Evergreen Publication solutions for इंग्लिश ट्रेजर चेस्ट वर्कबुक इयत्ता १० आयएससी chapter 4 - A Considerable Speck [Latest edition]

The poem expresses Frost’s ______.

Which of the following options contains the same literary device that appears in the following line:

“....On any but a paper sheet so white....”

Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.

1. He changes his mind when he notices something unusual about it.
2. The poet realises that the speck is a living mite with preferences of its own.
3. He intends to use the tip of his pen, dipped in ink, to erase the speck.
4. The poet notices a speck on the white paper he is writing on.

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements I and II.

Statement I: The poet concludes that the mite proves to be an intelligent creature.

Statement II: The mite seems to dislike the ink as it quickly whirls around to fly away.

What is the central idea in Frost’s poem A Considerable Speck?

Select the correct option.

Assertion: The mite was not cowardly.

Reason: It did try to escape to safety.

Which of these statements is NOT true?

Which of the following lines contains the literary device used in the title of the poem itself - “A Considerable Speck”.

What is the tone of the poet while observing the mite?

In the poem, the poet invents the anecdote about the mite to ______.

What do you imply by ‘collectivistic regimenting love’?

The title ‘A Considerable Speck’ is quite ______.

What is this poem about?

When did the poet notice something running across his paper?

What did the poet like in the mite?

How did the mite taste or smell the ink?

What did the poet imagine?

Why did the mite falter and hesitate?

What did the mite finally do?

Why did the poet not kill the mite?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. What is a speck? What does the expression ‘beneath my sight’ signify in the context? (Analysis)
2. What had the poet been doing? What does the last line here tell you in this context? (Understanding and Analysis)
3. What do you mean by ‘idly poised my pen’? (Analysis)
4. What did the poet observe about the mite later in the context? (Understanding)
5. Why did the poet spare the mite? (Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. What was strange about the speck that attracted the speaker’s attention? What was it in reality? Describe the speaker’s attitude towards the speck. (Recall and Understanding)
2. What made the speaker realise that the mite had a mind of its own as well as intelligence? Give three reasons to justify your answer. (Recall and Understanding)
3. Analyse the speaker’s decision to let the mite live. What does this reveal about his character? (Analysis)
4. How would you evaluate the significance of the poem's ending? Why is the discovery of a ‘display of mind’ so important to the speaker? (Evaluate)
5. What is the central theme of the poem? How does the speaker's action illustrate the theme of the poem? If you have to give the poem a different title, what will it be? Give a reason for your answer. (Evaluate and Create)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. How does the poet describe the movements of the speck? (Analysis)
2. What is the significance of the word ‘suspicion’ in Line 1 here? (Analysis)
3. How did the mite seem to drink or smell the ink? (Understanding)
4. What is a manuscript? How would it be dry? (Understanding)
5. What did the mite do in terror? (Understanding and Analysis)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. What do you mean by ‘an intelligence’ in Line 1? Why does the poet assert this? (Analysis)
2. What was it that refuted the poet’s thinking that the mite had ‘no room for feet’? (Analysis)
3. ‘It ran with terror and with cunning crept’. Explain. (Analysis)
4. What is it that the poet satirizes later in the context? Why? (Understanding and Analysis)
5. What does the poet appreciate in others? (Understanding)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. What position did the mite take eventually? In what state was it? (Understanding)
2. Explain ‘Collectivistic regimenting love’? (Analysis)
3. Which ideology is implicitly criticised here and why? (Analysis)
4. What made the poet let the mite ‘lie there till ... it slept’? (Understanding and Analysis)
5. Why does the poet choose a ‘considerable speck’ to express his appreciation of the mind, its imagination and creativity? (Analysis and Evaluation)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. In which mood is the poet here? (Analysis)
2. What quality in a writing appeals to the poet? (Understanding and Analysis)
3. Do you think the idea contained in this last stanza has relevance in the context? What is it? (Analysis and Evaluation)
4. In what way did the poet identify himself with the mite? (Analysis)
5. What does the poet mean by “display of mind”? (Analysis)

Read the following extract from Robert Frost’s poem, ‘A Considerable Speck’ and answer the questions that follow:

1. What did the narrator first imagine the ‘speck’ to be?
   What does his use of the words ‘speck’ and ‘mite’ tell us about it?     [3]
2. What was the narrator doing when he spotted the speck?
   Which two words from the poem helped you come to this conclusion?     [3]
3. What made him realise that he was dealing with ‘an intelligence’?     [3]
4. Why did the narrator conclude that the mite had feet?     [3]
5. Describe the narrator’s initial response to the speck.
   What did he eventually decide to do about it?
   Why does he make this decision?
   What does this decision reveal of his character?     [4]

‘I have none of the tenderer - than - thou
Collectivistic regimenting love’

Bring out the significance of the above lines of the poem in the context.

What does the poet observe? What surprises him? How does he react?

Comment on the central idea of the poem.

Is the title of the poem appropriate? Discuss.