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A Tiger in the Zoo, Question 1., He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage On pads of velvet quiet,, In his quiet rage., (a)What are the two qualities of the animal under reference ?, (b)Why does he move only a few steps ?, (c)Pick out the word from the stanza that means the same as ‘clear’., (d)Who has written the above lines ?, Answer:, (a)The two qualities of the animal are : He has stripes and velvet pads., (b)He moves only a few steps because he is in the cage., (c)Vivid., (d)Leslie Norris, Question 2., He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage,, On pads of velvet quiet,, In his quiet rage., (a)Who is ‘he’ here ?, (b)The two qualities of the animal are …….. ., (c)He is in rage because ………. ., (d)Which word refers to ‘lines’ ?, Answer:, (a)’He here is a tiger., (b)He has ‘vivid’ stripes and velvet pads., (c)He is in the cage., (d)Stripes., Question 3., He should be lurking in shadow, Sliding through long grass Near the water hole Where plump deer, pass, (a)The tiger is moving through ………. ., (b)The tiger lies in wait near the water hole ………. ., (c)The word plump shows that deer is referred to as ……….. ., (d)Name the poet., Answer:, (a) long grass., (b) for a fat deer., (c) fat., (d) Leslie Norris, Question 4., He should be lurking in shadow,, Sliding through long grass, (a) He should be lurking in shadow to
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(b) He should be sliding through long grass, but actually he is, (c) He is, (d) Which word refers to ‘fat’ ?, Answer:, (a) stalk the deer., (b) in a cage of the zoo., (c) Tiger., (d) Plump., Question 5., He should be snarling around houses, At the jungle’s edge,, Baring his white fangs, his claws,, Terrorising the village !, (a) Who is ‘he’ in the above extract ?, (b) ‘White fangs’ shows the …….. of the animal., (c) Trace a word from the extract that means “showing the teeth and making fearful sound”., (d) Where is the tiger snarling ?, Answer:, (a) ‘He’ here is the tiger., (b) White pointed teeth of tiger., (c) ‘Snarling’ means ‘showing the teeth and making fearful sound’., (d) At the jungle’s edge., Question 6., But he’s locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars,, Stalking the length of his cage,, Ignoring visitors., (a) Who is ‘he’ in the poem ?, (b) Why is he ignoring visitors ?, (c) Here ‘stalking’ means, (d) Where is the tiger locked ?, Answer:, (a) ‘He’ here refers to a tiger., (b) ‘He’ is ignoring the visitors because he is angry., (c) Here ‘stalking’ means ‘pacing’., (d) In a concrete cell., Question 7., He hears the last voice at night (1×4=4), The patrolling cars And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars., (a) ‘He’ in the above stanza is, (b) The last voice that he hears is that of, (c) The tiger stares at stars because he is, (d) Which word means the same as ‘sparkling’ ?
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Answer:, (a) ‘He’ refers to a tiger in the zoo., (b) the patrolling cars in the zoo., (c) aspiring to get free., (d) Here ‘Stalking’ means moving slowly and quietly in a threatening way., Short Answer Type Questions 30 – 40 words, Question 1., Describe some of the activities of the tiger as stated by the poet., Answer:, Some of the activities of the tiger as stated by the poet are – walking along the cage, hearing the, patrolling of cars, ignoring visitors and staring at the brilliant stars of the sky., Question 2., Why does the tiger express his anger quietly ?, Answer:, The tiger expresses his anger quietly, because he is helpless. He can do nothing from behind the, bars. He is not free as he was in the forest., Question 3., What does the poet want to convey through the poem ?, Answer:, The poet exhibits the miserable life led by the animals in the zoo. He shows the two different –, lifes i.e., in the zoo and the life at a natural habitat. According to the paet animals should not be, caged. They should be let free in the wild. 1. What would have the tiger have been doing if it were in its, natural habitat ?, Ans: If the tiger were in its natural habitat he would have been lurking in shadow in order to hunt plump deer and, terrorising the villagers at the jungle edge., 2. What is a water hole ? Why should the tiger be lurking near it ?, Ans: A water hole is a water body on the surface of earth where animals came to drink water. The tiger should, be lurking inorder to hunt plump deer., 3. "Stalking the length of his cage, Ignoring visitors"., Why, do you think, the tiger ignores the visitors ?, Ans: The tiger was ignoring the visitors as he considers the people to be devoid of feelings. The tiger feels being, a wild animal he has no affair with the human beings., 4. With what does the tiger stares at night ? How are the stars to look at ?, Ans: The tiger feels very helpless in the cage. He stares with his brilliant eyes at the brilliant stars shining in the, sky. He hopes for the day when he would be able to run free in the wild. The stars look brilliant, thus, provide him, with some sort of comfort., 5. Why should the tiger snarl around houses at the edge of the forest ?, Ans: The tiger should be snarling around the house at the edge of the forest inorder to terrorise the villagers near, the jungle's edge and show his strength., 6. How does the tiger make his presence being felt in the village ?, Ans: The tiger makes his presence being felt by snarling around the houses at the jungle’s edge and by baring, his white fangs and claws., 7. Why does the tiger express his rage quietly ?
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Ans: The tiger expresses his rage quietly because there is nothing he can do from behind the bars of his cage., His strength is inside his cage now. He is no longer free as he was in the jungle
