Sankardev School Assam Class 6 English Lesson 10 Damon And Pythias Solution
Sankardev Sishu Niketan School Class 6 English Lesson 10 Damon And Pythias all Question and Solution by Expert English Teacher. Students of class 6 will get all their textbook questions solution.
Book name |
Bharati English Reader |
Class |
VI |
Subject |
English |
State |
Assam |
Topic |
Solution |
A )Tick the most appropriate answers –
1.) ‘If Damon did not go to visit Pythias then Pythias came to see Damon’.
Damon and Pythias were great friends and hardly lived apart.
2.) Pythias thought Dionysus was foolish because he
ruled through fear.
3.) Dionysus put Pythias in prison because,
he was angry when Pythias said in public that Dionysus was a wicked ruler.
4.) Dionysus allowed Damon to take Pythias ‘s place because he
felt Pythias deserved to die.
5.) Dionysus did not expect Pythias to return because he
Was sure that Pythias was cunning.
6.) Before he died. Pythias wanted to return to his country to
Visit his old mother and younger sister and say goodbye to them.
B.) Write the answer.
1.) Who were Damon and Pythias? What is the main theme of this story?
Dionysus Was a rich and cruel ruler of a Kingdom in Greece. Within his Kingdom they lived a man named Damon, Pythias was his close friend. The theme of the story is friendship and sacrifice.
2.) What problems did Pythias face on his journey back to Syracuse?
Pythias Had made the king very angry as he passed some remark on how he was a cruel ruler as a result he was put into the prison for criticizing the king.
Pythias was out into prison and was sentenced to death within three months
3.) When did Damon get ready to be executed?
After Pythias had been gone to visit his mother and sister for the last time and hadn’t returned on the day of punishment , Damon got ready to be executed.
7.) a) “Tell me that you have dared to say against my name.”
(i) Whom do ‘me’ and ‘ you’ refer to?
In these lines me refer to Dionysus and you refer to Pythias
(ii) What was said against the speaker’s name?
The speaker was said to be a cruel ruler and a foolish one.
(iii) What was the consequence of daring to speak against the speaker?
Anyone that spoke anything against the king’s name was given harsh punishment and even death sentence.
8.) “I begged them to take every thing but let me be free.”
(i) Whom do ‘I’ and ‘them’ refer to?
I refers to Pythias and them refers to the thieves who had tied him up while returning.
( ii) Why did the speaker beg ‘them’ to be freed?
He begged them to free him because he had to return Syracuse on time or else Damon would be given the death punishment instead
(iii) Was the speaker set free? What would have happened if he wasn’t set free?
Yes , he was set free. If he wasn’t set free his dear friend Damon would be punished to death.
9.) Circle the correct meanings of the following phrases.
1.) dared to say
a.) Cowardly
b.) disrespectful
c.) meek
Ans: disrespectful
2.) insolent
a.) lies
b.) rude
c.) true
Ans: Rude
- against the law
a.) lawful
b.) unlawful
c.) stupid
Ans: Unlawful
4.) spare his life
a.) look after
b.) release
c.) do without
Ans: Release
5.) beyond belief
a.) very true
b.) a big lie
c.) hard to believe
Ans: hard to believe
6.) to go the same way
a.) suffer the same fate
b.) travel together
c.) take the same route.
Ans: suffer the same fate
7.) make it on time
a.) reach somewhere on time
b.) start something on time
c.) take some time
Ans: Reach somewhere on time.
8.) well it on time
a.) be on the dot
b.) early enough for something
c.) get well on time
Ans: Be on the dot.