KSEEB Solution Class 7 English Second Language – Abou Ben Adhem
Board | KSEEB |
Class | Seven (7) |
Subject | English |
Language | 2nd Language |
Chapter | 5 |
Chapter Name | Abou Ben Adhem |
Abou Ben Adhem Class 7 English Karnataka Board Kannada
POEM
ABOU BEN ADHEM – Leigh Hunt
C1.) Check your understanding:
Choose the right answer and underline it:
1.) The wish ‘may his tribe increase’ is for
a.) the angel
b.) Abou Ben Adhem
c.) the dream
2.) The angel was writing in a book of
a.) dream
b.) peace
c.) gold
3.) ‘The presence in the room’ is referred to as
a.) vision
b.) name
c.) fellow men
4.) “Nay, not so” refers to Abou being one among those who
a.) loved the Lord
b.) loved the angel
c.) loved his fellow men
5.) Abou’s name appeared first in the list of those that
a.) love of God had blessed
b.) saw the vision
c.) loved his fellow men.
C2.) Rearrange the following sentences so as to form a summary of the poem.
a) The peaceful sleep had given Ben Adhem courage, and he asked the angel: bright as a beautiful flower, he saw an angel writing in a book of gold.
‘What are you writing?’
The vision looked up, and with a sweet and friendly look, answered:
‘I am writing the names of all the people who love the Lord.’
b.) The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night the angel came again, in a great flash of light (that woke Abou), and showed the names of those who had been blessed by the love of God. And look! Adhem’s name was at the top of the list.
c.) One night Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) woke from a deep, peaceful dream. In the moonlight that was making his room as bright as a beautiful flower, he saw an angel writing in a book of gold.
d.) ‘And is mine one of those names?’ asked Abou. ‘No, it is not,’ replied the angel. Abou, still cheerful, spoke more softly and said: ‘Then please put my name down as one that loves other people.’
Answer:
c.) One night Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) woke from a deep, peaceful dream. In the moonlight that was making his room as bright as a beautiful flower, he saw an angel writing in a book of gold.
a.) The peaceful sleep had given Ben Adhem courage, and he asked the angel:
bright as a beautiful flower, he saw an angel writing in a book of gold.
‘What are you writing?’
The vision looked up, and with a sweet and friendly look, answered:
‘I am writing the names of all the people who love the Lord.’
b.) The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night the angel came again, in a great flash of light (that woke Abou), and showed the names of those who had been blessed by the love of God. And look! Adhem’s name was at the top of the list.
d.) ‘And is mine one of those names?’ asked Abou. ‘No, it is not,’ replied the angel. Abou, still cheerful, spoke more softly and said: ‘Then please put my name down as one that loves other people.’
C3.) Answer the following:
1.0 Choose an example for simile from the choices given below:
a.) making it rich
b.) within the moonlight
c.) like a lily in bloom
Answer: c. like a lily in bloom
2.) The rhyming words in the poem have a pattern. It is
a.) every two lines rhyme
b.) alternate lines rhyme
c.) all lines end in the same sound
Answer: a.) every two lines rhyme
3.) The poem refers to god’s representative in three different ways. They are:
a.) moonlight, angel and dream
b.) angel, the presence, the vision
c.) lily, angel and dream
Answer:b. angel, the presence, the vision