10th Class English The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth Question Bank

done 10th CBSE English The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth Total Questions - 26

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  Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                         (1 x 3 = 3) Once upon a time a frog Croaked away in Bingle Bog. Every night from dusk to dawn He croaked awn and awn and awn. Other creatures loathed his voice, But, alas, they had no choice. (a) What does 'Bingle Bog' refers to? (b) What does the phrase 'dusk to dawn' mean? (c) The other creatures had no choice. Why?
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    Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                            (1x3=3) And the crass cacophony Blared out from the sumac tree At whose foot the frog each night Minstrelled on till morning light (a) What does the poet mean by the word 'Crass'? (b) The other creatures hate the frog's song. Why? (c) Which word from the passage means the same as 'sang'?
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    Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                           (1x3=3) Neither stones nor prayers nor sticks, Insults or complaints or bricks Stilled the frog's determination To display his heart's elation (a) Give the ryhme scheme of the stage. (b) What idea do you get about the frog from the above lines? (c) What is the synonym of 'elation'?
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    Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                            (1x3=3) But one night a nightingale In the moonlight cold and pale Perched upon the sumac tree Casting forth her melody (a) What change took place in the bog? (b) Where did the nightingale pearch? (c) What is the synonym of 'pale'?
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    Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                            (1x3=3) Day by day the nightingale Grew more sorrowful and pale Night on night her tired song Zipped and trilled and bounced along Till the birds and beasts grew tired At a voice so uninspired (a) What made the nightingale sorrowful and pale? (b) What does the word 'trilled' mean? (c) Why did the birds and beasts grow tired?  
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  "The frog proudly countered the nightingale." Comment.
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    " To display his heart's elation." What do you understand by these words?
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    What happened when a nightingale came and sang, sitting on the sumac tree?       
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    How did the creatures of Bingle bog react to the nightingale's singing?                  
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    What are the different ways in which the frog asserts his importance?              
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    Why is the frog's joy both sweet and bitter?  
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    Why was the frog angry?              
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    How did the frog become the unrivalled king of the bog again?                  
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    Explain the line, "But-of, well-at least it's mine" into your own words.  
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    How was the frog benefited in two ways?
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    The frog claims to be the best trainer in the field of music. Do you agree? Justify your answer.
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    The frog judged the nightingale's song critically. Do you think he was fair in his judgment? Justify your answer.
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    "You still owe me sixty shillings." Who said these words and to whom? What does the speaker mean here?            
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    What made the nightingale sad and sorrowful?
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    "And the frog observed them glitter with a joy both sweet and bitter." Comment.     
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    "Puffed up, burst a vein and died." Who died here and why?                                        (HOTS)  
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  "Trembling, terrified to fail, Blind with tears, the nightingale Heard him out in silence, tried, Puffed up, burst a vein and died." The frog got angry and asked the nightingale to puff out her lungs with passion. The nightingale puffed up, but she burst a vein and died. Write an article considering that the frog indirectly caused the death of the nightingale.
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    Well, poor bird-she should have known that  your song must be your own. That's why I sing with panache. Though an excellent and naturally talented singer the nightingale is, she is called a poor singer and stupid animal by the frog. Write a paragraph on the topic "The nightingale lacks worldly Wisdom."         
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                         "In today's manipulative world, it does not work to have talent only, you also need to understand how to utilise it properly". Comment.              
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    Describe the first meeting of the frog and the nightingale.
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    In spite of having a melodious voice and being a crowd puller, the nightingale turns out to be a loser and dies. How far is she responsible for her own downfall?                                  
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