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Read one of the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

They greeted us with friendly faces.

"I thought you picked fruit 'for a living', I said.

(b) Why did 'they' greet the narrator in a friendly way?

OR

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

(b) Why won't monuments outlive this rhyme?

 

Answer:

(b) 'They' greeted the narrator in a friendly way because they were hopeful that the narrator would avail the services they offered and pay them for the same.

OR

(b) Monuments will not be able to outlive this rhyme because they will be unable to withstand time's destruction and ravages.