Gurukul Steps

2012-01-28T22:32:00.001-08:00

SHAKESPEARE
TEST PAPER I

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:-

Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask – Thou smilest and art free,
Out-topping knowledge.

Question 1:-Line 1 constructs an opposition between abide and free. Explain the opposition.

Question 2:-Comment on the notion of freedom implicit in line 1 of the extract.

Question 3:-Explain and comment on line 1 and extract.

Question 4;-Who smiles and why, when questions are put on him? Who puts these questions to
him?

Question 5:-What do you think does the word still means in Line 2 of the extract.

ANSWERS

Answer 1;-In line 1 Arnold constructs an opposition between other dramatists and Shakespeare.
He says that while other poets and dramatists give in to others’ questions before they
write, Shakespeare does not seem to be concerned about their questions. He is free
and writes verses which concern him and through him everybody.

Answer 2:- Shakespeare’s triumph is in having achieved a stance towards life. It’s a stance of
complete calmness, quietness, assurance and silence.

Answer 3:- There are many questions asked by others but Shakespeare remains unperturbed.

Answer 4:-When questions are put to him, Shakespeare smiles because he remains unperturbed
by the questions put up to him.

Answer 5:- In line 2 of the extract, the word ‘still’ means calm and tranquil.

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SHAKESPEARE
TEST PAPER II

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:-

For the loftiest hill,
Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty,
Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea,
Making the heavens of the heavens his dwelling place,
Spares but the cloudy border of his base
To the foil’d searching of mortality;

Question 1;-Shakespeare is represented her as lofty hill. Explain the image clearly.

Question 2;-Comment on the use of word uncrowns in line 1 of the extract.

Question 3:- Explain the meaning of heaven of heaven. Whose dwelling place is so high in the
sky?

Question 4:-What does the phrase ‘foil’d searching of mortality’ mean? Who are the people who
would conduct such foil’d searches?

ANSWERS

Answer 1:- Shakespeare is compared to the grandest and the highest mountain peak. As the peak
of a lofty mountain appear to penetrate the sky and is inaccessible by human beings
similarly Shakespeare has moved beyond the knowledge to the ultimate knowledge.

Answer 2;- As the peak of a lofty mountain appears to uncover its head to the stars, similarly the
knowledge of Shakespeare out-tops knowledge. To underline this thought
‘uncrowns’ is the best word which Arnold could use.

Answer 3;-Heaven of heaven is the highest reaches of heaven. It is the dwelling place of God
who is the ultimate of all knowledge. Arnold says that the knowledge of Shakespeare
was so great the he had the right to dwell with god.

Answer 4:- ‘foiled searching of mortality’ means baffled search of human race.
It is the ordinary human beings who would conduct ‘foiled searches.

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BIRHANA ROAD KANPUR
SHAKESPEARE
TEST PAPER III

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:-

And thou, who dids’t the stars and sunbeams know,
Self-schooled, self scanned, self, honored, self secure,
Dids’t tred on earth unguess’d at. Better so!

Question 1:-Explain the implications of knowing the sunbeams and the stars.

Question 2:- Comment on the use of phrases self schooled and self scanned for Shakespeare.

Question 3:-How do you think is Shakespeare self-honored and selof-secure?

Question 4:-Outline two important characteristic of Shakespeare suggested in the stanza that
precedes this extract.

Question 5:-Why does the poet think mit is better that Shakespeare wrote unguesse’d at?

ANSWERS

Answer 1:-Being like a high mountain, Shakespeare was linked to the heavens which is
represented in the terms of knowing the stars and the sunbeams.

Answer 2; As a dramatist, poet and individual, Shakespeare taught himself, analyzed his own
weaknesses and strengths and honored himself i.e. he did not desire public
recognition, felt confident and secure, being what he was.

Answer 3:-I think that Shakespeare is self honored and self secure because he did not desire
public recognition, felt confident and secure, being what he was.

Answer 4:-Two important characteristics of Shakespeare that precedes this extract are that
Shakespeare was free and wrote verses which concerned him and through him
concerned everybody. He remained calm and smiled as he worked without
concerning himself with the thought of others.

Answer 5:-The poet thinks that it is better that Shakespeare wrote unguess’d at because public
fame and recogni9tion would have conflicted withy the greatness of Shakespeare.

GURUKUL STEPS COACHING INSTITUTE
BIRHANA ROAD KANPUR
SHAKESPEARE
TEST PAPER IV

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:-

All pains the immortal spirits must endure,
All weakness which impairs, all griefs which bow
Find their sole speech in that victorious brow.

Question 1:-How does the argument in the poem changes in this stanza? Which aspects of
Shakespeare has he described before?

Question 2:-Why is it important for immortal spirit to endure all pains?

Question 3:-What forces other than the pain should an immortal spirit endure?

Question 4:-The stanza builds an opposition between pain, weakness and grief on one hand and
the victorious brow on the other. What is the significance of the opposition?

ANSWER

Answer 1:-There is a change of argument in this stanza. Unlike the Octave part of this sonnet,
this stanza says that though Shakespeare depicted the sorrowful experiences in his
tragedies, he himself remained unaffected by them. He converted those sorrows into
poetic material which is evident in the victory that his forehead reflects.

Answer 2;-It is important for eternal spirits to endure all pains so that he has access to the kinds
of truth that others can only aspire to.

Answer 3:-An immortal should not only endure all kinds of pains but also the questions or
criticisms of others.

Answer 4:-This opposition signifies that in Shakespeare, the weakness and the sufferings do not
reflect as negatives but as victory.

Albert Einstein At School

2011-12-29T00:19:00.000-08:00

This book is written by ‘Patrick Pringle’. In this book the following characters are there – Albert Einstein, his history teacher Mr. Braun, Yuri, Dr. Ernest Weil and Mr. Koch.

Albert’s class was on the history teacher Mr. Braun asked Albert if the Prussians defeated the French to Waterloo. Albert told him that he didn’t know and he must have forgotten. This irritated the teacher. He asked Albert, why? Albert replied that he didn’t see a point in learning dates. One could learn about them from books. Ideas are more important than facts and figures. The teacher attributed to Albert that he didn’t believe in education. He talked in a sarcastic manner. Albert told him that education should be about ideas and not facts. The teacher said that Albert was a disgrace to be there Albert felt miserable when he left the school that afternoon.

He didn’t like this school. H would have to come to it again. He lived in a small room. It was one of the poorest quarters of Munich. The landlady beat her children regularly. Her husband came every Saturday and drank in the evening. He then beat her. He didn’t like the children’s crying every time. He told these things to Yuri. He hated the atmosphere of slum violence. Next time his cousin came to Munich. She told Albert that if he tried he could pass the examination. There were more stupid boys than him. Moreover, passing the examination was not difficult. It was simply just to be able to repeat in the examination that Elsa that he was not good at learning things by heart. He liked music as it gave him comfort. H also liked Geology. Albert didn’t like to remain in school. He met Yuri after six months. He had an idea. He told Yuri that if he had a medical certificate that he suffered from a nervous breakdown, he could get rid of school. He asked Yuri if he had a doctor friend. Yuri told him that he had in Dr. Ernest Weil. However, Yuri told him not to deceive him. He must be frank with him. When Albert visited Dr. Ernest Weil he had really come near a nervous breakdown. Dr. Ernest issued him the certificate. His fees were that he should serve Yuri with a meal. Albert told Dr. Ernest about his future plans.

He would go to Milan. He hoped to get admission into an Italian college or institute. It was possible from the comments of the Mathematics teacher, Mr. Koch. Yuri told him to get a reference in writing from the Mathematics teacher before going to the head teacher. Mr. Koch, the mathematics teacher encouraged him.

“Principles of Good Writing”.

2011-12-29T00:08:00.000-08:00

In the essay, “Principles of Good Writing”, L.A. Hill tells us the principles that we should follow if we want to write well-how to think clearly and logically, how to increase vocabulary and expression, how to find subjects for writing, how to make them interesting and what to avoid in writing. If we want to write well we must think clearly and logically. To develop it we should practice thinking about a subject and follow it step by step. We should practice it repeatedly. For example, if we think about the freedom of a man, we shall find that his freedom is limited first to what is possible, then to what is legal. His freedom is limited so because he cannot fly to Mars; that is impossible, and he must not kill his neighbour, as that is illegal. Repeated practice of this sort on various topics will improve our availability to think clearly and logically. To increase our vocabulary or stock of words and expressions, we should read widely and carefully. We should note down the interesting and useful expressions and know their meanings with the help of a dictionary.
One can learn writing by writing only. So one should write without waiting for any inspiration. Good writing depends more upon hard labour and less upon inspiration. How to find subject matters to write on? If we carefully observe things around us we shall find many interesting things to write about. We should read our newspapers, books and magazines carefully, and note down the striking things and ideas that we come across. If we develop a warm understanding of human joys and sorrows we shall find a lot of interesting things to write about in every ordinary incidents of life. To be a good writer, it is not enough to find out interesting subjects. One has to write about them in an interesting way. To write interestingly, one has to select what kind of readers he wants to write for. Then one can find out what kind of subjects interests them. If we read woman’s magazine we shall find what subject interests them, and we find subjects that interests young people from magazines meant for young people like sports magazines. Moreover we must remember that subjects that concern us at present interest us more. A writer should thus select subjects that are of present interest and that are interesting to the kind of readers that he aims at. The subjects that we choose must be ones that we know very well. Only then we can write on them with authority and conviction.
While writing on the chosen subject we should write in a systematic way. In the first paragraph, for example, we should state clearly what we are going to write about and why. In the middle, we should present the ideas and arguments in support of it. We should write only the relevant things and avoid the irrelevant. In the last paragraph we should summarize leading to a neat and clear end of what we have been talking about earlier. However the reader will not find interest in our writing unless we ourselves are intensely interested in it. In our writing we must try to convey the feeling that we ourselves are deeply interested in the subject, and our own interest will infect the reader as it were. However, while doing so, we must not force upon them our own personal problems, which have no importance to the readers in general.
The writer trying to write well must not try to tell the reader the obvious things. If a subject is of importance, it should be discussed seriously. The reader knows that. He does not need to be told so in many words. One should avoid abstract words and expressions as far as practicable. One should instead use the concrete words and expressions. So one should avoid euphemism, which is used to hide unpleasant things in pleasant language, for example, special treatment to mean savage torture.
A writer must follow the same style consistently. We must not mix up the formal and the slang expressions in the same piece of writing. It is absurd if we write,”I have had no alternative but to give it the thumbs-down.” The expression “I have had no alternative but to give” is a formal piece of expression, whereas the expression, “to give it the thumbs-down”, is a very colloquial or slang expression. The mixture is very ridiculous. If we do not at times find the right word or expression, we should use the expression that comes to us for the time being or leave the space blank to be filled up later. Later we may think and find out a better expression otherwise our flow of thoughts may be interrupted. After the writing is over, we must read it over again critically. We can replace words and expressions that we find weak or vague with better ones.

Of Studies

2011-12-29T00:04:00.000-08:00

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores [Studies pass into and influence manners]. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the School men; for they are cymini sectores [splitters of hairs]. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers’ cases. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.

A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behavior of Married People

2011-12-28T23:46:00.000-08:00

Charles Lamb's essay "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behavior of Married People" is just what the title suggests: it is indeed "a bachelor's complaint of the behavior of Married People." Lamb emphasizes his single status in the start of the essay"As a single man"and in doing so, separates himself from the "Married People." He talks about Married People as if they are despicable and offensive and gives both hypothetical and personal examples to back up his points. He believes that Married People "prefer one another to all the world" and openly flaunt it, thus offending singles such as Lamb by implying that they "are not the object of this preference." Furthermore, Lamb believes that overall, singles are looked down on Married People are undoubtedly more favored and knowledgeable. The main complaint that Lamb is making throughout the whole essay is the Married People's attitudes and how they demonstrate their status. He goes as far as to "the airs which these creatures give themselves when they come to have children"and, by using the negative aspects of children, he furthers his disapproval of Married People and their actions.

Lamb's purpose in writing "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behavior of Married People" is to bring to attention the attitudes of Married People. He wishes for his audience to realize how Married People subconsciously flaunt themselves in their love, offending those who are single. Ultimately, he hopes that Married People will bring themselves to correct their mistakes and be more considerate towards others. He structures his argument by stating his main reason for decrying Married People is because he believes them to be overly involved with each other and their love that they disregard and "perk it up in the faces of [singles] so shamelessly." From this claim, Lamb offers personal anecdotes as well as hypothetical situations that illustrate and support his points. He concludes his essay stating that although he despises their attitudes, he is still willing to "forgive their jealousy and dispense with toying with their brats"but thinks it "unreasonable to be called upon to love them." Through Lamb's willingness to forgive these people whom he disapproves of, he is seen to be credible with good values and his readers are more inclined to believe his words and work to correct the attitudes of Married People.
The structure of Lamb's argument logically appeals to his readers, for it flows and clarifies his points through examples. However, Lamb fails to address any possible counterarguments. His argument addresses only the negative aspects of Married People, but surely there are positive sides as well. By failing to address and disprove these possibilities, Lamb leaves room for doubt. Despite this, his argument stands strongthe examples he gives are cogent and, through his personal anecdotes, he is able to establish a connection with the audience. He also appeals emotionally especially to the singles, for he is a bachelor himself. The injustice that he sometimes feels can appeal to others who have felt the same way. Overall, Lamb appeals effectively to his readers through his use of pathos, ethos, and logos. Although there are some flaws in his arguments, they are overlooked and undermined by his credibility and emotional appeal.

Lamb's style of writing in this essay is fairly colloquial. He is very assertive in his argument, and states his points with conviction and support. These assertions are highlighted by his occasional use of italics throughout the essay. At the beginning of the essay, Lamb firmly establishes a line between him and Married Peoplesimply by capitalizing "Married People." In doing so, he sets them apart in their own group of Married People, symbolizing that this is truly how it is in reality too: Married People set themselves apart in their own groups through their attitudes. They really do seem to be off in their own little world of love, and this is what Lamb dislikes. Towards the end of the essay, Lamb brings up the subject of children and how they also contribute to the Married People's attitudes. He brings out all the negative aspects of children and emphasizes them by listing them continuously with dashes as separation. He also bring in a simile from "the excellent office in the Prayer-book""Like as arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children"and uses it in his favor. He takes this idea of arrows and extends it into a metaphor to support his argument. Like "double-headed" arrows with "two forks, to be sure to hit with one or the other", how one acts with children will always be wrong; "with one or other of these forks the arrow is sure to hit you." Whether you act stoic to a child's attention or shower them with affection, "some pretext or other is sure to be found for sending them out of the room." Through this comparison of double-headed arrows and children, Lamb effectively conveys his opinions of Married People and their attitudes that are shown in everything, including the way they handle their children.

Personally, I do not agree with Lamb for the most part. Although I can see why he views married people in this way, I don't think that they should be decried in this manner. Sure, it may seem like those who are married are flaunting their love to others, but I don't think that they do it to offend others. Lamb makes it sound like married people intentionally target singles and taunt them for not having a significant other like themselves. But think of it in the married people's perspectivehow can they possibly suppress the love that they are feeling? Love is a very strong feeling, and it is impossible to suppress. I'm sure that if Lamb got married and was finally allowed to show his love unconditionally, he would act like the "Married People" he discussed in his essay. He merely looks at the negative aspects of marriage from the perspective of an outsiderbut what about the positives aspects from the perspective of a married person? Furthermore, his discussion of the children, to me, was not very convincing. His views of children would most likely change after having some children of his own. To conclude, I don't agree with Lamb's views and arguments because he is a biased source. I think that he should get married and have children first, before making these kinds of assertions.

Overall, "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behavior of Married People" is effectively portrayed through Lamb's arguments and claims. His complaints are easy to understand, thanks to the examples that he gives. He makes many good points about Married People, and most likely is able to persuade many readers of his views. Although I personally am more skeptical of his views, it is because I am also biased. I think of love as one of the most important and potent feelings, but not everybody thinks of love as strongly as I do. Despite my views, I still think that Lamb's points are overall strong and assertive. I feel that the connection he makes with his readers is also very effective, and I believe his argument will continue to affect people of today, as marriage is a large part of society.

On Saying Please

2011-12-28T23:34:00.000-08:00

INTRODUCTION
This essay tells us about the value of good manners.Bad manners are anti social. But they are not a crime in the eyes of the law and therefore the law does not permit us to hit back if we have been the victims of bad manners.If we are threatened by physical violence ,the law protects us by some action.It is good that the law does not permit physical action in return for bad manners.actually violation or breach of good manners is very common. If there had been some punishment for bad manners,it would have lead to too much violence.People begin to avoid a man with bad manners.He is not liked by anyone.A person with good manners bring us sunshine.His company is indeed very pleasant.

Civility oils the machine of life,makes things easier and keeps human being in good relationship. It is not a social but a moral obligation.
The writer pays rich tribute to bus conductor. With his good behavior he spreads joy around him. A polite word to an impolite person is sweeter form of revenge than the revenge of throwing stones at him who throws a stone at you. Although the law does not compel us to be polite yet social practice requires us to be civil. Words like please and thank you do keep the machine of life in a good working order.
T
hey teach us co-operation and we can get better work by the use of these words.

The author once boarded on a bus. He found that he had no money in his pocket. He was in a fix what to do. He was expecting that a conductor would call his statement and old trick.But when he told the conductor he had forgotten to bring money with him,he accepted his explanation and gave him the ticket up to his destination when the author asked him where he should give him the fare ,his simple reply wasoh youll see me some day all right.Luckily the author found a shilling in one of the corners of his pocket and he settled the account . A few days later the author was hurt by the heavy boots of the conductor but he behaved in a very decent manner and the author did not mind it.
The conductor always tried to make his passengers comfortable. A journey with him was a lesson in natural courtesy and good manners.

If we are uncivil,others also become uncivil. If we show good manners others will also behave well. A cheerful person can make a gloomiest person cheerful.
The author feels that it is always better to be on the bus of that conductor when going from one place to another.It is sound investment to poses good manners. If wordsworth could get a lesson from the poor-leech gatherer,there is no harm in getting lessons from a person like bus conductor who has good manners.War has affected civilities of life. But they must be got back to make life sweet, kindly and tolerable for each other.
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he law cannot help us to get them back, but it can only protect us against physical attack. We should be polite towards others so as to have a spiritual victory.

If the lift man had treated the passenger in the civil manner, he would have attained the spiritual victory over him.

Book Review

2011-12-28T23:18:00.000-08:00

Book Review- Two States: Story of My Marriage
Published by:- Rupa & co.
Price:-Rs. 350/-

There are quite a few reasons you could justify reading Chetan Bhagat to your friends, colleagues or the English teacher: it’s a good pastime, easy on language - so you don’t need to carry a dictionary, low on price, interesting in parts, funny at times etc. You may add one more reason: his are stories of today, where you and I live.

Bhagat’s USP is slowly, but surely, turning out to be this: an exploration of modern India- of IITs & IIMs (himself an alumni, he is obsessed with these citadels of higher learning), Call Centres, ambitious kids wanting to make a quick buck, religious divisions, caste lines and an underneath throbbing with a new found wakefulness, a sort of characteristic of the new generation.

‘Two States: the story of my marriage’ is a formula book; it works wonders with the average Indian reader. Much like a formula film, its got emotions, sex, friendship, music, betrayal, exploitation, Indian families on the verge of break-up and then re-uniting, elaborate weddings, tearful mothers, nosy relatives, spirituality, office politics, just-for-laugh lines and a predictable ending.

As the back cover of this paper back (there is a reason that Bhagat sells fast) describes in a cute summary:

‘Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.
Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.
Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.’

…the plot is a basic one- girl meets boy, they fall in love etc. But by the end of the above description, this couple- Ananya & Krish- almost fell out of love trying to get their respective families to like each other, but for an expected twist which converts the clash of civilizations into a marriage of cultures.

So you have a life loving Punjabi boy from Delhi fall in love with a South Indian girl, who is not only fair but a Tamil Brahmin from Chennai. Chhole Bhaturey and Rawa Dosa, anyone? You may say no problem, but then this story is not their love story- that is complete within 40 pages of dating, living-in, sex, college life, commitment phobia et al, it is the story of their families and whether they fall in love with each other or not.

The journey takes you to Punjabi & posh neighbourhoods in Delhi (including my own, yes tears of joy on spotting my address in a bestseller apart from the Voter ID. Can’t get more realistic for me) where marble kothis have more marble ‘than Taj Mahal’ and girls are ‘whiter than milk’. Krish finds himself on temptation island, but love gets the better of him. There is one problem though- his mother thinks ‘madrasis’ (every South Indian is called that, up here) are just out to ‘trap her boy’.

Now before your blood boils over this regional castigation, go relish a Butter Chicken (‘Food calms down Punjabis like nothing else’). The dhoti-clad, Carnatic music loving Tamilians haven’t been spared the loving jabs either and Bhagat apologetically puts out a disclaimer in the beginning, ‘I have taken the liberty to have some fun with you because I see you as my own.’

To that end, he has even dedicated the book to his in-laws; something he admits is a first in publishing.

What with the high-brow culture of South, its love for knowledge, its hatred for showing it off, its earthy ways of eating food etc- Krish struggles to be accepted by his would be in-laws. Ditto for Ananya- her would be mother-in-law can’t imagine she doesn’t know how to make masala bhindi.

The humor is situational as well as slapdash and does manage to make the reader play a smile all along. The pace of the story, which picks up from Bhagat’s earlier bestseller now being made into a film called ‘Three Idiots’ by Aamir Khan, ‘Five Point Someone…’, makes ‘Two States…’ a no-put-downer. Surprisingly, it touches an emotional chord near the end as an alienated father and son overcome their reservations.

In fact, all facets of a relationship have been shortly dealt with: father-son, mother-daughter-, father-in-law-son-in-law, boss-protégé- you get the picture. The characters are dramatic (them Punjabis) though not well etched. But then the book costs Rs 95 and as the MTV Bai succinctly puts it, “Itne paise mein itna vich mile ga.”

The point of the story is to show how the stark differences in India get painfully highlighted on a joyous (mostly) occasion like marriage. It also points out how love can conquer all the trivialities, as also how intelligent IIM guys are but how their well-paying jobs terribly suck.

In that, Bhagat is talking to the countless lovelorn Indians who have been left heartbroken because of their family’s ‘izzat’. He even says it is inspired by his own experiences and, well, he is happily married to a Tamil Brahmin Indian who is actually fair (!).

It’s a pop effort to address a contemporary issue and Bhagat pulls it off successfully. The lesson is delivered in the epilogue along with his twins as Krish says, “They (new born twins) will be from a state called India.’

Film Review

2011-12-28T22:49:00.000-08:00

'Ghost Protocol'The Fourth 'Mission Impossible' best in series

Much like this year's "Fast Five," the fourth "Mission: Impossible" movie is somehow the best in this series of films.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back, looking as ripped as ever. The film opens with him making a daring escape from a high-security prison. Soon, Hunt is getting a new mission - if he chooses to accept it, of course - that takes him globetrotting through India, Mumbai and other parts of the world.

"Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" has everything film-goers love about spy movies: fancy superspy technology, daring missions, improbable escapes, stellar explosions and a nice mix of humor and sexiness, wrapped up in a family-friendly package.

Cruise has a nice support team in the film. Jeremy Renner is another trained field agent. The always funny Simon Pegg is the computer genius with the neat toys - such as one that uses magnets to make people float.

The plot is quite simple, and that's not a bad thing. A bad guy is convinced that nuclear war and ending human existence is necessary to jumpstart the planet's next evolutionary step. No hidden agendas, no cash demands, just a determined madman.

Cruise, of course, carries the film, and it's his first movie in more than year, since his messy, forgettable spy-romance film "Knight & Day." He looks rejuvenated here and carries the role perfectly.
"Ghost Protocol" is the best of Mission Impossible movies. As far as spy films go, and that includes all "James Bond" movies, this movie is among the best in the genre. This film is well shot, with great camera angles, particularly as Ethan Hunt is dangling off a skyscraper.

Shot on a $145 million budget, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" is going to set new records at the box office.

As You Like It

2011-09-24T16:57:00.000-07:00

TEST PAPER VII
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Rosalind
Dear Celia,
I show more mirth than I am mistress of,
and would you yet I were merrier?
Unless you could teach me to forget a banished father,
you must not learn me how to remember any extraordinary pleasure.

Celia
Herein I see thou lovest me not with the full weight that I love thee.
If my uncle, thy banished father, had banished thy uncle, the duke my father, so thou hadst been still with me, I could could have taught my love to take thy father of mine: so wouldst thou, if the truth of thy love to me were so righteously tempered as mine is to here.
Question 1:- In what mood does Rosalind speak the words in the extract? Why is she in such a mood?

Question 2:- Give the meaning of;
(a) “I show more mirth than I am mistress of….”
(b) “If my uncle, thy banished father, had banished thy uncle, the duke my father,……”

Question 3:- What does Celia say to console Rosalind?Question

4:- What injustice does Rosalind suffer? What does Celia promise to do against such an unjust suffering?

Question 5:- The princess decide to talk about falling in love. What warning does Celia about falling in love?

Question 6:- How can you show from the context the Celia is a sincere and loyal peron?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER VII

Answer 1:- Rosalind speaks these words in the extract in a melancholy mood. She is in this mood because her uncle ‘Duke Fredrick’ has usurped the dukedom of her father ‘Duke Senior’ and has banished him from the court. Her father is now living in forest of Arden in the company of a number of lords who have voluntarily rejected court life. Rosalind misses her father and that is why she is in a dejected mood.

Answer 2:- (a) In these lines Rosalind means to say that she shows herself to be more happy than she really is.

(b) In these lines Celia means to say that if she had been in place of Rosalind and vice-versa she would have taken Rosalind’s father as her father and would have loved him as she loved her own father.

Answer 3:- Celia consoles Rosalind by reminding her that Celia’s father has no son nor there is any likelihood of his having one and therefore she is the sole heir to her father’s property. She promises Rosalind that after her father’s death she would restore everything to her that her father had forcefully taken from Rosalind’s father. She vows that if she fails to do it let her turn into a monster.

Answer 4:- Rosalind suffers the injustice of her father being usurped and banished from his court by her uncle ‘Duke Fredrick’ Against such an unjust suffering Celia promises Rosalind that being the sole heir to her father’s estate she would restore to Rosalind whatever her father had unlawfully taken from Rosalind’s father.

Answer 5:- Celia warns Rosalind that if she falls in love even for the sake of sport she she should not go far enough to compromise with her honour, but she should keep within limits so that she may get away from it without any cause of blush.Answer 6:- From the extract we can conclude that Celia is a sincere and loyal person because she promises to restore to Rosalind whatever her father had usurped from Rosalind’s father.

TEST PAPER VIII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Rosalind

What shall be our sport then?

Celia

Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel,
that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally.

Question 1:- How did Rosalind and Celia decide to devise sports? Explain clearly what is meant by ‘the good housewife fortune from her wheel’.

Question 2:- Why do they sit and mock the housewife Fortune?

Question 3:- Who is referred to as the ‘bountiful blind woman’? Why is she so called?

Question 4:- What examples does Celia give to prove that ‘blind woman doth most mistake in her gifts to women’?

Question 5:-In what way are Rosalind and Celia treated by Fortune in this scene?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER VIII

Answer 1:- Rosalind and Celia decided to devise a sport of mocking Fortune who is a blind goddess sitting and turning a wheel which signifies instability of fortune.Fortune’s gifts to people are quite disproportionate. Celia argues that if they mock at Fortune, it is possible, Fortune may be a bit ashamed and henceforth distribute her legacies properly. Celia applies ‘housewife’ as a euphemistic term for Fortune which is satiric,the word she otherwise have used is ‘wench’ which is used to contempt a woman.

Answer 2:- They sit and mock the housewife Fortune so that she may be a bit ashamed of her disproportionate distribution of gifts and henceforth may distribute her legacies properly.

Answer 3- Goddess Fortune is referred to as ‘bountiful blind woman’. She is so called because the old conception of the goddess fortune is that she is blind and sits turning a spinning wheel. She is said to be very generous in giving temporal gifts such as wealth, power, riches etc. Her blindness is supposed to account for the unequal distribution of her gifts to men.

Answer 4:- To prove that the blind woman’ doth most mistake in her gifts to women Celia quotes an example that Fortune generally makes beautiful women virtueless and virtuous woman ugly.

Answer 5:- In this scene Rosalind suffers a severe maltreatment from Fortune as her uncle, ‘Duke Ferdinand’ had usurped everything that belonged to her father. No only this, he had also banished her father.

TEST PAPER IX

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Celia

My father’s love is enough to honour him enough. Speak no more of him;
you’ll be whipped for taxation one of these days.

Touchstone
The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

Question 1:- Where does this scene take place? Who is ‘him referred to in the first line of the extract? Who is warned of being whipped and why?

Question 2:- Give the meaning of:
(a) that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly;
(b) since the little wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolerythat wise men have makes a great show.

Question 3:- What role does Monsieur le beau play in the context? Why has he come to the scene? What does Le Beau say about the three sons and their old father?

Question 4:- what does Touchstone comment on the sport of breaking ribs?

Question 5:- Give an example of the humour in the scene.

ANSWERS TEST PAPER IX

Answer 1:- This scene takes place in the garden in front of Duke’s palace. ‘Him’ refers to certain knight named ‘Fredrick’. Here we can see the carelessness of Shakespeare as ‘Fredrick’ is the name of usurper Duke, Celia’s father. Touchstone the court fool is warned of being whipped for slanderous speaking. Here the allusion is probable, to the prosecution and the hostility that the stage-clown generally experienced at the hands of the church and the puritans.
Answer 2(a);-Touchstone regrets that fools are not allowed to speak wisely of what wise men do foolishly.
(b):-Celia agrees that the small amount of wit that the fools have, has been silenced while the small amount of foolery that the wise men possess, makes a prominent show. This remark of Celia has a double meaning. On one hand it is a satire on the pseudo intelligence of court life and on the other hand it is to remark the arrival of Le Beau, the courtier.

Answer 3:- Monsieur Le Beau plays the role of news bearer in the scene. In this scene he brings the news that Rosalind and Celia had just missed the wrestling match. He tells them that there came an old man with his three sons. The eldest son wrestled with ‘Charles’, Duke Fredrick’s wrestler who overthrew him in a moment and broke three of his ribs. There was no hope of life left in him. The second and the third son were similarly dealt with. They lie there with the poor old man their father lamenting so pitifully over them that all spectators sympathize with him.

Answer 4:- Touchstone remarks that everyday is a day for learning and to get wiser. His wisdom has acquired a new knowledge that the breaking of ribs can be amusement for ladies.

Answer 5:- Monsieur Le Beau’s belief that rib breaking wrestling can be an amusement for ladies is a fine example of humour in this scene.

TEST PAPER X

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Rosalind

Do, young sir; your reputation shall not therefore be misprized. We will make it our suit to the Duke, that the wrestling might not go forward.

Orlando
I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts, wherein I confess me much guilty, to deny so fair and excellent ladies anything. But let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go with me to my trial; wherein if I be foiled, there is but one shamed that was never gracious; if killed, but one dead that is willing to be so.

Question 1:- ‘Do, young sir.’ What is young sir requested to do? What has Celia said in support of the request?

Question 2:- What is meant by misprized? What should Rosalind do to ensure that the young sir is not misprized?

Question 3:- Why does the young man feel guilty in front of his listeners? What does he Expect from his listeners?

Question 4:- why is the young man not afraid of defeat or death?

Question 5:- What aspect of Orlando’s character is highlighted in the extract? What are your feelings for Orlando in the context of the extract?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER X

Answer 1:- The young sir is requested to give up his attempt of wrestling with Charles. In support of the request Celia warns him that he is excessively daring for his age. She reminds him of the sad fate of the three young men who just had their wrestling match with Charles. She asks him to use his judgment and look for an equal encounter.

Answer 2:- Misprized means underestimated. To ensure that young sir is not misprized Rosalind would request the Duke to Abandon the wrestling match.

Answer 3:- The young man feels guilty in not fulfilling the wish of his listeners who are fair and excellent ladies. He expects his listeners to encourage him and to have their best wishes go with him in his trial of strength, for he feels that by their good wishes he would come out victorious.

Answer 4:- The young man is not afraid of defeat for he has never tasted fame so shame would have no effect him. He is also not afraid of death because he feels that his death would make no difference to the world for has no friend to weep over his death.

Answer 5:- In this extract, the courage of Orlando is highlighted. In the context of the extract I feel that Orlando is a hero in real sense. He is strong, courageous, romantic, decisive and he has the power to attract fair and excellent ladies.

TEST PAPER XI

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Celia
If I had thunderbolt in my eye, I can tell who should down.

Duke Fredrick
No more, no more

Orlando
Yes, I beseech your grace: I am not yet well breathed.

Question 1:- What is meant by ‘If I had thunderbolt in my eye’? What had Celia said earlier to discourage Orlando from participating in the wrestling match?

Question 2:- Why does Duke Fredrick say ‘no more, no more? How does Orlando respond to Duke’s command?

Question 3:- Give the meaning of; ‘I am not yet well breathed.’

Question 4:- When the Duke comes to know that Orlando is the son of Sir Rowland, what is his attitude towards Orlando? Why does he have that attitude? If Orlando had been from another parentage how would the Duke behave?

Question 5:- What feelings are expressed by Celia and Rosalind for Orlando after the Duke’s speech?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XI

Answer 1:- This is an expression given by Celia in which she means to say that if she had the power of thunderbolt in her eye, which was used by gods to overthrow devil and his army, she would have used it to overthrow Charles. To discourage Orlando from participating in the wrestling match, Celia had warned him that he was excessively daring for his age. She had also reminded him of the sad fate of the three young men who just had their wrestling match with Charles and were almost killed. She had asked him to use his judgment and look for an equal encounter.

Answer 2:- Duke Fredrick says ‘No more’ because his wrestler ‘Charles’ has been overthrown by Orlando, so he wants to stop the wrestling match. In response to duke’s command Orlando says that he had not even warmed up properly.

Answer 3:- Here Orlando means to say that he had not even warmed up properly.

Answer 4:- When Duke comes to know that Orlando is the son of ‘Sir Rowland De Boys’ Duke gets antagonized and wishes that Orlando was the son of someone else for though ‘Sir Rowland De Boys’ was an honorable man, he had always been his enemy. He praises Orlando for his strength and courage but says that he would have been happier if Orlando was the son of someone else.

Answer 5:- Celia says that if she had been at her father’s place she would not have behaved in such a manner. Rosalind tells Orlando that her father loved ‘Sir Rowland De Boys’ as his soul. Had she known that Orlando was the son of ‘Sir Rowland De Boys she would have requested him tearfully not to run the risk of his life by wrestling against Charles.

TEST PAPER XII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Celia
Ay, fare you well, fair gentleman

OrlandoCan I not say, ‘I thank you’? My better partsAre all thrown down, and that which here stands up
Is but a quintain, a mere lifeless block.

Rosalind
He calls us back; my pride fell with my fortunes;I’ll ask him what he would. Did you call sir?Sir, you have wrestled well, and overthrownMore than your enemies.

Question 1:- How has Rosalind appreciated Orlando’s victory in the wrestling match?

Question 2:- How does Orlando respond when Celia bids him farewell?

Question 3:- What is quaintain? Why does Orlando compare himself to a quaintain?

Question 4:- Give the meaning of:(

a) My better parts/ Are all thrown down(

b) My pride fell with my fortune

Question 5:-explain clearly in what way has Orlando overthrown more than his enemies.

Question 6:- Orlando and Rosalind fall for each other at once. What aspect of the theme Of love is highlighted in this scene?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XII

Answer 1:- Rosalind had appreciated Orlando’s victory in wrestling match by giving him a chain from her neck and requesting him to put it on for her sake.

Answer 2;-When Celia bade him farewell Orlando said that he cannot make any repsonse to the good wishes, congratulations and even for the chain, presented to him by Rosalind. In fact it was not only Rosalind who fallen in love with him but he too was the victim of the love at the first sight. It was this deep falling in love that did not let him utter courtesies for ‘when the heart is full, the tongue is mute’.

Answer 3:- Quintain is a wooden figure made to represented and armed man which a horseman would strike with his lance while practicing ‘tilting’. In this extract Orlando compared himself to a quintain to show that he was as speechless as a quaintain.

Answer 4(a):- In these lines Orlando meant to say that he had lost all his good- manners and courtesies.

(c) In these lines Rosalind meant to say that she had not only lost her high position due to her father’s exile but she had also lost the dignity of a princess and therefore she is now an ordinary girl.

Answer 5:- In this scene Shakespeare has highlighted the theme of ‘Love at the first sight’.

TEST PAPER XIII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Le Beau

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Albeit you have deserv’d
High commendation, true applause and love,Yet such is now the duke’s condition
That he misconstrues all that you have done.The duke is humorous; what he is indeed.More suits you to conceive than I speak of.

Question 1:-Why does Le Beau advise Orlando to leave the place, despite winning the admiration of the people?

Question 2:-Why is it necessary for the plot of the drama that Orlando should leave the place?

Question 3;-Is the Duke justified in making Orlando leave the place? Give a reason for your opinion?

Question 4:- Give the meaning of: The duke is humorous: what he is indeed, More suits you to conceive than I to speak of.

Question 5:-what does Le Beau say about the duke’s daughter/

Question 6;-Why did Duke Fredrick keep back with him the daughter of the banished Duke? Why has he now taken displeasure to her?

Question 7:-What does Orlando say after departure of Le Beau, about his own departure from the dukedom?ANSWERS

TEST PAPER XIII

ANSWER 1:-Despite winning the admiration of the people, Le beau advised Orlando to leave the place because Duke Fredrick was in such a mood that he misunderstood all the actions of Orlando and therefore Orlando understand the situation than Le Beau should speak it out.

Answer 2:-It was necessary for the plot of the drama that Orlando should leave the place because Shakespeare wanted to shift all his character to ‘Forest Of Arden’ which was just the right place for a romantic comedy where ‘Cupid’ was ready with his shafts to pierce the heart of everyone that entered there.

Answer 3:- No. the duke was not justified in making Orlando leave the place because it was simply his humour that Orlando being ‘Sir Rowland De Boys’ son could be dangerous for him while Orlando did not have anything against the duke.

Answer 4:-Le beau, who was the well-wisher of Orlando wanted to warn him of the danger that may befall if stayed in that place, on the other hand he wanted to speak safe so that he may not have to face the charge of going against the duke so he tells Orlando to use his mind to imagine the danger and not to expect him to speak it out.

Answer 5:- Le Beau told Orlando that if it were to judge by the manners none of the two was his daughter yet the shorter of the two was his daughter.

Answer 6:- Rosalind and Celia loved each other like natural sisters and therefore Duke Fredrick had to keep back Rosalind, the banished duke’s daughter to give company to Celia , his daughter. Later he took displeasure to her because people praised her for her virtues and and pitied her for her father’s banishment.

Answer 7:- After the departure of Le Beau, Orlando said that from a tyrant duke he would have to go to a tyrant brother which was like ‘from frying pan into fire!’

TEST PAPER XIV

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Rosalind:-The Duke my father loved him dearly.

Celia:-Doth that it therefore ensue that you should love his son dearly? By this kind of chase, I should hate him, for my father hated his father dearly; yet I hate not Orlando.

Rosalind:-No, faith, hate him not, for my sake

Celia:-Why should I not? Doth he not deserve well?

Question 1:-What inconvenience has Orlando suffered on account of being the son of Sir Rowland?

Question 2:-What argument does Celia give to the reasoning given by Rosalind for having fallen in love with Orlando?

Question 3:-How can you conclude from the extract that Rosalind is in deep love with Orlando?

Question 4:-What were Celia and Rosalind discussing about love just before this extract?

Question 5:-Who interrupts the conversation of Celia and Rosalind? In what mood is that person? Why has that person come here?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XIV

Answer 1:-Orlando has been ill-treated and discarded by Duke Fredrick on account of
being the son of Sir Rowland de Boys.

Answer 2:-When Rosalind reasons that she has fallen in love with Orlando because her
father loved his father dearly, Celia argues that in that case she should hate
Orlando because her father hated his father very much but still she loved him.

Answer 3:-There is an abrupt and dramatic change in Rosalind’s behavior in this scene.
She has become quiet and melancholic from her earlier witty and self-
composed girl. This is because of her sudden and impulsive love for Orlando.
She justifies her feelings for Orlando by speaking of their father’s affection.

Answer 4:-Just before this extract Rosalind speaks about falling in love to which Celia
warns Rosalind that if she falls in love even for the sake of sport she
should not go far enough to compromise with her honour, but she should
keep within limits so that she may get away from it without any cause of
blush.

Answer 5:- The conversation of Celia and Rosalind is interrupted by Duke Fredrick He is
in a rash and vindictive mood. He has gone there to banish Rosalind from his
court.

TEST PAPER XV

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Duke Fredrick:-This do all traitors:
If their purgation did consist in words,
They are as innocent as grace itself:
Let it suffice thee that I trust thee not.

Rosalind:-Yet your mistrust cannot make me a traitor:
Tell me whereon the likelihood depends.

Duke Fredrick:-Though art thy father’s daughter; there’s enough.

Question 1:-What did duke Fredrick accuse Rosalind of? What argument did she give to defend herself?

Question 2:-How Did duke react to her defense? State why the Duke does not trust Rosalind.Question

3:-Give the meaning of: If their purgation did consist in words, They are as innocent as grace itself.

Question 4:-After this extract how does Rosalind try to convince the Duke that “Treason is not inherited”?

Question 5:-Where does the scene take place? Who are present at the scene?Question

6:-What traits of character of Rosalind are shown in the scene?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XV

Answer 1:Duke Fredrick accuses Rosalind of being a traitor like her father. To defend herself Rosalind argues that his mistrust cannot make her a traitor. Duke further argues that she is a traitor for her father was also a traitor. To this Rosalind says that first of all her father was not a traitor and secondly treason is not something inherited by children from their fathers.

Answer 2:- Reacting to her defense duke Ferdinand says that in Rosalind’s presence Celia’s own virtues and accomplishments seem to have eclipsed. It would therefore be in Celia’s own interest if Rosalind leaves the court.. Duke does not trust Rosalind perhaps due to the fact that he suspects Rosalind’s attraction for Orlando, the son of his enemy.

Answer 3:-By these words Duke Fredrick means to say that if the words of traitors could prove their innocence, they are as innocent as virtue itself.

Answer 4:-Rosalind says that neither her father was a traitor nor that treason is something inherited by children from their fathers and therefore he should not mistrust her by thinking that she is a traitor because she is poor.

Answer 5:-The scene takes place in a room, in the palace of Duke Fredrick. Rosalind, Celia and Duke Fredrick are present.

Answer 6:- There is an abrupt and dramatic change in Rosalind’s behavior in this scene. She has become quiet and melancholic from her earlier witty and self- composed girl. This is because of her sudden and impulsive love for Orlando. She justifies her feelings for Orlando by speaking of their father’s affection. However, the earlier submissive Rosalind becomes assertive when it comes to the question of her father’s honour. She shows her affection to her father when she says that her father was not a traitor and treachery in not something inherited by children from their fathers. She further tells Duke Fredrick not to treat her poverty and wretchedness as signs of her treason.

TEST PAPER XVI

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Duke Fredrick: ‘Ay, Celia; we stayed her for your sake;
Else had she with her father rang’d along.

Celia:’I did not then entreat to have her stay;
It was your pleasure and your own remorse,
I was too young that time to value her;
But now I know her; if she be a traitor,
Why so am I; we still have slept together;
And wheresoev’r we went, like Juno’s swans’
Still we went coupled and inseparable

Question 1:-Why did Duke Fredrick detain Rosalind from accompanying her banished father?.

Question 2:-What does pleasure and remorse mean? What was the pleasure and remorse of Duke of keeping Rosalind back at the court?Question

3:-Give the significance of the expression ‘Juno’s swans”. How have the cousins lived like Juno’s swans?

Question 4:-According to the duke what would happen if Rosalind were to continue to live in duke’s court?

Question 5:-How does Celia react to the sudden banishment of Rosalind?Question

6:-How can you conclude from the scene that Celia has great love and loyalty for Rosalind?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XVI

Answer 1:-Duke Fredrick detained Rosalind from accompanying her banished father out of his own pleasure and remorse.

Answer 2:- ‘Pleasure ‘ means satisfaction and ‘remorse’ means pity. Duke Fredrick had earlier kept Rosalind at the court to give company to his daughter Celia.

Answer 3:-Jono’s swans are paired swans that drew the chariot of Juno, queen of gods, through heavens. Shakespeare seems to be mistaken with ‘Venus’ swans’ as the bird of Juno is peacock and the birds of Venus are a pair of swans.

Answer 4:- If Rosalind were to continue to live in duke’s court she would be put to death.

Answer 5:- At the sudden banishment of Rosalind Celia requests her father the duke to banish her also, because she cannot live without Rosalind.

Answer 6:- Celia has great love and loyalty for Rosalind. She begs her father to allow Rosalind to stay at the court and even threatens him that she would accompany Rosalind if she is banished.

TEST PAPER XVII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Rosalind: That he hath not.
Celia: No, hath not? Rosalind lacks than the love
Which teacheth thee that thou and I am one;
Shall be sunder’d? shall we part sweet girl?
No, let my father seek another heir.
Therefore devise with me how we may fly,
Whither to go, and what to bear with us;
And do not seek to take your change upon you,
To bear your griefs yourself and leave me out;
For by this heaven, now at your sorrows pale,
Say what you canst, I’ll go along with thee.

Question 1:-According to Celia, in what way has duke Fredrick indirectly banished her?

Question 2:-Quote from the extract one line that shows that Celia has decided to break relationship with her father.

Question 3:-Why does Celia tells Rosalind that the former is associated with latter in sorrow?

Question 4:-Where do the cousins plan to go? What danger do they foresee during the journey?

Question 5:-What precautions do they plan to take against such a danger? Comment on their farsightedness and clever planning.

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XVII

Answer 1:-Celia says that she and Rosalind are one. They are both as inseparable as Juno’s swans therefore if duke has banished Rosalind, he has indirectly banished her too.

Answer 2:-When Celia says: Let, my father seek another heir’ It becomes evident that Celia has decided to break her relationship with her father.

Answer 3:-Celia tells Rosalind that she is associated with her in sorrow because they had slept together, got up from bed at the same moment, learned, played and eaten together. They were as separable as Juno’s swans and that is why they are associated in sorrow too.

Answer 4:-The cousins decided to leave the palace together and go in search of the old Duke in the Forest of Arden. Rosalind feels that it would be dangerous for two maidens to travel to such a disrant place as the Forest of Arden. Beautiful women, according to Rosalind expose themselves to a great risk if they travel without any male escort.

Answer 5:-Rosalind suggested that she should disguise herself as a man with sword and spear. No doubt, she should be having womanly fears in her heart but she would put on a brave face outside. Celia should also do the likewise. Their natural womanly weakness would remain concealed in their breast which they would conceal by their military appearance. Their exterior appearance would deceive the eye of beauty thieves. Both Celia and Rosalind and Celia are far-sighted maidens. They had a clear picture of what the men want. Therefore they made a fool-proof plan to deceive the eye of men-folk.

TEST PAPER XVIII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Were it not better, Because that I am more common tall,
A gallant curtle-axe upon my thigh,
A boar-spear in my hand, and in my heart
Lie there what hidden woman’s fear there will.
Question 1:-To whom does Rosalind say these lines? What even has necessitated her to resort to disguise? How is her companion disguised?
Question 2:-What are the new names chosen by Rosalind and her companion and what is their significance?

Question 3:-Where are Rosalind and her companion going?Question

4:-What sub-plot develops on account of Rosalind’s disguise and how?

Question 5:-Who do Rosalind and Celia meet on their arrival in the Forest of Arden? How does the person help them?

Question 6:-How does Rosalind’s disguise of Ganymede further the main plot of the play?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XVIII

Answer 1:-Rosalind says these lines to Celia, daughter of the usurper, duke Fredrick and Rosalind’s cousin. Duke Fredrick, Celia’s father and Rosalind’s uncle had told her to go away from his court within ten days time , as he felt he could not trust her as the people felt sympathetic towards her. He was also concerned that Rosalind’s beauty and virtues were over-shadowing those of his own daughter.

Answer 2:-Rosalind chooses the name Ganymede and Celia calls herself Aleina. Rosalind chooses the Ganymede from Greek mythology. Ganymede was a beautiful boy though with effeminate with whom Jupiter had fallen in love. Jupiter carried off the boy to his abode on Mount Olympus and made him his cup bearer. As Ganymede was a boy with feminine qualities, so conversely Rosalind was a girl in masculine attire. Celia chooses to call herself Aliena because it means a stranger(alien), and now in her disguise she would be a stranger to all and to her royal station, the name appears appropriate.

Answer 3:-They are going to the Forest of Arden. They intend to seek Rosalind’s father, the usurped Duke Senior, living in exile in Arden. They are accompanied by Touchstone, Duke Fredrick’s court jester.

Answer 4:-The Phebe-Silvius love affair is brought to fruitification by Rosalind. Phebe a shepherdess of Arden is being wooed by Silvius a shepherd of Arden. But being a proud and disdainful person, Phebe tends to scorn Silvius’ honest and simple love. She gets infatuated by Rosalind, disguised as Ganymede. Rosalind gives Phebe, a dose of her own medicine, scolds and ridicules her. In the end when Rosalind reveals her true identity, Phebe is subjected to humiliation and the feeling of unrequited love and realizes her folly and accepts Silvius’s love and agrees to marry him.

TEST PAPER XIX

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Celia:- What shall I call thee when thou art a man?

Rosalind:-I’ll have no worse a name than Jove’s own page,
And therefore look you call me Ganymede.
But will you be call’d?

Celia:-Something that hath a reference to my state:
No longer Celia, but Aliena.

Rosalind:- But, cousin, what we assay’d to steal
That clownish fool out of your father’s court?
Would he be not a comfort to our travel?

Question 1:-Why does Rosalind decide to disguise herself as man? Describe briefly her external appearance after her disguise.

Question 2:-Who is Jove? Explain clearly why Rosalind takes the name of Jove’s own page.

Question 3:-How does Celia disguise? What name does she take? Why does she assume such a name?

Question 4:-Who accompanies the two cousins? What are Celia’s plans for the ‘fittest time and safest way’ for fleeting?

Question 5:-Discuss whether the two cousins go to the banishment or to liberty.

Question 6:-How does this scene move forward the plot of the play?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XIX

Answer 1:Rosalind decided to disguise herself as a man so that her external appearance may deceive the eye of beauty thieves. She wore a man’s attire with a big sword dangling on her thigh. She carried a boar spear in her hand. She pretended to be arrogant and hostile.

Answer 2:-( In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods, and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Jupiter (orDiespiter) Optimus Maximus ("Father God the Best and Greatest"); as the patron deity of the Roman state, he ruled over laws and social order. He was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with sister/wife Juno. In Latin mythology Jupiter is the father of the god Mars with Juno. Therefore, Jupiter is the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. He is also the father of Persephone, and disputedly the father of Mercury. Jupiter was venerated in ancient Roman religion, and is still venerated in Nova Roma Neopaganism. He is the son of Saturn, with brothers Neptune and Pluto) (Ganymede is the young, beautiful boy that became one of Jove’s' lovers. One source of the myth says that Jove fell in love with Ganymede when he spotted him herding his flock on Mount Ida. Zeus then came down in the form of an eagle or sent an eagle to carry Ganymede to Mount Olympus where Ganymede became cupbearer to the gods. Jove's affair with Ganymede was a (religious) justification for homosexuality, yet others state that this is merely a reflection of life at that time) In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods. Rosalind takes the name of Jove’s own page Ganymede because as Ganymede had a mantle of a man but his temperament was essentially feminine, Rosalind too would don the mantle of a man being essentially a female. Answer 3:-Celia disguised by putting herself in mean attire painting her face with dark colour. She took the name ‘Aliena’ for herself. Aliena means a foreigner and as she was a foreigner in forest of Arden she took this name up.Answer

4:-Touchstone, the court jester was also accompanying them. Celia planned to get their jewels and money together so that they can carry them at the time of their elopement in their fittest time and safest way.

Answer 5:-The cousins did not go to banishment but to liberty. They had gone to the Forest of Arden which was the place free from the threat of Duke Fredrick. Forest of Arden is a place which is compared to the golden world by Duke Senior and Celia herself accepts that they would be going to liberty and not to the banishment.

Answer 6:-In this scene the audience discovers that Orlando and Rosalind, both have become the victims of family feuds. The audience note that Rosalind and Celia leave the place to join Rosalind’s father in the forest of Arden. Then it is assumed that Orlando would probably find his way there. Shakespeare uses Act I to send away all his major characters to Arden, where the most important events are to take place.

TEST PAPER XX
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Here feel we but penalty of Adam, The season’s difference, as the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind;
Which, when it bites and blows upon my body,
Even till I shrink with cold,
I smile and say ‘tis no flattery: these are counselors
That feelingly persuade me what I am’.

Question 1:-Where does this scene take place? Who are present at the scene? What has made them to come to the place?

Question 2:-Give the meaning of:(a) The season’s difference(
b) That feelingly persuade me(
c) And churlish chiding of winter’s wind

Question 3:-Who was Adam? What is referred to as the penalty of Adam?

Question 4:-What inconvenience is caused to the duke by the harsh weather? Why does he call such inconvenience as counselors?

Question 5:-By referring to the extract, compare the duke’s life in the court with his life in the forest.

Question 6:-Give two traits of the Duke’s character as highlighted in the extract.

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XX

Answer 1:-This scene takes place in the forest of Arden. Usurped Duke, Amiens and other lords are present there. Senior Duke is present there because he has been banished by his brother Duke Fredrick who has usurped his dukedom. Amiens and other lords have taken voluntary banishment and now they fleet their time together.

Answer 2:-Season’s difference means changes in seasons. That feelingly persuade me means by making themselves felt. And churlish chidings of winter’s wind means rude blustering of winter’s wind.

Answer 3:- In the Holy Bible, Adam is depicted as the ‘first man’. He along with Eve lived in the Paradise where there was always spring. He was forbidden by god to eat the apple fruit. But devil tempted Eve and she not only ate the forbidden fruit but made Adam to eat it too. God punished them by expelling them from paradise and making them fall upon the earth. God cursed Adam that he would feel the change of the seasons and would eat the bread of the sweat of his own labour. This curse of Adam is referred to as Adam’s penalty.

Answer 4:-The inconvenience that duke had to face in the forest of Arden was the change of seasons, biting frost and rude blustering wind. He calls such inconvenience as counselors for they do not flatter but told Duke what they really were(frail mortals).

Answer 5:-At court, duke lead a life of pomp and show. There he was always surrounded by flatters who forged facts so as to please him. The court life was full of envious people who were jealous of Duke. It was a life full of ambition but without contentment. While the forest life was free and pleasant life where there was much to learn from the adversities presented. The life at Forest of Arden was a carefree and easy life. Here one lived in contentment.

Answer 6:-Despite discomforts of nature, the Duke finds that forest life provides him the most valuable experiences of life, and is preferable to court life. The duke’s philosophic calmness and his capacity to adjust to new environments is revealed. His remarks about tongues in trees and about the books in brooks and sermons in stones show his deep philosophical thinking. He is gentle and sympathetic and the key-note of his well balanced character, which is contentment, is highlighted.

TEST PAPER XXI

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like a toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious in his head,
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks; Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

Question 1;-Who says these lines? To whom are they said? Where are they said?

Question 2:-Why does the speaker call adversity sweet? Why is the speaker in such adverse condition?

Question 3:-Why has the toad been compared to adversity in the extract?

Question 4:-What aspects of forest life are painted in these lines?

Question 5:-What does Amiens comment about immediately after ? What does duke Senior suggest they do then?

Question 6:-What aspect of Duke Senior’s character is highlighted by this extract. Give one other instance in support of your answer.

Question 7:-What is meant by adversity? Why are its uses said to be sweet?

Question 8:-To what is adversity compared in this extract? To what has it been compared just before this extract?

Question 9:-What was the Elizabethan belief about the toad? Why is the example of the toad given in the extract?

Question 10:-Give the meaning of:- “And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks; Sermons in stones”Question 11:- What comment does Amien make about the duke after this extract?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XXI

Answer 1:-The lines are spoken by the usurped Duke Senior living in the exile. These lines are said to Amiens and the other lords who have followed the Duke in his exile. They are in the forest of Arden.

Answer 2:-According to the duke, it is only in adverse circumstances that we get an opportunity to learn many things in life. In the forest, the duke and his companions have to endure the ice cold winter which makes them shiver and helps them to realize what they really are (a frail mortal). There are no flatteries or envy in Arden as compared to the pompous royal court..

Answer 3:-It was generally believed that in spite of being poisonous and ugly, the toad had a very precious jewel in its head which has medicinal value, thus making it valuable. Similarly, adverse conditions and times of hardships may appear to be formidable and difficult but they too are of use and value because of the opportunities offered to learn more about the lessons of life. Hence the uses of adversity have been called sweet much as the toad is made valuable ny the hidden jewel in its head.

Answer 4:-Forest life is a free and pleasant life where there is much to learn from the adversities presented. Away from the pomp and crowded royal court which is full of envious and envious people, here in Arden us a carefree and an easy life and one can live in contentment. The magic of the forest is intangible. It is a sylvan world, verdant, green and pure. In exile, one can understand the language of trees, read brooks as books and can get sermons from stones. In short ‘there is good in everything’ in the forest.

Answer 5:-Amiens endorses the Duke’s view about life in the forest. He compliments the Duke on his ability to bear the persistent harshness pf fate with such fortitude, good humor and patience. Duke Senior suggests that they should all go and hunt deer.

Answer 6:-Despite discomforts of nature, the duke finds that the forest life provides him the most valuable experience of life, and is preferable to life in court. The duke’s philosophic calmness and his capacity to adjust to new environments is reveled. His remark about tongue in trees, about books and sermons show his deep philosophical thinking. He is gentle and sympathetic and the key-note of his well balanced character which contentment, is highlighted. Immediately after when the duke and his friends are going to hunt deer, the duke comments that he feels sorry for the poor animals. Here again the duke considers both sides of the picture. Killing the deer for food cannot be avoided and yet the cruelty of wounding these animals and killing them must be deplored. Here too his well balanced, sympathetic and gentle character is highlighted.

Answer 7:-Adversity means ‘hardship’. Its uses are said to be sweet because according to the duke, it is only in adverse circumstances that we get an opportunity to learn many things in life. In the forest, the duke and his companions have to endure the ice cold winter which makes them shiver and helps them to realize what they really are (a frail mortal). There are no flatteries or envy in Arden as compared to the pompous royal court..

Answer 8:-Adversity is compared to a toad in this extract. Just before this extract adversity has been compared to Adam’s penalty.

Answer 9:- It was generally believed by the Elizabethans that in spite of being poisonous and ugly, the toad had a very precious jewel in its head which had medicinal value, thus making it valuable. The example of a toad is given in the extract because adverse conditions and times of hardships may appear to be formidable and difficult but they too are of use and value because of the opportunities offered to learn more about the lessons of life. Hence the uses of adversity have been called sweet much as the toad is made valuable ny the hidden jewel in its head.

Answer 10:-In these lines Duke means to say that though their life was away from the haunt of men and the pomp of court, it was not a dull life. Trees talked with them in their own language, running brooks were their books and even stones taught them the lessons of morality.Answer 11:-After this extract, Amiens comments that Duke should be congratulated that he can translate the hardship of his fortune into such a happy and sweet style.

TEST PAPER XXII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Come we shall go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines, with forked heads
Have their round haunches gor’d.

Question 1:-What is meant by ‘poor dappled fools’? why are they described as native burghers of this deserted city?

Question 2:-According to the duke, what injustice has been done to the dappled fools?

Question 3:- give the meaning of:A) own confines
B) forked heads
C) round haunches gor’d

Question 4:-In what way can Duke Senior be compared to Duke Fredrick as far as usurpation is compared?

Question 5:-Whao is Jaques? What is he doing in the forest? Describe his role in the scene.

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XXII

Answer 1:- ‘Poor dappled fools’ means spotted deer. They are described as native burghers of this desert city because forest is the natural habitat of wild animals, deer being one.

Answer 2:-According to Duke, it is an injustice to pierce the body of deer with arrows in their own habitat. This statement is Shakespeare’s own resentment against animal poaching.

Answer 3:- ‘Own confines’ means own territory ‘forked heads’ means the arrows with two points projecting outwards. ‘’round haunches gored’ means round hips pearced.

Answer 4:-As far usurpation is concerned, Duke Senior is a greater usurper than Duke Fredrick who had usurped him. Duke Fredrick had simply usurped his throne with no threat to his personal life but Duke Senior was usurping the territory of the deer by killing him. Answer 5:-Jaques is one of the lords attending upon Duke Senior. He is not physically present in the scene but his presence is felt through the remarks made by him and his philosophy.

TEST PAPER XXIII

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

To which place a poor sequester’d stag
That from the hunters’s aim had ta’en a hurt,
Did come to languish; and, indeed, my lord,
The wretched animal heav’d fprth such a groans
That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat. Almost to bursting.

Question 1:- Who speaks these words? Where is he? What spectacle is referred to in the extract?

Question 2:-Why is the stag described as poor, sequestered? Where was it? Why was it languishing there?Question

3:-Give the meaning of :-A) Extremest verge of the swift brookB) Augementing it with tearsQuestion

4:-How can you conclude that the animal was having heavy groans?

Question 5:-Desctine the tears shed by the animal.

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XXIII

Answer 1:-These words are spoken by the First Lord. He is in the Forest of Arden attending upon Duke Senior, the usurped Duke. It is the spectacle of a deer wounded by the arrow of a hunter in his own confines.

Answer 2:-The deer is described as poor sequestered because at the hour of crisis he was abandoned by his own companions.

Answer 3:- a) It means on the brink of a flowing stream.

b) Increasing the quantum of water of the brook by adding his tears into it.

Answer 4:-The deer was heaving heavy groans because his groans stretched his stout hide so much that it seemed to burst.

Answer 5:-Big drops of tears rolled down the innocent cheeks of the animal into the brook in such a way that they seemed to be increasing the quantum of water of the brook.

TEST PAPER XXIV

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

O, yes, into thousand similies.
First for his weeping into the needless stream; ‘poor deer’, quoth he, ‘thou mak’st a testament
As wordlings do, giving thy sum of more
To that which had too much;

Question 1:-On what does Jaques moralize? Who is weeping? What is meant by needless stream?

Question 2:-What moral does Jaques draw from deer’s weeping into the needless stream?

Question 3:-Give the meaning of:- Misery doth part/The flux of company.

Question 4:- From what factor does Jaques conclude that Misery doth part/The flux of company.

Question 5:-What grave is done by human beings in the forest?

Question 6:-At the end of the scene why does the duke want to meet Jaques?

Question 7:- Who is being quoted by the first lord? Whom is the first lord narrating this to?

Question 8:-What do you understand by the word ‘worldlings’. What is the testament referred to by the person being quoted?

Question 9:-What is meant by ‘flux of company’? Why does the person quoted call ‘it’s a careless herd’? What moral does he draw from it?

Question 10:-What aspect of the character of the person quoted by the first lord is revealed here? Give one other instance immediately after this line highlighting this aspect.

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XXIV

Answer 1:-Jaques was moralizing on the spectacle of a deer wounded by the arrows of a hunter. The wounded deer was weeping. Needless stream means stream which did not need any more water.

Answer 2:-By deer’s seeping into the needless stream Jaques moralizes that the deer was no better than the common men who write will to the men who already have enough.

Answer 3:-It means that even the friends break company at the time of misery.

Answer 4:-When Jaques observed that the wounded deer was abandoned by his wholesome friends, he concluded that friends break company at the time of misery.

Answer 5:-Human beings are not only the intruders in the forest but they are also tyrants who terrify the wild animals and kill them in their in their own homes allotted to them by nature.

Answer 6:-Duke wanted to meet Jaques because it pleasured him to meet Jaques when he was in a sullen mood for at that time he was full of wisdom.

Answer 7:-Jaques, a lord accompanying Duke Senior in exile is being quoted. He is narrating this to the usurped Duke Senior, living in exile in the forest of Arden.

Answer 8:-‘Worldlings’ are human beings. The wounded deer by its crying is adding its tears to the stream. Jaques comments that the deer is adding more water to the streamfull of water, so do human beings tend to give more of love, respect, money etc to those who already have plenty, conversely no one ever gives to the poor and needy.

Answer 9:-Flux of company means the main stream of friends. Jaques points out that the rest of the deer herd is not concerned a bit that one of its members is fatally wounded. The herd without care , full of food, callously jumps without helping the poor wounded deer. Jaques compares it with the fate of men who when they fall on hard times and misfortunes, they are abandoned and shunned by the very people who were their close friends and used to give them due love and respect during their good times and when they were in more fortunate circumstances.

Answer 10:-Jaques the person quoted is of melancholy nature and much given to moralizing. It is this aspect which is highlighted here. Jaques further compares this dumb creatures of the forest of Arden to Duke Senior and others. He points that Duke Senior and his friends too are usurpers like Duke Fredrick. They have usurped the rights of free living of the animals of the forest of Arden by killing them in their native dwellings, whenever it pleased the Duke. He thus denounces bitterly the whole constitution of the country, the city and court.

TEST PAPER XXV

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

My lord, the royanish clown, at whom so oftYour grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.Hisperia, the princess gentle woman,Confesses that she secreately o’heardYour daughter and her cousin much commendThe parts and the graces of the wrestler That did but lately foil the sinewy Charles;

Question 1:-Where does the scene take place? Who are present at the scene? What is being talked about?

Question 2:-What did the first lord say about the runways?

Question 3:-What is meant by royanish clown? Name the clown referred to in the extract. What is suspected about the clown?

Question 4:-What does Hisperia confess that can give some clue about the vanished cousins? What makes her think that the victorious wrestler could be in the company of the cousins?

Questions 5:-Give the meaning of;a) They found the bed untreasur’d of trheir mistress;
b) The parts and fraces of the wrestler

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XXV

Answer 1:-This scene place in a room in the palace of Duke Fredrick. Duke Fredrick and two lords are present in this scene. The elopement of Celia and Rosalind is being discussed.

Answer 2:-First Lord told Duke Fredrick that he did not find anyone who saw them. Their maids saw them going to bed at night and early in the morning the found the beds empty.

Answer 3:-Royanish clown means foolish jester. The clown referred to in the extract is Touchstone. The clown is also missing so it is suspected that he has also gone along with them.

Answer 4:-Hisperia confessed that he had overheard Celia and Rosalind praising the qualities of Orlando which was a clue that wherever the two ladies had gone, Orlando was sure to be with them.

Answer 5:- a) The bed was empty or without its owners.

b) The qualities of Orlando the wrestler

TEST PAPER XXVI

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-

Send to his brother; fetch that gallant hither;
If he be absent, bring his brother to me;
I’ll make him find him.
Do this suddenly, And let not search and inquisition quail
To bring again these foolish runaways.

Question 1:-Who is referred to as gallant? Explain why the brother of the gallant has to be brought to the Duke.

Question 2:-Explain clearly the circumstances that lead to the fleeting of the gallant from the dukedom..

Question 3:-Who are referred to as these foolish runaways? What has made them to flee?

Question 4:-Give the meaning of: And let not search and inquisition quail.

Question 5:-How does this scene highlight the character of duke Fredrick?

Question 6:-How does this scene contribute to the progress of the plot?

ANSWERS TEST PAPER XXVI

Answer 1:-‘Orlando is referred to as gallant here. The brother of the gallant was to be brought to the Duke so that Duke could compel him to search out Orlando.

Answer 2:-On one side Oliver the brother of Orlando was contriving against his life for Oliver thought that it was because of Orlando’s qualities that he was being underrated by all. On the other side Duke Fredrick had taken displeasure against Orlando for he was the son of Sir Rowland de Boys and thus he was advised by Le-Beau to leave that place. Having left with no choice Orlando had to fled from the dukedom.

Answer 3:-Celia and Rosalind are referred to as ‘foolish runaways’ Duke Fredrick had suddenly taken displeasure against Rosalind and had told her that if after ten days she was seen anywhere within twenty miles of the court, she would be killed. Left with no choice she had to go but Celia who loved Rosalind like a natural sister and could not live without her also flew with her. In this manner Shakespeare is gradually assembling all his characters at the Forest Of Arden, the place where main action of the play is to take place.

Answer 4:-It means that ‘do not be slow in searching the foolish Celia and Rosalind.

Answer 5:-Duke Fredrick is a suspicious man who suspects his own men of being villains by helping his daughter and niece to flee. He is determined to locate fugitives.

Answer 6:-Through Duke Fredrick’s summoning of Oliver to the court, Shakespeare offers a way for Oliver to be sent to the forest of Arden, where he will meet his lady love, his brother and other exiled characters. In this way this scene contributes to the progress of the plot.

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Earthquake Storms Gujrat

Ahemdabad January 27. One of the worst earthquakes in India's history has claimed the lives of thousands, with many more still to be discovered. Hospitals in the Gujarat area are being overwhelmed, but an international aid campaign has already begun.
On the morning of January 26, 2001 an earthquake which registered at 6.9 on the Richter scale forever changed the lives of the people in the Gujarat region of the country. The official preliminary report on the earthquake estimates that over 100,000 buildings have been completely destroyed, with power and water supplies have been disrupted across the Kutch region.
As for the death toll, Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes is reiterating his belief that it could be as high as 100,000 deaths. "My own assessment was that the toll could go as high as 100,000 if my worst fears come true," Fernandes said He continued, "there is no change in my view on this...I stand by my own assessment but I will be the happiest man if this does not come true ... but I am afraid the figure will come to that."
The American Red Cross is just one of many organizations rushing to organize aid efforts for victims of the earthquake who have lost families and homes. A seven member relief team from the organization has flown to India along with $185,000 in aid. Much needed "medical kits containing IV fluids, surgical instruments and other treatment aids" were also rushed to the region, amidst fears that an epidemic could be the next disaster to follow on from the earthquake due to the sheer number of decomposing bodies still trapped in the rubble of destroyed homes, businesses and other buildings.
Despite the World Health Organization playing down fears of an epidemic, the Home Minister of Gujurat, Haren Pandya, believes that there is a real problem; "In such situations, there is a threat of epidemic because lots of bodies are still lying under the debris" In addition to the despair, fresh tremors have sparked fears that another - potentially worse - earthquake may not be far away The citizens of Gujurat and those helping around the world pray that the worst is behind them, but with disasters of this scale there is no real warning before the event.
Bodies continue to be pulled from the mass wreck of stone and rubble. However, One couple miraculously managed to survive to be rescued five days after the earthquake initially occurred Villagers all across the region face grave difficulties returning to any sort of normal life. Those who are now homeless may not have the money needed to buy a new house; many survivors have found themselves the sole living member of their families. The turmoil of the earthquake may have already struck, but the personal turmoil and despair of the citizens involved threatens to be just as great Communities are pulling together in the face of adversity; to collect belongings from the debris, to help each other come to terms with what has happened and also to assist the task of digging out the many trapped bodies.
A determined aid effort is in place, although there are reports that the aid coming in may be failing to reach some people The many organizations involved in getting aid to the region in the form of blankets, food, and medicine include - but are not limited to - the Red Cross, Oxfam, Save The Children, UNICEF, Relief International and World Vision. Everyone is in need of aid - from rich to poor .Earthquakes do not discriminate and this particular disaster has devastated the lives of people of all backgrounds.
If there is any light of hope in the aftermath of the earthquake that has damaged so many buildings and wrecked so many lives, it may come in the form of diplomacy which has taken place between India and its neighboring nation Pakistan. The two countries have a history of bitter communication. Reports state that "The leaders of the two rival Asian nations spoke on Friday about last week's quake and agreed to stay in touch...it was the first time Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had conversed since Musharraf came to power in October 1999." If the two nations can continue steps towards diplomacy, then this may be just a small tribute to the thousands who have perished.
The deeply tragic fact is that it has taken a disaster of the magnitude seen in Gujurat for Pakistan and India to start talking to one another.

Maharashtra rain toll 40
1 lakh shifted to safer places

New Delhi/Mumbai, August 7
At least 40 persons have lost their lives in the past two days across Maharashtra following heavy rain, according to the state police control room here, while the death count rose to 94 in Andhra Pradesh where three lakh people were marooned in the Konaseema region and the Army has been called out in Gujarat’s Surat city to help in the flood rescue operation.
The victims were drowned in flood waters or were buried in landslides as rescue officials and para-military forces worked hard to evacuate people from the affected areas.
According to the Mumbai disaster management cell, more than one lakh people have been evacuated across the state.
Officials said 15 districts had been badly hit by the rain with Nanded, Yavatmal, Buldana, Jalgaon, Parbhani and Hingoli being the worst affected. More than 25,000 families have been evacuated from low-lying areas.
Army and naval forces were called out in different parts of Vidarbha and Marathwada with 170 villages in 16 tehsils of Yavatmal district being affected. In all 678 villages in 85 tehsils across Maharashtra have been affected by the rain. In Buldana district, 4,000 families in 80 villages were shifted to safer places.
As per information available here, the Penganga, the Wardha, the Godavari and the Ulhas rivers in the flood-hit areas were overflowing.
Briefing reporters, Chief Secretary D. K. Sankaran said eight Army companies and five helicopters were pressed into service for rescue and relief operations after the Godavari rose 16 ft above the danger mark.
Religious sites like Trimbakeshwar at Nashik where the Kumbh Mela is held saw several temples being submerged by the river.
According to the Met Department, more than 200 mm of rainfall was received in different parts of the state. In some areas like Nanded, nearly 300 mm of rainfall has been reported.

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