REVISION -LITERATURE

Read the given extracts and answer the questions .

A. As for music, she explains, "It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin, my cheekbones and even in my hair." When she plays the xylophone, she can sense the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she can feel the resonances flowing into her body. On a wooden platform, she removes her shoes so that the vibrations pass through her bare feet and up her legs.

i. The extract describes the author's sensory experience with music through various methods. Based on the description, which of the following best represents how the author perceives music in relation to her body?

• The author perceives music primarily through auditory sensations, focusing on the sound produced by different instruments.

• The author experiences music as a physical phenomenon, where vibrations and resonances directly interact with different parts of her body, enhancing her sensory perception.

• The author views music as an abstract concept, feeling its impact through emotional responses rather than physical sensations.

• The author relies on visual observations of the instruments and their movements to understand the impact of music.

Who is referred as 'she' here?

• Evelyn

• Evelyn's mother

• Evelyn's friend

How does she feel vibrations on the wooden platform?

How do the author's physical sensations of music affect her understanding and feelings about the music compared to just listening? Use examples from the text.

To the little girl he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave her a casual kiss, to which she responded with 'Good Bye Father'. And oh, there was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the long road! In the evening    when he came home, she stood near the staircase and heard his loud voice in the hall. “Brin my tea in to the drawing-room…Hasn’t the paper come yet? Mother, go and see if my paper’s out there-and bring me my slippers.”

 

 

i. What is the significance of the girl's routine response, 'Good Bye Father,' in the context of the passage?

• It shows her genuine affection for her father.
  
  

• It reflects a sense of obligation rather than warmth

• It indicates her excitement for his departure.

• It reveals her confusion about her feelings for him.

Which of the following best describes the father's behaviour towards his family?

• caring and attentive

• detached and different

• authoritative and demanding

How does the father's behaviour reflect his personality and attitude towards his family?

Analyze the father's evening routine commands. What do they suggest about the dynamics within the household?

Wind, come softly.
Don't break the shutters of the windows.
Don't scatter the papers.
Don't throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did-you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again. You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings.

Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,

crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,

crumbling hearts-

The wind god winnows and crushes them all.                                     

What emotions does the poet convey through the description of the wind's actions and the resulting damage?

What are the things does the poet ask the wind not to do?     

• The poet asks the wind not to damage, shutters of the windows, scatter his papers and throw down the books

•   He asks the wind not to blow the roof of his house, tear up his clothes and damage his crops.

•   He asks the wind not to damage his household goods.

•          None of the above.