Question 1. What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of common sense? 0 Answer: The narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is a very skilled and responsible Doctor. He cures the dog without any operation or Medicine.” He is a tactful person as he knew exactly how to convince Mrs Pumphrey to hospitalise Tricki for a surgery.* Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now? Answer: Yes, Tricki was happy to go back home as he really loved his mistress. | think that Mrs Pumphrey will now be careful about Tricki’s diet and health. She may also give him exercise daily as prescribed by the doctor. --* Do you think it is a real-life episode or mere fiction? Oris it a mixture of both? ~ 2 Answer: The story seems to be a mixture of both. It may be possible for rich persons to overfeed their pets due to love. Rich people usually buy lots of stuff for their* Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, o7are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first step? f The young seagull was afraid to fly because it was his first flight and he feared of falling and hurting himself. : ; Yes, | think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight. Yes, Human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first step* “The sight of the food maddened him.” What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly? Answer: The young seagull was very hungry. He had not eaten anything for a long time. As soon as he saw his mother bringing food (fish) in her beak he became very excited but when his mother stopped , he couldn’t resist and dived on the food in air. So we can say that Hunger compelled the young seagull to finally fly . BS hy+ They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly.” Why did the seagull’s father and mother threaten him and cajole him to fly? Seagull’s parents had tried to fly due to fear of falling Brothers and sister Starte threatened him to leave everything but he was unable down. In fact his younger d flying. That's why his Parents him alone if he did not fly.When the narrator was flying back to his home by his. plane, he : saw storm clouds. So there’ was a risk to fly plane through storm. But he ‘wanted t to meet his family at breakfast anyhow, sothe aeroplane into the storm. When narrator’s plane entered the storm clouds. The plane started jumping and twisting. Radio, Compass and other instruments also stopped working. In fact he had not much fuel as well. Sg, it was a very fearsome experience for the narrator.* Why does the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota...”? The Narrator(Pilot) was very much delighted that he had landed safely out of the storm clouds. Therefore he was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota. He also wanted to thank the pilot of the black aeroplane who saved his life. - @ ll on You* What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely? When the pilot asked t the woman about the other black aeroplane, She was s surprised to hear this because there was only one plane no not two She saw in Radar there was only one plane (Dakota). aaWhat is a “dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood changed? Answer: The ‘dust of snow’ means the fine particles of snow. The poet says that he was having a bad day and was stressed but as soon as dust of snow falls on his body, his mood is changed.1. What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow? The birds that are usually named in poems are Cuckoo, Nightingale, swallow etc. Nd, Crow is hardly mentioned in poems. Whenever we think of a crow, a fearful and ugly image comes to our mind sae AER wd &* Aggin, what is ‘a hemlock tree’? Why doesn’t the poet write about more ‘beautiful’ tree such as a maple, or an oak, ora pine? * Hemlock is poisonous tree with small white flowers. * The poet does not write about more ‘beautiful’ tree such as a maple, or an oak, or a pine because when poet wrote this poem, he was in sad mood. He wants to match the scene of the poem with his mood.* 3. What do the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent-joy or sorrow? What does the dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for? * the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent-joy. * The dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for joy as it changes the mood of the poet from being sad to joyful. . x v iy mar ~ 1 4 i ninThere are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the Sun gets so hot that it ‘bursts’ or grows colder and colder? Yes, The world might end someday. If the sun gets too hot it will burn the earth and id the sun gets colder and colder, it will freeze everything and there will be no life without SunFor Frost, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for ? Here are some ideas : breed (_ Svanice Cruelty lust > 2 Korfiict, | Fury Intolerance | Rigidity insensitivity | Coldness indifference | Hatred “Fire! stands for greed, avarice, lust, conflict and fury. ‘Ice’ stands for cruelty, intolerance, rigidity, insensitivity, coldness, indifference and hatred.* What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? How does it help in jin bringing c out the e contrasting ideas in the poem? Answer: The rhyme scheme of the poem is-abaabcbc b. — * Title ‘Fire and Ice’ itself brings the contrasting ‘idea because ‘Fire’ represents something very hot, while Ice represents something very cold.* Where did the ceremonies take place ? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstorfes? The ceremonies took place in the campus of the Union Building of Pretoria.“ — * In India; Rashtrapati Bhavan and Red Fort are buildings made of red sandstone.* Can you say how 10th May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa? 4 Answer: \o ee ——- As South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere, may falls in the autumn season. Thus 10th May is an ‘autumn day’Answer: By ‘an extraordinary human disaster’ Mandela refers to thg practice of apartheid in South Africa. During this there was a racial segregation based on colour and the blacks suffered a lot. The glorious human achievement is that a black person became the President of a country where the blacks were not even considered human beings and were treated badly. BLANKE GEBIED* What does Mandela thank the international leaders for ? Answer: oo See nan ah The time Apartheid system was going on in South Africa, Many countries broke off their relationship with South Africa. But when this system finally came to an end and Mandela became the first Black President of South Africa, all those countries’ leaders which earlier broke off their relations with south Africa were present there in respect of Mandela. So Mandela thanks all of these international leaders.* What ideals does Nelson Mandela set for the future of South Africa? “Le — - wet Answer: Nelson Mandela set the ideals of liberating people from poverty and suffering. He also set the ideal for a society where there would be,no discrimination based on gender or racial origins. _* Why did such a large number of international leaders attend the inauguration ? What did it signify the ‘triumph of? — Answer:——_ ae Y Fee * Alarge number of i international ‘leaders attended the inauguration to show that it was not just the v victory 0 of South Africa but whole world and whole humanity.” Aaa * It signifi ied the Triumph (victory) of good over evil.olliplyy LEI OU Vt GATE LIMO FVIT ICG res hoy, who had gone before him ? Answer: When Mandela says that he is simply the sum of all those African patriots, he says that this freedom they have got is not just the effort and sacrifice of one person but it is the result of joint efforts and sacrificés of all those South African Patriots, Who even sacrificed their life for the country.* Would you agree'that the depths of oppression = create “heights of character”? How does Mandela illustrate this? Can you add your own examples to this argument ? 7 Answer: | agree with the statement that depths of oppression create heights of character. Nelson Mi Mandela illustrates this by giving examples of great heroes of South Africa who sacrificed their lives in the long freedom struggle. India is full of such :h examples. British Continuous oppression made many many ordinary pers persona brave hero of India. Our Freedom Fighters risked their life ang we got freedom. |, 7* How did Mandela’s understanding of . freedom y change es experience? Asa child Mandela used to believe tl that k hat he was free. But when he grew up, he understOod the system prevailing in South Africa. Where white people were considered superiors. Gradually he understood that it was not just his freedom which was being curtailed but of every black person of the "@* How did Mandela’ 's ‘hunger f for freedom’ change his life? = — Answer: _ Mandela realised that it was not just his freedom that was being curtailed, but the freedom of all blacks. This changed the fearful man to a fearless rebel. He sacrificed the comforts of a family. He joined the African National Congress and this changed him from a frightened young man into a bo* What does Horace Danby like to collect? Horace Danby likes to collect rare and ~ expensive books.* Why does he steal every year? He stole every year so that he could buy the rare and expensive books that he loved to collect.* Who is speaking to Horace Danby? When Horace Danby was stealing at Shotover Grange, Suddenly a y a lady came e from the house and pretended as ‘she ware the owr owner of the house.* Who is the real culprit in the story? 7 Answer: The real culprit in the story is the woman who pretended to be the owner of the house. oo Pans ) /Yes, we begin to sus that the lad: her to be. We usually make noise, shout and call police on seeing any thief in our house. But this lady in the story was very calm. The strange Part was that ins! tead of calling police, | she asks Horace to take out the jewels from the safe by = breaking it. pect before the end of the story ly was not the person Horace Danby took* What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect that something is wrong? Her confident walk, her bond with the dog Sherry, her act of touching up her make- up are are enough to deceive anybody. Horace was too frightened to think properly, so he didn’ 7 Suspect anything. -, eh¢ “Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”. Why do you think this description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be categorised as a typical thief? a© | Os gl=e description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be categorised as a typical thief? He was fond of expensive and rare books. He used to steal only once in a year so that « could purchase the books from that money. so this description is apt for Horace. He can’t be categorised as a typical thief because he is not a regular thief like other thieves. a® OS fay] Cer eer rrr reer rrr ramen ae eee reera meticulous pier he go wrong and why? ver caught because he used to This time also he took d wiring etc. He * Horace Danby was faltered. Where did Horace Danby was ne’ plan every thing before theft. care of the house map, Dog, Tools an went wrong where he saw the lady and got panicked. Instead of using his rational mind he followed her instructions and opened the safe without gloves.