Reading Section Worksheet XI

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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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