English Literature Made Easy for Students

  The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role by Nani Pakhivala Short Answer-type Questions (word limit: About 30-40) Q1. Justify the title ‘The Ailing Planet’. Ans. The Earth has become an ailing planet. Its environment is being polluted. It has become very difficult to breathe in this polluted air, particularly in big cities. Environmental pollution has created so many problems for the vegetation and millions of creatures living on the earth. The earth’s temperature is rising up. Climatic changes have further aggravated (worsened) the situation. Its natural resources are depleting day by day. Q2. What is the ‘Green Movement’? Ans. The ‘Green Movement’ refers to the activity that is continued together by people to change or improve the present situation by means of united efforts. It is called Green because in this movement much stress is laid on planting more and more trees. Q3. What is the significance of the Green Movement? Ans. This movement was founded i...

    The World is too Much with Us by William Wordsworth Questions-Answers-The World is too Much with Us by William Wordsworth Very Short Answer-type Qs (one word-a phrase-a sentence) Q1. According to the poet, what is man's attitude to nature? Ans. Man’s attitude to nature is indifference (lack of interest). Q2. Who were Proteus and Triton? Ans. They were Greek and Roman gods of Nature. Q3.Why does the poet want to become a Pagan? Ans. He wants to become a Pagan to worship the gods of Nature. Q4. What does the poet mean by stating ‘the world is too much with us? Ans. It means that man has become too attached to the material world. Q5. What are we ‘out of tune with? Ans. We are ‘out of tune' with Nature. Q6. What is the ‘sordid boon’? Ans. Lust (extreme greed) for possessing material things is a sordid boon. Q7. Who is the Pagan according to the poet? Ans. A non-Christian is a Pagan according to the poet. Q8. What does the poet glimpse and what ...

  Lesson 8. Mijbil the Otter Q1. Describe Gavin Maxwell’s experience with the otter in the aircraft. Ans. Gavin Maxwell wanted to take the otter, Mijbil, to London. But the aircraft authorities suggested to Maxwell to put Mijbil into a box. It should not be more than 18 inches. The air hostess advised the author to keep the box on his knees. But the otter was out of the box in a flash. He disappeared somewhere under the seats. There was a hue and cry in the aircraft. A woman cried, “A rat, a rat!” The writer tried to catch it. But his face was covered with curry. He had to return to his seat. But still, his eyes were searching for the otter. After some time, Mijbil sat on the author’s knees. It began to nuzzle his face and neck. Thus it was taken to London.   Q2. When did the author decide to have a pet otter instead of a pet dog? How did he get one? How did he carry him to England? Ans. The author’s pet dog had died It was then the author decided to keep an otter as ...

 Father to a Son- Elizabeth Jennings (A)   Short Answer-type Questions (About 30-40 words each) Q1.   Explain the lines: “Yet have I killed  The seed I spent or sown it where The land is his and none of mine?” Ans. the father means to say that he has sowed the seeds of his ideas into his son’s mind, but his ideas did not cause any fruitful effect there. The son did not mould his own personality in the frame which his father had desired. Q2. Explain the lines: “This child is built to my design Yet what he loves I cannot share.  Silence surrounds us…..” Ans. The meaning in the above lines is very much clear. The father says that the son has full physical resemblance with him.  Q4. What is the reason for this kind of relationship between the son and the father in the poem? Ans. It is the communication gap that is responsible for such a bad type of relationship between the father and the son. Sometimes fathers behave like a boss. So, sons do...