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ASSESS YOURSELF
ASSESS YOURSELF

Let's Read and Reflect Comprehension

A. Tick (3) the correct option.
1. The golden chariot was ‘like a gorgeous dream’. What is the poetic device used here?

(a) simile (b) alliteration (c) metaphor

2. The rider on the chariot is referred to as the ‘King of all kings’ because he is .
(a) a powerful king (b) a supreme king (c) God himself

3. On seeing the rider coming with a smile, the speaker .

(a) felt that he should help him
(b) set his hopes very high

(c) thought that the luck of his life had come
4. Why did the ‘King of all kings’ beg to the beggar?

(a) Because he was poor.

(b) Because the beggar was rich.
(c) Because he wanted to test the beggar.

5. When the speaker heard the visitor’s question, he was not .

(a) perplexed (b) puzzled (c) happy
6. The speaker of the poem was not .

(a) poor (b) greedy (c) generous
B. Fill in the blanks.

1. I had gone a-begging from to door.

2. The stopped where I stood.

3. My hopes rose and me thought my evil days.
4. Ah, what a kingly jest was it to open thy palm to a to beg!

5. I wept and wished that I had the heart to give thee my all.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements.

1. The beggar was initially excited when he saw the golden chariot approaching.

2. The chariot stopped far from where the beggar was standing.

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