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Reading Section- Worksheet for class XI
Read the following poems and choose the correct answer from the givenoptions:
The EagleHe clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world he stands.The wrinkled sea eneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls,!nd like a thunder olt he falls.
". #iven the tone of the poem, and noting especially the last line, what isthe eagle most likely doing in the poem$
a. dying of old age
. hunting prey
c. learning %oyfully to fly
d. keeping watch over a nest of young eagles
&. To which of the following do the underlined words azure world mostlikely refer$
a. a forest
. the sky
c. the cliff
d. nature
'. (n the second stanza, first line, to which of the following does the vercrawls refer$
a. waves
. sunlight on the water
c. the eagle)s preyd. the eagle itself
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass! narrow *ellow in the grass+ccasionally rides-ou may have met him did you not
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His notice sudden isThe #rass divides as with a Com! spotted shaft is seen!nd then it closes at your feet!nd opens further on
He likes a oggy !cre! *loor too cool for Corn-et when a oy, and arefoot( more than once at /oonHave passed, ( thought, a 0hip1lash2n raiding in the 3un0hen, stooping to secure it,(t wrinkled, and was gone3everal of /ature)s 4eople( know, and they know me( feel for them a transport+f cordiality
ut never met this *ellow,!ttended, or alone0ithout a tighter reathing!nd zero at the one
1. 0ho or what is the Fellow in this poem$
a. a whip1lash
. a snake
c. a gust of wind
d. a oy
5. The phrase Without a tighter breathing / And zero at the bone mostnearly indicates
e. fright.
f. cold.
g. grief.h. awe.
6. The phrase Nature's 4eople means
i. nature1lovers.
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%. children.
k. animals.
l. neigh ors.
7. The speaker of this poem is most likely
m. an adult woman.
n. an adult man.
o. 8mily 9ickinson, the poet.
p. a young oy.
A arentl! with No Sur rise
!pparently with no surpriseTo any happy flower,The frost eheads it at its play(n accidental power.The lond assassin passes on,The sun proceeds unmovedTo measure off another day*or an approving #od.
1. 0hich of the following most nearly descri es the author)s attitudetoward nature as e pressed in this poem$
a. delight
. dismay
c. indifference
d. reverence
. The poem implies that the attitude of the flowers toward the frost isone of
e. fear.f. horror.
g. acceptance.
h. reverence.
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h. 4atriotism is the last refuge for scoundrels.
"B. 0hat does the poem mean that such people will e =dou lydying= three lines from the endD$
i. They will not die alone. %. They will die physically and also e forgotten.
k. Their death will e painful.
l. They will die, then rise again.
"". 0hat does the underlined word concentred most likely mean$
m. swirling or curved
n. arrogant, proud
o. focused on, concerned with
p. looking upward
"&. +ne can infer from this poem that 3ir 0alter 3cott
E. loved his homeland.
r. was from #reat ritain.
s. hated war.
t. spoke many languages
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