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Question 12 Marks
In the story, Virtually True, Michael said, "That's what I like about computers. The more futuristic they get, the better you can understand the past." Explain what he meant.
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Michael is expressing his enthusiasm for the capabilities of modern technology, such as computers, to help him experience and understand historical events and settings in a more immersive way. He is suggesting that as technology advances and becomes more futuristic, it can allow people to have more vivid and realistic experiences that bring the past to life. This could include using virtual reality technology to explore historical sites or playing interactive games that simulate historical events. Michael sees technology as a tool that can enhance our understanding and appreciation of the past.
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Question 22 Marks
How was Sebastian Shultz’s memory stored on Michael’s disk? How did Michael discover that?
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Sebastian Shultz’s memory was stored in Michael’s disk while he was in hospital. Someone stole Sebastian Shultz’s games and they ended up at the computer fair from where Michael’s father bought them. So, he restored in his disk when he played them. Sebastian Shultz had a close brush with death. After he had recovered, he returned to school and narrated his experience to his classmates. Yes Michael’s discovered that.
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Question 32 Marks
How had Sebastian Shultz entered the games?
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When the accident occurred, Sebastian was using his laptop to play one of the same psycho­drive games that Michael had bought. When he banged his head in the accident the computer had saved his memory in its own.
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Question 42 Marks
Narrate the accident that injured Sebastian Shultz.
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Sebastian Shultz was injured in a motorway accident. His condition was critical at the hospital, he did not regain consciousness, he was in a coma.
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Question 52 Marks
The second attempt to rescue Sebastian Shultz too was disastrous. Give reasons.
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The second attempt to rescue Sebastian Shultz too was disastrous because the aim of the game was to rescue the princess from a tall tower, but a second knight appeared from the wardrobe and told Michael, ‘It’s me who needs rescuing’. Michael saw it was Sebastian to escape from the tower Sebastian chopped off the Princess’s long plaits and with them slipped from the window down. As Michael lowered himself down, the dragon followed them and when they turned the dragon was upon them, but the dragon was only interested in Sebastian. There was nothing that Michael could do to prevent them.
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Question 62 Marks
Why did Michael fail in rescuing Sebastian Shultz the first time?
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Michael failed to rescue Sebastian Shultz the first time because the second Sheriff appeared waving his arms shouting ‘don’t go out’. He was about Michael’s age though he looked like a computer image, but didn’t move like one. He told Michael to follow him. They raced down a corridor and ran, passed some men, but they ended up back in the saloon. The second Sheriff jumped on a horse and they both sped off at that moment.
The gun shot echoed and the second Sheriff (Sebastian Shultz) groaned and slumped back.
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Question 72 Marks
What help did Sebastian Shultz ask Michael for? How did he convey this message?
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Sebastian Shultz asked Michael to retrieve him. As Michael slipped off the visor, the empty desert disappeared and he found himself back in the power base, then he noticed that printer had come on. At the top was a picture of the second Sheriff on the piece of paper printed over the bottom of the message PLEASE HELP TO RETRIEVE ME. TRY ‘DRAGONQUEST’ Sebastian Shultz.
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Question 82 Marks
Describe the first place where Michael was virtually transported.
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Michael found himself striding down the dusty track through the centre of the town. There was a Sheriff’s badge pinned on his shirt, he was virtually transported into a saloon.
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Question 92 Marks
What kind of computers fascinated Michael and his dad? Why?
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Michael and his dad were fascinated by computers that had got a Pentium 150 Mhz processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner, because it could do anything. Paint, play music, create displays; even when his homework was rubbish, it looked fantastic.
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Question 102 Marks
Michael’s meeting with Sebastian Shultz had been a chance meeting. Where had it taken place and how?
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Michael met Sebastian Shultz by chance through the computer game, when Sebastian Shultz was badly injured. His memory was saved in a computer when he banged his head during the accident. When Michael played the game, he entered into Sebastian’s memory and so he met him.
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Question 112 Marks
Why did the news of the ‘miracle recovery’ shock Michael?
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Michael was shocked by the news of the miracle recovery for he thought that Sebastian Shultz couldn’t be the boy he had met. Six weeks ago he was badly injured in a motorway accident, his condition in the hospital was described as critical though stable. Sebastian didn’t regain consciousness. His parents were informed that the boy was in a coma.
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Question 122 Marks
Why did the news of the ‘Miracle Recovery’ shock Michael? (Virtually True)
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Michael was shocked after reading the ‘Miracle Recovery’ story because the name of the person who recovered was Sebastian Shultz whom he thought he knew. He had been playing his games with a person with the same name and thought everything was real.
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Question 132 Marks
Michael says that there are two advanced intelligences on Earth. Which two intelligences is he talking about? Why does he say so? (Virtually True)
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Michael is talking about his and Sebastian Shultz’s intelligence are advanced because both were able to communicate in an advanced way. It was because of their advanced intelligences that Sebastian could instruct Michael to play the games and thus free his memory from the computer.
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Question 142 Marks
In ‘Virtually True’, when did the first video game come to an end?
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In Virtually True’, the first video game came to an end when narrator and the second Sheriff Sebastian Shultz, went ahead on horseback being chased by the horsemen. At that moment, the sound of a gunshot echoed round the air. The second Sheriff groaned and slumped back against him, At this, the game showed that it was over.
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Question 152 Marks
Why did Michael enjoy playing the psycho drive games? (Virtually True)
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When the poet saw the snake at the water trough, he stopped immediately but was not afraid of it. Rather, he was curious. He observed its movements closely and was fascinated by the snake.
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Question 162 Marks
Why did Michael enjoy playing the psycho drive games? (Virtually True)
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Michael enjoyed playing the psycho drive games because the big screen with the loud volume made him feel like he was inside the game, battling it out. These games played with a virtual reality visor and glove. Which made, Michael feel that he was part of the game. Further, it helped him to set up inter connectivity between the real world and the virtual world.
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Textual questions : [2M] - ENGLISH [Communicative] STD 10 Questions - Vidyadip