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प्रश्न
Read the entire play and complete the following blame game flow chart.
| Blame-game flow chart | ||
| Who is blaming? | Who does he blame? | For what does he blame that person |
| Thief | Owner of the house | For not constructing a strong wall |
| Owner of the house (Merchant) | ||
| Bricklayer | ||
| Mortar-maker | ||
| Potter | ||
| Money-lender’s Daughter | ||
| Goldsmith | ||
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उत्तर
| Blame-game flow chart | ||
| Who is blaming? | Who does he blame? | For what does he blame that person |
| Thief | Owner of the house | For not constructing a strong wall |
| Owner of the house (Merchant) | Bricklayer | for carelessly building a weak wall |
| Bricklayer | Mortar-maker | for making mortar of poor quality |
| Mortar-maker | Potter | for making a defective pot with a large mouth |
| Potter | Money-lender's Daughter | for distracting him with the tinkling of anklets |
| Money-lender’s Daughter | Goldsmith | for delaying the delivery of ornaments |
| Goldsmith | King | for giving orders to set aside all other work to make the Queen's ornaments |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the name of the town?
What is the speciality of the land?
Do you think this is a good land to settle in? Why?
Can we call thieves ‘truly hard-working and honest’?
If you had been the merchant, what would you have said?
Do you think the Potter is telling the truth? Why?
List the characters that have appeared so far in the play.
List all the different titles they use to address the King.
Copy the orders (imperative sentences) from the play.
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against her:
Daughter
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Bricklayer
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Merchant
What should the King have said to the Thief?
Will a thief appear in a court on his own? Why does this Thief dare to do so?
What is the Goldsmith’s excuse?
Is the Goldsmith telling the truth? Give reasons for your answer.
What is the Sage's request?
Is the King willing to hang the Sage?
The Goldsmith was hanged.
The Sage wanted to die on that day.
The King wanted to be King again in his next birth.
List the proverbs and sayings used in the play.
Form groups. Translate one page of the play into your mother tongue as a group activity. Gather the pages translated by different groups and prepare a translated script of the entire play.
Note the way the dialogue in the play is presented. Look up the word ‘colon’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages and note how it is used in the play.
