{"id":783,"date":"2021-05-25T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/?p=783"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:27:46","slug":"9-snake-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"9. Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"

B. 1.1. Write T for true and F for false statements<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(a) It was a hot day when the thirsty snake came to drink water.
\n(b) The speaker was in a haste to drink water.
\n(c) The colour of the snake was yellow-black.
\n(d) The speaker considered himself a second comer to the trough.
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(a) T (b) T (c) F (d) T.<\/span><\/p>\n

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B.1.2. Answer the following questions briefly\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Q 1 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Where did the speaker meet the snake?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The speaker met the snake near water trough of his house. It had come there to drink water. The speaker had also went there for the same purpose i.e. for drinking water.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 2 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Why had it come out of its hole near the trough?
\n<\/span><\/b>Ans –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>It had come out of its hole near the trough to drink water because it was too hot and the snake was thirsty.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 3 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Why did the speaker decide to wait?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The speaker decided to wait because the snake had come first near the water through and he (speaker) was a second-comer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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B. 2.1. Write T for true and F for false statements<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(a) The snake looked at the speaker vaguely.
\n(b) The day mentioned in the poem is that of June.
\n(c) There was a superstitious belief in Sicily to kill a black snake.
\n(d) The speaker was glad playing host to a snake.
\n(e) The snake departed in an obliged way.
\n(1) The speaker had a desire to talk to the snake.
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(a) T (b) F (c) F (d) T (e) F (f) T<\/span><\/p>\n

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B.2.2. Answer the following questions briefly\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Q 1 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0How did the snake drink water?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The snake went to the water-trough and put his mouth upon the depth (bottom) of that trough. He sipped (drank slowly) the water with its straight mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 2 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0What is the meaning of \u2018Sicilian July\u2019 with Etna smoking?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u2018Sicilian July\u2019 with Etna smoking means extreme heat like the one caused when Etna erupted i.e. it was so hot as the volcano Etna in Sicily.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/b>Q 3 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0What is the belief prevailing in Sicily about a snake?
\n<\/span><\/b>Ans –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The belief prevailing in Sicily about a snake was that black snakes are innocent, the gold are venomous. So yellow-brown (golden) snake would be killed.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 4 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Why did the speaker like the snake?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The speaker liked the snake because it looked most innocent. It drank the water peacefully for which it came there.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 5 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Do you think he had a conflict in mind?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Yes, I think that he had a conflict in mind. He was afraid of it and also thought that it was a guest which came to drink water at his house.<\/span><\/p>\n

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B. 3.1. Write T for true and F for false statements\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(a) The speaker found the slow movement of the snake quite impressive.
\n(b) The speaker did not like the snake going back to the dark hole.
\n(c) He threw the pitcher at the snake.
\n(d) He later regretted having hit it.
\n(e) He compares it to a sea-bird, albatross.
\n(f) The snake appeared like a king in exile.
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(a) T (b) T (c) F (d) T (e) T (f) T.<\/span><\/p>\n

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B.3.2. Answer the following questions briefly<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Q 1 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0What thing about the snake did appeal him most?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>It came to the poet\u2019s house to drink water as a guest. It came calmly for the purpose and departed peacefully being satisfied, had appealed him most.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 2 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Why did he not like it going back to the dark hole?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The poet did not like it going back to the dark hole because he was just thinking about the snake that it was just like a guest and as such like a god.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/b>Q 3 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0What was his reaction after hitting the snake?<\/span><\/b>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>He (the speaker) regretted after hitting it (snake). He felt that he had done wrong. How mean, how much uncivilized was his act. By doing so he had committed a sin, was his reaction.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Q 4 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Why did the speaker consider it \u201ca king in exile\u201d?<\/b><\/span>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The speaker considered it \u2018a king in exile\u2019 because it was peaceful and had done nothing wrong with him. He was his guest as well. Its look was like a king in exite. It did not misuse its power.<\/span><\/p>\n

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C. 1. Long Answer Questions<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Q 1 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0The speaker was fascinated by the snake. Do you think the time mentioned and the place it belonged to has anything to do with fascination?<\/b><\/span>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>It was an extremely hot summer\u2019s night. The speaker felt thirsty and as such he came out of his room with a pitcher to take water to drink. He saw a snake near the water trough, who had come from a nearby hole for the same purpose i.e. to drink water, after feeling thirsty. Though it was a yellow-brown fierceful cobra with its eyes shinning but its manners were decent. It sipped the water softly and peacefully with its straight gums from the water-trough. Being pacified it returned back to the black hole of the earth, from where it had come. It vaguely looked at the speaker but did no harm. The speaker was so much enchanted with its action and behaviour that he liked its association for some time. He was so admired that he thought it to be his guest. Further\u00acmore, he was so fascinated that it (snake) looked like a god to him. As such the time and the place of its arrival on the scene bears no importance, but its gentle and sober look and behaviour impressed the speaker.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Q 2 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0What does he mean by \u2018the voice of my education?\u2019<\/b><\/span>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>It is privilent that snakes become poisonous. If most of them who are poisonous bite a human being, he will not survive and is bound to die. People become frightened it a snake appears before them. As such they kill the snake. Such type of training to kill the snake is being imparted by elderly persons to youngers. Elderly persons instruct their youngsters to kill the snake as and when they happen to see it. Here voice of my education denotes the same meaning to kill the snake when it appears before you. Here there is a special reference, a special meaning of the above term. In Sicily, where the speaker resides, there is a proverb \u201cthe black serpant are innocent and the gold (yellow) are poisonous\u201d. This cobra happens to be brown-yellow and ought to be killed.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Q 3 –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0There was a conflict in the mind of the poet How did he analyse this conflict?<\/b><\/span>
\nAns –\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Of course, there was a conflict in the poet\u2019s mind when he met with the cobra. The cobra feeling thirsty in the hot summer night had come to drink water in the out-house of his residence. The poet was in the state of confusion regarding his role at that time and situation Several ideas and feelings engulfed his mind, such as<\/span><\/p>\n