Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

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English

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CBSE Class 12

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1.

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.
(a) Name the poem and the poet.
(b) Why are we 'despondent'?
(c) What removes 'the pall from our dark spirits'?




(a) The lines have been taken from the poem 'A Thing of Beauty' by John Keats.
(b) The world we inhabit is full of melancholy, depression and despair due to the scarcity of noble souls. Our despondence is inspired by these evil and dark emotions.
(c) The poet says that even if the world is harsh to us because of the innumerable reasons that bring us gloom and depression, the sight of the beautiful bounties of nature around us inspires us and fills us with the energy to keep going. These beautiful things remove the pall from our dark spirits.

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2. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
........... And yet, for these
Children, these windows, not this map, their world.
Where all their future's painted with a fog,
A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky
Far far from rivers, capes, and stars of words.
(a) Who are the 'children' referred to here?
(b) Which is their world?
(c) How is their life different from that of other children?

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3.

What was the poet's childhood fear?

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4.

What is the sadness the poet refers to in the poem 'Keeping Quiet'?

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5.

How are Aunt Jennifer's tigers different from her?

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6.

Why did Sophie long for her brother's affection?

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7.

Why did Edla plead with her father not to send the vagabond away?

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8.

What job did Saheb take up? Was he happy?

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9.

Why were the elders of the village sitting in the classroom?

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10.

Why did the Maharaja order the dewan to double the land tax?

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