“The Eyes have it” Short questions

1.       Who is the author of “The Eyes have it”?

2.       When do the hills look lovely according to the author?

3.       How was the author going the Rohana?

4.       Who got into the author’s compartment?

5.       Who come to the station to see the girl off?

6.       Where did the girl wish to go ?

7.       Where did the girl going to?

8.       What type of train journey was comfortable for the girl ?

9.       Who was the new passenger ?

10.   What did the author asked the new passenger about the girl ?

11.   What did the new passenger noticed in the girl ?

12.   From where did the girl board the train ?

13.   Who come to see her off ?

14.   What instructions did they give to the girl ?

15.   Why was the narrator unable to tell what to girl looked like ?

16.   What was the narrator trying to hide from the girl ?

17.   How was he trying to do so ?

18.   Where was the girl getting off ?

19.   Who was to meet her there?

20.   What was to meet her there?

21.   “then I made a mistake”- who made the mistake and what was it ?

22.   In what sense was it a mistake ?

23.   “it was a safe remark” – what was the remark and in what way was it supposed to be safe ?

24.   How did the girl react to the remark ?

25.   “it could be a fascinating game”- who is the speaker and what is the game here ?

26.   “you must be disappointed”-who said it to whom and what seemed to be the cause of disappointment ?

27.   “… but  they were of no use to her”. Who is spoken of ? what are referred to by ‘they’ ? why were they of no use to her ?

28.   Who would receive the bliend girl at Saharanpur ?

29.   How did the narrator know that the girl wore slippnes ?

30.   What did the second fellow passenger say to the blind narrator about the girl’s eye ?

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THE THREE QUESTIONS

THE THREE QUESTIONS

1.       Who wrote the story ‘three questions” ?

2.       What was the first question of the tsar ?

3.       What was the second question of the Tsar ?

4.       What was his third question ?

5.       Who first came to the tsar to give answers to his question ?

6.       Why did tser want to know the answers of all three question ?

7.       What did the learned men do ?

8.       What should the council of wise men do ?

9.       What would the magicians do ?

10.   What were the various answers of the ther’s second  question ?

11.   Why did the tser not give any reward ?

12.   Where did the hermit live ?

13.   ‘you are tired’-who said this and to whom ?

14.   ‘now rest a while and let me work a bit’- who said this and to whom ?

15.   ‘here comes someone running ‘-who came running ?

16.   ‘I do not know you , and have nothing to forgive.’- when did the tsar say this ?

17.   What mand the tsar glad ?

18.   What was the contion of the hermit while digging the ground ?

19.   ‘there is only one time that is important ‘ – what is the time ?

20.   Why did learned men come to the tsar ?

21.   Why did the tsar decide to consult the hermit ?

22.   What according to the hermit, is the most important time ?

23.   Why was the bearded man a swornd  enemy of the tser ?

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SHORT QUESTIONS SHALL I COMPARE THEE..

1.     Nature of the poem  

2.     Shakespeare’s sonnet no.

3.     Written in

4.     Rhyme pattern

5.     Addressed to

6.     The main theme

7.     The poet proposes to compare his friend

8.     A date >> a period, a specific time

9.     Who is the composer of Sonnet 18?

10.                        To whom does the poet compare his beloved?

11.                        What is meant by 'rough winds'?

12.                        What does the 'rough winds' do?

13.                        "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,!,What does the poet want to mean through this line?

14.                        "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,,,Which figure of speech does this line contain?

15.                        "And summer's lease hath aII too short a date."What does the poet want to mean here?

16.                        "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,,,Where does this line occur?

17.                        "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,,,What is meant by'the eye of heaven'?

18.                        "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,Which figure of speech do you find here?

19.                        "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,What dnes the poet want to mean here?

20.                        "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines” Wherein do you find Alliteration in the poem?

21.                        "And often is his gold complexion dimrned;"how does the complexion of surnmer become gold?

22.                        "And often is his gold complexion dimmed;" How is the complexion dimmed?

23.                        "And often is his gold complexion dimmed;"How is summer personified in this line?

24.                        "And every fair from fair sometime declines"'What does every fair mean here?

25.                        "But thy eternal summer shall not fade” ‘Why his he eternal summer?

26.                        "Nor lose possession of that fair/ thou owst;"What does the line indicate?

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