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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Gorelal was a famous sculptor. His sculptures looked like real ones. One day, he saw a dream that after fifteen days, the demon of death would come to take him. Gorelal prepared nine statues of himself and on the fifteenth day, when the demon of death was to come, he took his place among the statues. The demon could not recognise him and was astonished to see ten Gorelals instead of one. He returned without taking him. Now the God of death came himself. He was also confused so he said, "Gorelal these sculptures would have been perfect but for one mistake", Gorelal could not tolerate the fault finding in his work. He came out and asked, "Where is the fault? God of death caught him and said, "Here". His pride made his fall.

(e) Give the synonyms of 'astonished' and 'caught,

 

Answer:

(e) (i) surprised

(ii) capture