Read
the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1.
Ten
hours
of
steady rain had driven him
to
crawl beneath a sack if rice.
Parting
with his poison—flash
of
diabolic tail in the dark room—
(a)
Who
does ‘he’ refer to?
(b)
Why did he come inside the house? Where did he hide?
(c)
Why does the poet refer to his tail as ‘diabolic’?
2.
My
father, sceptic, rationalist,
trying
every curse and blessing,
Powder,
mixture, herb and hybrid.
He
even poured a little paraffin
upon
the bitten toe and put a match to it.
(a)
What kind of a person was the father?
(b)
Do you think his behaviour was in keeping with his nature and
beliefs? Why/Why not?
(c)
Explain the meaning of
‘hybrid’.
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1.
Ten hours
of steady rain had driven him
to crawl beneath a sack if rice.
Parting with his poison—flash
of diabolic tail in the dark room—
(a) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(b) Why did he come inside the house? Where did he hide?
(c) Why does the poet refer to his tail as ‘diabolic’?
2.
My father, sceptic, rationalist,
trying every curse and blessing,
Powder, mixture, herb and hybrid.
He even poured a little paraffin
upon the bitten toe and put a match to it.
(a) What kind of a person was the father?
(b) Do you think his behaviour was in keeping with his nature and beliefs? Why/Why not?
(c) Explain the meaning of ‘hybrid’.
1.
(a)
‘He’ refers to the scorpion.
(b)
The scorpion came inside the house to escape from the rain. He hid
beneath a sack of rice.
(c)
‘Diabolic’ means something that is extremely cruel and
evil. The scorpion’s tail is referred to as ‘diabolic’
because it inflicted a painful and venomous sting.
2.
(a)
The father was a rationalist and a sceptic.
(b)
His behaviour was not in keeping with the nature of his beliefs
because he tried anything and everything—from incantations to
powders and herbs.
(c)
The term ‘hybrid’ means something derived from
heterogeneous sources.
1.
(a) ‘He’ refers to the scorpion.
(b) The scorpion came inside the house to escape from the rain. He hid beneath a sack of rice.
(c) ‘Diabolic’ means something that is extremely cruel and evil. The scorpion’s tail is referred to as ‘diabolic’ because it inflicted a painful and venomous sting.
2.
(a) The father was a rationalist and a sceptic.
(b) His behaviour was not in keeping with the nature of his beliefs because he tried anything and everything—from incantations to powders and herbs.
(c) The term ‘hybrid’ means something derived from heterogeneous sources.
