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प्रश्न
What are the titles of King Chaupat?
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उत्तर
The titles of King Chaupat are:
- the most noble
- the most revered
- the most gracious
- the most learned
- the Royal Monarch
- most great king
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the name of the town?
What is the name of the King?
What Indian proverb is reflected in the play?
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?
What is the Mortar-maker's excuse? Is it believable?
Why is the Daughter so confident that the king will not hang her? Does her prediction come true?
Is the Daughter’s complaint about the Goldsmith true?
List the characters that have appeared so far in the play.
Copy the exclamations from the play. (At least 5)
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Mortar-maker
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Merchant
Will a thief appear in a court on his own? Why does this Thief dare to do so?
The Goldsmith blamed the King for the delay in his work.
The King thought that the Goldsmith had a good reason to delay the Daughter’s work.
The noose did not fit the Goldsmith’s neck.
The Sage wanted to die on that day.
The Sage wanted to save his Disciple.
Write any three instances of funny rules and twisted logic used in Andher Nagari.
List the proverbs and sayings used in the play.
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 | ||
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.
Divide the play (Part I as well as Part II) into sections. Form groups and assign roles. Practise your lines in groups. Hold play reading sessions in the classroom. Which group/student presents the most effective reading?
Note the features that make an oral presentation effective. Some of them are :
- Meaningful reading - taking proper pauses (breaking the speech into meaningful chunks)
- Using suitable intonation
- Speaking clearly
- Good pronunciation - using English sounds and stress patterns
- Pleasant and confident appearance of the speakers.
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.
