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Where can you encounter Macavity?

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Where can you encounter Macavity?

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One may meet Macavity in a street or in the square. But he vanishes when a crime is committed.

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पाठ 4.2: Macavity - The Mystery Cat - Exercises [पृष्ठ १२८]

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पाठ 4.2 Macavity - The Mystery Cat
Exercises | Q A. vi. | पृष्ठ १२८

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Guess what friendly words these two gentlemen exchange when shaking hands.


What do you associate with the title of the poem?


What does he desire to unlearn and relearn?


How is the poet’s laugh reflected in the mirror?


Explain the things the poet has learnt when he grew into an adult.


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


Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.

Athletes, I’ll drink to you, Or eat with you, Or anything except compete with you…


Would you like to exchange your place with someone else? Why/why not?


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?

Does Nature affect a person’s thoughts and feelings? Explain.


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


A French proverb goes thus: ‘The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.’ You may have observed that all animals possess a number of unique qualities. Fill in the columns with words and phrases associated with each of the following animals.

DOG CAT WOLF ELEPHANT
       
       
       
       
       

What makes the fakir stare in wonder?


What is Macavity expected to be doing after committing a crime?


Why is Macavity called the ‘Napoleon of Crime’?


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

He’s the bafflement of Scotland

Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime

— Macavity’s not there!..

  1. What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
  2. Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

‘It must have been Macavity!’ but he’s a mile away.

  1. What is Macavity blamed for?
  2. Where is he?

Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.

  Name Field
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  1. Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
  2. What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
  3. What are the qualities that you may share with them?
  4. Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
  1. ______.
  2. ______.
  3. ______.
  4. ______.

Which path should we follow in life?


What does the ladder symbolize?


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

Our nature it is that whatever we try We do with devotion deep and true.

  1. Who does ‘we’ refer to?
  2. How should we carry out our duties?

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?

In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?


Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

Alexander the Great, wished to conquer many lands and ______the entire world.


What hides within the crown and laughs at the king’s grandeur?


Working with your partner, discuss the following adages and share your views with the class. You may need to give your ideas and justify your point of view. Remember to take turns while making your presentation/short speech.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown


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:

“And yet not so – for what can we bequeath

Save our deposed bodies to the ground?”


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:

“Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,…”


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin…”


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