Duff and Dutt question bunch class 10 Sea Fever Page 216
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(A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(1) The poet of ‘Sea Fever’ is –(a) John Masefield.
(2) In the poem the poet expresses his passionate desire for –(c) Sea Voyage.
(3) The poet must go down the –(b) Seas.
(4) According to the poet, the sea is –(a) lonely.
(5) The kind of ship the poet wants is –(d) Tall.
(6) The poet will steer the tall ship by the help of a –(c) Star.
(7) To move the ship the wheel will give a –(a) Kick.
(8) As the ship will sail, the wind will sing a –(b) Song.
(9) The colour of the sail will be –(c) White.
(10) The white sail will help the poet to move the ship by –(a) Shaking.
(11) On the face of the sea the poet will find a –(d) grey mist.
(12) The colour of the breaking dawn will be –(b) Grey.
(13) The poet must go to the seas again to respond to the call of the –(a) running tide.
(14) The poet cannot deny the call of the running tide because it is a –(c) Wild and Clear Call.
(15) The poet asks for a –(d) Windy Day.
(16) On a Windy day the white clouds will –(b) Fly.
(17) In between the flung spray and the blown spume the poet will find the –(c) Sea – gulls Crying.
(18) The poet is fond of the –(d) Vagrant gypsy life.
(19) The wind will be like a –(b) Whetted Knife.
(20) From an accompanying sailor the poet will ask for –(c) a merry yarn.
(21) The poet will listen to a merry yarn from a laughing –(d) fellow – rover.
(22) After the journey the poet will have a quiet sleep and a –(b) Sweet Dream.
(23) The word ‘Yarn’ means –(c) tale.
(24) ‘Fellow – rover’ means –(a) accompanying Sailor.
(25) The word ‘trick’ in the poem ‘Sea Fever’ suggests –(b) Journey.
(B) Complete the sentences with information from the text.
(i) The poet is excessively passionate to undertake __a sea voyage.______________________
(ii) The poet will again go for ___sailing through the sea.__________________
(iii) The poet is determined to ___go down to the seas again.__________________
(iv) In the lonely sea the poet only asks for _a tall ship and a star to steer it.______________________
(v) When the grey dawn will break ___a grey mist will be on the sea’s face._____________________
(vi) The poet cannot but go down to the seas again as __the running tide is calling.______________________
(vii) The call of the running tide is ___wild and clear._________________
(viii) On a Windy day ____the white clouds are flying_________________
(ix) The poet is desirous for _going to the sea to the vagrant gypsy life.__________________
(x) When the long journey will be over __the poet will have a quiet sleep and a sweet dream._________________________
(C) State whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the boxes on the right – hand side. Provode sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer.
(i) The poet wants to go to the lonely meadows and sky. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet wants to go to the lonely sea and the sky.
(ii) The poet needs a stout ship for the journey. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet asks for a tall ship for his journey.
(iii) The poet wants the moon to steer the ship in the sea. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet wants for a star to steer the ship.
(iv) The poet cannot but responds to the call of the running tide. (true)
Supportive sentence: the poet must go down to the seas again for the call of the running tide.
(v) On a windy day grey mist will fly. (false)
Supportive sentence: on a windy day the white clouds will fly.
(vi) The poet longs for a restless vagabond life. (false)
Supportive sentence: the poet wants a vagrant gypsy life.
(vii) The poet will experience cold bite of the wind during his voyage. (true)
Supportive sentence: the poet will get wind like whetted knife during his journey.
(viii) The poet expects an accompanying sailor to tell him a merry tale at the end of the journey. (true)
Supportive sentence: the poet expects a laughing fellow-rover to tell him a merry yarn.
(ix) After the journey the poet will have a strange nightmare. (false)
Supportive sentence: at the end the poet will a quiet sleep and a sweet dream.
(D) (1) Answer the questions.
i) The poet uses the word again to show how he longed to go for sea voyage repeatedly.
ii) The poet is excessively passionate about sailing through the sea.
iii) The poet resolves to go to the sea again.
iv) The poet needs a tall ship to start his journey.
v) A star will help the poet to steer the ship.
vi) When the grey mist comes on the sea’s face and the grey dawn breaks the poet plans to start his journey.
vii) The call of the running tide is wild and clear.
viii) A windy day when the white clouds fly in the sky is perfect to start his journey.
ix) The poet wants a vagrant gypsy life to lead.
x) The wind works like a whetted knife.
xi) The poet asks for a merry yarn from a fellow-rover.
xii) The fellow-rover means accompanying sailor.
xiii) The poet plans to have a quiet sleep and a sweet dream after the journey is over.
xiv) The term wheel’s kick means the ship’s steering wheel which spins out of control.
xv) The phrase vagrant gypsy life means wandering around without any particular place.
(2) Answer the questions.
i) The poet must go down to the sea again for the call of the running tide. He is passionate about sailing so he wants to fulfil his desires by going to the sea.
ii) The poet desires for a windy day with white clouds flying because it will help the sail of the ship and move through the sea.
iii) Whetted knife means the sharpened knife which is compared to cold breeze passing through the sea.
iv) At the end of his journey through the sea the poet wants a merry tale from a fellow-rover to have a quiet sleep and a sweet dream.
(E) (1) Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Statement |
Reason |
(i) The poet asks for a star. |
(a)He will steer the ship with it. |
(ii) The poet will find grey mist on the surface of the sea. |
(b)It was the time of grey dawn breaking. |
(iii) The poet cannot deny the call of the running tide. |
(c)The call was wild and clear. |
(iv) The poet asks for a Windy day. |
(d)To sail through the sea with the blown spume. |
(2) Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Cause |
Effect |
(i)To sail through the sea. |
(i) The poet asks for a tall ship. |
(ii) The cell of the running tide is a wild and clear call that cannot be denied. |
(ii) The poet wants a windy day with white clouds in sky to sail with ship. |
(iii) The poet wants to remove the boredom of the journey. |
(iii)He wants vagrant gypsy life. |
(iv) The poet will ask for a merry yarn from a fellow-rover. |
(iv) The poet will have quiet – sleep and sweet dream. |