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POEM - 4 : The Last Bargain English - POEM - 4 : The Last Bargain

CBSE - STD 8 - English (CBSE - English Medium). 20 questions in this chapter.

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Q 1MCQ1 Mark
The child had $……..$ to hire the speaker with
  • ✓
    shells
  • B
    nothing
  • C
    some coins
  • D
    sweet smile

Answer: A.

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Q 2MCQ1 Mark
What was the time when the speaker met the child?
  • A
    Morning
  • B
    Mid-noon
  • ✓
    Evening
  • D
    Night

Answer: C.

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Q 3MCQ1 Mark
After some time the smile of the fair lady $.........$
  • A
    turned enchanting.
  • ✓
    faded away.
  • C
    turned into anger.
  • D
    turned mysterious.

Answer: B.

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Q 4MCQ1 Mark
The fair maid wanted to hire the speaker $.........$
  • A
    by offering him a lot of gold.
  • B
    by talking with him in a charming way.
  • ✓
    by luring him by lust.
  • D
    All of these three

Answer: C.

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Q 5MCQ1 Mark
The garden hedge was$.........$
  • ✓
    full of flowers.
  • B
    full of thorny plants.
  • C
    too narrow to pass through.
  • D
    None of these three

Answer: A.

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Q 6Comprehention Stanza (text)3 Marks
The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
A child sat playing with shells.
He raised his head and seemed to know me and said,
"I hire you with nothing."
From henceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
Questions:
$(1)$ Describe the scene of the seashore.
$(2)$ What did the child do on seeing the man?
$(3)$ What made the man do the last bargain with the child?
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Q 7Comprehention Stanza (text)3 Marks
It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
The fair maid came out and said, "I
will hire you with a smile."
Her smile paled and melted into tears.
and she went back alone into the dark.
Questions:
$(1)$ How was the garden hedge?
$(2)$ What offer did the fair maid put? How?
$(3)$ What happened afterwards ?
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Q 8Comprehention Stanza (text)3 Marks
In the heat of the mid-day the houses stood with shut doors.
I wandered along the crooked lane.
An old man came out with his bag of gold.
He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
Questions :
$(1)$ Houses are thought of as persons. How?
$(2)$ What was the old man carrying?
$(3)$ What kind of person, do you think, must be the old man?
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Q 9Comprehention Stanza (text)3 Marks
"Come and hire me." I cried, while in the morning
I was walking on the stone-paved road. Sword in hand the King came in his chariot.
He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power,"
But his power counted for naught, and he went away in his chariot.
Questions:
$(1)$ Who is $'T'$ in the first line?
$(2)$ What honour did the man receive from the king ?
$(3)$ Why did the man not accept the offer of the king?
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