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Subject: English, asked on 6/1/22

(Can anyone please help me with this extract)

Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:
DERRY: What do you do all day?
MR LAMB: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it’s full. Books and other things. Full.
DERRY: But there aren’t any curtains at the windows.
MR LAMB: I’m not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness and the windows open, to hear the wind.
DERRY: Yes. I like that. When it’s raining, I like to hear it on the roof.
MR LAMB: So you’re not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.
DERRY: They talk about me. Downstairs, when I’m not there.


Q.1. According to Mr. Lamb, what does the idea of being ‘lost’ signify?
(A) He, who does not hear what other people say, is lost.
(B) He, who does not appreciate man and nature, is lost.
(C) He, who does not pause to reflect on wind and rain, is lost.
(D) He, who is closed off to nature and its wonders, is lost.

Q.2. Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements.
Statement A – The figure ‘I’ imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan.
Statement B – The figure ‘I’ does not like the speaker.

(A) A is true, B is false, according to the extract.
(B) A is true, B cannot be clearly inferred from the extract.
(C) A cannot be clearly inferred from the extract, B is false.
(D) A is true and can be inferred from the poem, B is true too.

Q.3. The golden silence is contrasted with the __________.
(A) chaos of the street.
(B) constant instructions received.
(C) sweetness of freedom.
(D) hushed, bare feet.

Q.4. The rhyme scheme ‘aaa’ in the above extract is followed in all other stanzas of the poem that are written in parenthesis, i.e. (). Why? Read the reasons given below, and choose the option that lists the most accurate reasoning:
(i) It shows the simplicity of the child’s thoughts.
(ii) It reflects the harmony and rhythm of the child’s inner world.
(iii) It mirrors a child’s expression.
(iv) It highlights the poet’s aesthetic sensibility.

(A) i, iv
(B) i, ii
(C) ii, iii
(D) iii, iv

Q.5. Pick the option that lists the usage of the word ‘pattern’, as in the extract above.
(A) That is a lovely pattern for a wallpaper.
(B) That is a lovely pattern for a wallpaper.
(C) Poetry is a form of pattern making.
(D) She patterned her hair after her favorite celebrity.

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