Question

Read the stanza given below and complete the sentences by choosing the

appropriate option.

Day by day the nightingale

Grew more sorrowful and pale.

Night on night her tired song

Zipped and trilled and bounced along,

Tillthe birds and beasts grew tired

Ata voice so uninspired

And the ticket office gross

Crashed, and she grew more morose -

For her ears were now addicted

To applause quite unrestricted,

And to sing into the night

All alone gave no delight.

i.The nightingale was sorrowful and pale because

1. She had been practicing in the rain

2. She had been performing all night

3. She was losing confidence in herself

4. She was falling ill

ii. The audience was tired of her song because

1. They had heard it many times

2. It had become mechanical

3. She looked tired

4. She had added trill to her song

iii. She no longer enjoyed singing alone as

1. She wanted to sing only for titled crowd

2. She was now used to the appreciation she got

3. The frog was no longer with her

4. She had become proud of herself

Answer 1

i. (2) she had been performing all night

ii. (2) it had become mechanical

iii. (2) she was now used to the appreciation she got