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प्रश्न
What was Ausable waiting for?
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उत्तर
Ausable was waiting for an important report.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
If you are punished for a prank your classmate played, how would you react to the situation?
Why didn’t Makar disclose that he had killed the merchant?
Why did Baldwin meet Gresham?
What made Martha withdraw her money from the bank?
What had Donovan told John?
Why does John turn wild on hearing that Gresham had offered his father money?
How much did Gresham offer to pay Baldwin for saving his skin and how did he justify that?
Based on your understanding of the play, complete the Graphic Organiser given below.
Who do you think exhibits true friendship–Baldwin or Gresham? Justify your answer.
Let us try to picturise people in a few interesting professions (based on common perception there can be exceptions).
How did Ausable describe the balcony and the manner in which one could get into his room, through it?
What makes the earth the one and only living planet?
Name a few things that make the earth a unique planet.
How is life in the planet Venus described?
What happens to Margot while the teacher is out of the classroom?
Did the children regret having locked Margot in a closet? Answer citing relevantly from the story.
Now read the sentence below. Complete them appropriately with the word you identified from the grid.
When the Sun comes out, the children ______the Sun.
Study the title of the play “Remember Caesar”. Who is Caesar? What is he remembered for? Let us go through the pages of history succinctly to answer the above questions.
- Julius Caesar was a brilliant military general and great Roman monarch.
- He was born on the 13th of July in 100 BC (BCE).
- He created the Julian calendar which is the basis for today’s calendar.
- He was assassinated by a group of Roman senators in 44 BC(BCE).
- The day that Julius Caesar was murdered, 15th March was called the Ides of March in ancient Rome.
Complete the summary of the play, choosing the appropriate words from the list given below the passage.
Lord Weston was a (1)______ judge in England. Being pompous and vain, he told his secretary Roger that he had attained glory by hard work and (2)______. He expressed his displeasure over Roger’s request for a half-holiday. Suddenly, he discovered a piece of paper with the words (3)______ in his pocket, and he feared that the message was a warning conveyed by his enemies who had received legal punishments from him. As the message was sent on the 15th of March, (the day Julius Caesar was assassinated), he was (4)______ that someone affected by his fair judgement was plotting his murder. Sensing the definite attack, Lord Weston ordered his secretary to (5)______ all the doors and windows. But his wife remained (6)______ by the threat. So, Lord Weston was angered by her (7)______ reaction. He ordered Roger to send the cook and the (8)______ away. Both Weston and Roger took elaborate precautionary measures to thwart the (9)______ attempt. Finally, Weston was able to recollect that he had written the message “Remember Caesar” himself as a (10)______. Caesar was actually a gardener who had an appointment to visit Weston’s garden. The play revolves around Weston’s absent-mindedness which is the crux of the play.
| callous | unperturbed |
| well-known | gardener |
| reminder | zealous service |
| Remember Caesar | assassination |
| shut | convinced |
How did Lord Weston describe himself?
Why was the speaker keen to know what day it was?
Do you think that Lady Weston did not care about the threat to her husband? State reasons.
How did Lord Weston ‘defuse’ the ‘infernal machine’?
Whose life was of ‘great value’ to England? In what way?
What was the truth about the crumpled piece of paper?
