5. The man considered long, then chose Love; and did not mark the tears that rose in the fairy’s eyes. After many, many years the man sat by a coffin, in an empty home. And he communed with himself, saying:” One by one they have gone away and left me; and now she lies here, the dearest and the last. Desolation after desolation has swept over me; for each hour of happiness the treacherous trader, Love, as sold me I have paid a thousand hours of grief. Out of heart of hearts I curse him.
1) The man chose the gift Love at once, without thinking. Write true or false.
2) With whom did the man commune?
3) The word rose used as a verb in the passage means came forth. As a noun, it means:
a) stood up
b) a flower
c) a fruit
4) How is his sadness or loss expressed in the passage?
5) Whom did the man call a treacherous trader?6) Out of my heart of hearts I curse him… whom does the word him refer to ?
7) Find the antonym of the word bless from the passage.
8) Write the word from the passage which means the box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
ANSWERS
1) false.
2) He communed with himself.
3) (b) a flower.
4) by saying to himself how love has left him in grief
.5) Love
.6) Love.
7) curse
.8) coffin
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6. “Choose yet again.” It was the fairy’s voice.”Two gifts remain. And do not despair. In the beginning there was but one that was precious and it is still here.””Wealth – which is power! How blind I was!” said the man. “Now, at last, life will be worth the living. I will spend, quander, dazzle. These mockers and despisers will crawl in the dirt before me, and I will feed my hungry heart with their envy.
1) How many gifts had the man already chosen?
2) Did the man choose the precious gift before? How do you know?
3) Who does the word I refer to in the sentence, “How blind I was!”?
4) With what would his life be worth the living?5) How would the man feed his hungry heart?
6) The man said that he was blind to the fact. What was the poet?
7) What was the man’s real motive in choosing wealth?
8) Write the synonym of the word jealousy from the passage.
Answers
1) three
2) No. Because the precious gift is still there.
3) The young man( the lead character in the story).
4) with wealth
5) with the envy of his mockers and despisers.
6) The fact is that wealth is power
7) to make his life worth the living and to make his movkers feel jealous of him.
8) envy
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7. The fairy came, bringing again four of the gifts, but Death was wanting. She said: ‘I gave it to a mother’s pet, a little child. It was innocent, but trusted me, asking me to choose for it. You did not ask me to choose.””Oh, miserable me! What is left for me?””What not even you have deserved: the wanton insult of Old Age.”
1) The fairy brought the gift, Death too. Say Yes or No
.2) Who does the word I refer to?
3) What did the fairy give little child?
4) What is the epithet used to describe the little child?
5) The man didn’t repose faith in the fairy. Write true or false
.6) What was left for the man?
7) Write the word from the passage that means very unhappy.
8) Write the antonym of the word intelligent from the passage.
ANSWERS
1) No2) The word ‘I’ refers to the fairy.
3) Death
4) a mother’s pet
5) true
6) not even what he deserved: the wanton insult of old age
7) miserable
8) innocent
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BIE Model Question Paper)
8. “The years have taught you wisdom – surely it must be so. Three gifts remain. Only one of them has any worth -remember it, and choose warily.”The man reflected long, then chose Fame; and the fairy, sighing, went her way.Years went by and she came again, and stood behind the man where he sat solitary in the fading day, thinking. And she knew his thought.
1) Two of the remaining gifts are worthy. Write true or false.
2) What did the man opt this time?
3) Was the fairy happy with his selection?
4) Which word in the passage indicates that the man was alone?
5) Write the synonym of the word renown from the passage.
6) Write the word from the passage which means disappearing gradually.
ANSWERS
1) false
2) fame
3) No, the fairy was not happy.
4) solitary
5) fame
6) fading
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