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ENGLISH

Paper 2 - 2007

Literature in English

(Two Hours)


 
Question 7
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-

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"Why is he weeping?" asked a little Green Lizard, as he ran past him with
his tail in the air.
"Why, indeed?" said a Butterfly, who was fluttering about after a
sunbeam.
"He is weeping for the red rose," said the Nightingale.
"For a red rose?" they cried; "how very ridiculous!"
But the Nightingale understood the secret of the Student's sorrow, and she
sat silent in the oak-tree, and thought about the mystery of love. Suddenly
she spread her brown wings for flight, and soared into the air.

1.

(i) Explain why the student needed the red rose.
 

2.

(ii)  Who does the Nightingale approach first to get a red rose?  What does she promise to do in return for a red rose? What reply does she receive?
 

3.

(iii) Why does the tree beneath the student's window say that it would have no roses at all that year?
 

4.

(iv) What happens to the red rose at the end of the story?
 

5.

(v) Explain the sacrifice made by the Nightingale to get a red rose for the student. Why does she make such a sacrifice?
 


 
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