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Did the soldiers fight with the enemies face to face?

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No, the soldiers did not fight with their enemies face to face.

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पाठ 1.2: The Castle - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 1.2 The Castle
Exercise | Q 1. f) | पृष्ठ २०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Where were the enemies?


Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.

We could do nothing, being sold.

  1. Why couldn’t they do anything?
  2. Why did they feel helpless?

You visit your school after several years. As you cross the banyan tree at the entrance, cheerful memories fi ll your mind. Fill the bubbles with your memories.


Describe the garden during the night.


To whom does Toru Dutt want to consecrate the tree’s memory?


The casuarina tree will be remembered forever. Why?


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“ A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound

No other tree could live. But gallantly

The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung......”


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following lines from the poem.

“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

  1. “All the world's a stage”
  2. “And all the men and women merely players”
  3. “And shining morning face, creeping like snail”
  4. “Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,”
  5. “Seeking the bubble reputation”
  6. “His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide”
  7. “and his big manly voice, turning again toward childish treble”

Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.

“and all the men and women merely players”


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school.

  1. Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
  2. What are the characteristics of this stage?
  3. How does the boy go to school?
  4. Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?

Complete the summary of the poem, choosing words from the list given below. Lines 44 to 70

Ulysses beckons his sailors to (1) ______at the port where the ship is ready to sail. His companions who have faced both (2) ______and sunshine with a smile, are united by their undying spirit of adventure. Though death would end everything, Ulysses urges his companions to join him and sail beyond the sunset and seek a newer (3) ______, regardless of consequences. These brave hearts who had once moved (4) ______ and earth, may have grown old and weak physically but their spirit is young and (5) ______. His call is an inspiration for all those who seek true knowledge and strive to lead (6) ______ lives.

world, thunder, meaningful, gather, undaunted, heaven

What does Ulysses yearn for?


‘He works his work, I mine’ – How is the work distinguished?


Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.

For always roaming with a hungry heart


Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus,

To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle Well-loved of me,

  1. Who does Ulysses entrust his kingdom to, in his absence?
  2. Bring out the significance of the ‘sceptre’.

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees:


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

....you and I are old;

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.


List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.


‘A tough will counts.’ Explain.


How would his being alone help the boy?


How according to the poet is it possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents change?


Where was the narrator when the incident happened?


Where was Napoleon standing on the day of attack on the city of Ratisbon?


Who came galloping on a horse to Napoleon?


What did the rider do when he reached Napoleon?


Where did the rider plant the French flag after Ratisbon was captured?


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect


The young soldier matched his emperor in courage and patriotism. Elucidate your answer.


Napoleon was a great source of inspiration to his army. Justify.


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