons. Also, cite relevant references from King Richard’s speech.


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