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प्रश्न
What is the speciality of the land?
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उत्तर
The speciality of the land of Andher Nagri is that the most found and delicious sweets may be purchased for the same price as a similar amount of veggies. In the kingdom, everything is sold for the same price in the market.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What Indian proverb is reflected in the play?
Do you think this is a good land to settle in? Why?
What are the titles of King Chaupat?
What is the Mortar-maker's excuse? Is it believable?
Do you think the Potter is telling the truth? Why?
Is the Daughter’s complaint about the Goldsmith true?
List all the different titles they use to address the King.
Copy the orders (imperative sentences) from the play.
Use your imagination and the details from the play and draw a map of Andher Nagari.
Write what following should have said after listening to the complaint against him:
Bricklayer
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 does the king want to know?
Is the King willing to hang the Sage?
What is your opinion about the king - is he wicked, greedy, stupid or all of these? Which of his actions/words show that?
The King thought that the Goldsmith had a good reason to delay the Daughter’s work.
The Goldsmith was hanged.
The Sage wanted to die on that day.
The King wanted to be King again in his next birth.
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.
