Subject: Com. English | Class: 12
The Heritage of Words
Unit 1 Love and Reminiscence
Grandmother, (a poem) -Ray Young Bear
Short Answer Questions:
- How does the speaker feel towards his grandmother? [3]
- The speaker in ‘Grandmother’ seems to be emotionally attached to his grandmother. How? [3]
- How does the poet express his memory and honor towards his grandmother? [3]
- How does the speaker remember his grandmother? [3]
- What impression of grandmother does the speaker give in the poem ‘Grandmother’? [3]
- What is the main idea of the poem ‘Grandmother’ by Ray Young Bear? [3]
- What are the four things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother? [3]
About Love, (A story) -Anton Chekov
Short Answer Questions:
- How did Alyohin define love? [3]
- Describe the circumstances which compelled Alyohin, the narrator of the story, quit the position of the judge? [3]
- Why did Alyohin quit the position of the judge? [3]
- Explain the significance of the statement – “a village cat driven by hunger to eat cucumber in the kitchen garden.” [3]
- Sketch the character of Luganovich briefly. [3]
- What is love according to Alyohin? [3]
- Would you call the affair between Alyohin and Anna platonic or consummate? Give reasons for your answer. [3]
- What, according to Alyohin, is the definition of Love? Discuss. [3]
- How did Alyohin define love? [3]
- What kinds of love experiences are suggested by Alyohin in ‘About Love’? [3]
Long Answer Questions:
- Sketch the character of Alyohin. Do you consider him a successful or a failure person? [10]
- Sketch the character of Alyohin. [10]
The Lamentation of the old pensioner (Poem) -W.B. Yeats
Short Answer Questions.
- What makes the old pensioner feel isolated in his old age? [3]
- Why does the poet spit into the face of time? [3]
- What is the lamentation of the old pensioner? [3]
- How and why does the old pensioner lament? [3]
- Why does the old pensioner condemn the time? [3]
- Why does the old pensioner want to spit into the face of time? [3]
- What makes the old pensioner feel isolated in his old age? [3]
- Why is the poet angry in ‘The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner’? [3]
- Explain the title of the poem “The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner”. [3]
- Why does the poet show his anger against time? [3]
- What is the speaker lamenting on? [3]
- How and why does the old pensioner lament? [3]
- Why does the old man want to ‘spit into the face of time’? [3]
- Mention the three things the old man laments about. Why is he sad about them? [3]
Long Answer Question.
- Write an essay on Youth and Age. [10]