Question

Read the following extract and do the given activities.

A1. State whether the following statements are true or false:  (2)

1. Animals show their relations to us.
2. Humans have given up many good qualities.
3. Animals sweat and whine about their condition.
4. Animals are placid and self-contained.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things. Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth, So they show their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens of myself, they evince them plainly in their possession. I wonder where they get those tokens, Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?

A2. Answer the following question with the help of the given extract:  (2)

(i) What craze do animals never display? Why?

A3. Pick out one example of Rhetorical question from the extract.   (1)

Answer 1

A1. 

1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True

A2. (i) Animals never exhibit a craze or mania for owing things. They are pleased with what they have achieved. They are self-sufficient and thus content.

A3. Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?