Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion 1. \nI stand and look at them long and long. \nThey do not sweat and whine about their condition.<\/p>\n
(a) Animals are content and never …………… about their condition. \nAnswer: \nwhine<\/p>\n
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(b) The poet tells us that animals are ………… to humans? \nAnswer: \nsuperior<\/p>\n
(c) Animals are never satisfied with their condition. (True\/False) \nAnswer: \nFalse<\/p>\n
(d) Find the same meaning of \u2018complain\u2019 in the extract. \nAnswer: \nwhine<\/p>\n
Question 2. \nThey do not sweat and whine about their condition, \nThey do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, \nThey do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,<\/p>\n
(a) The animals do not sweep for their ………. because they happy and content. \nAnswer: \nsins<\/p>\n
(b) The animals live in the ………. of nature. \nAnswer: \nlap<\/p>\n
(c)Human beings are troubled and disturbed in doing their duties to God. (True\/False) \nAnswer: \nFalse<\/p>\n
(d) Find the antonym of \u2018smile\u2019 in the extract. \nAnswer: \nweep<\/p>\n
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Question 3. \nNot one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, \nNot one is respectable or unhappy over the whole Earth.<\/p>\n
(a) It is unique in the animal world that no one is ………….. or unhappy. \nAnswer: \nrespectable<\/p>\n
(b) Humans …………. to other humans, but the animals do not. \nAnswer: \nkneel<\/p>\n
(c) Humans knelt to other humans thousands of years ago. (True\/False) \nAnswer: \nTrue<\/p>\n
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(d) Find the antonym of \u2018disrespectable\u2019 in the extract. \nAnswer: \nrespectable<\/p>\n
Animals Long Answer Question<\/strong><\/p>\nQuestion 1. \n\u2018A friend\u2019s eye is a good mirror\u2019. How far does this apply to the relationships spoken about, between men and animals, in the poem, \u2018Animals\u2019? \nAnswer: \nThe author values a friendship with animals above the human relationship because animals impress him with their placid and self-contained demeanor. Unlike men, the poet justifies such friends as they do not labour and lament their condition or suffer self-mortification for their wrongs, as men do. They don\u2019t hold discussions about Man\u2019s duty towards God.<\/p>\n
He admires the animals\u2019 disinterest in owning things or kowtowing to seniors or ancestors. The animals he says accept him unconditionally, mirroring his primary self. He realizes that animals mirror his true nature of man and portray it in theirs, like tokens, making the poet enquire about whether he had carelessly dropped his natural characteristics some time in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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