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2.3 The Twins — My English Coursebook STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardSemi English MediumSTD 10My English Coursebook2.3 The Twins5 Marks
Question
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Complete the following with the information given in the extract: (2)
(1) The twins were similar to each other in _______________.
(2) The speaker was christened as _______________.

In form and feature, face and limb,
I grew so like my brother,
That folks got taking me for him,
And each for one another.
It puzzled all our kith and kin,
It reached a fearful pitch;
For one of us was born a twin,
Yet not a soul knew which.
One day, to make the matter worse,
Before our names were fixed,
As we were being washed by nurse,
We got completely mixed;
And thus, you see, by fate’s decree,
Or rather nurse’s whim,
My brother John got christened me,
And I got christened him.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Write any two lines from the extract that you find humorous. (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices: 
Write the rhyming words : (1)
(i) limb   (2) brother
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Answer

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
(1) The twins were similar to each other in form and feature and face and limb.
(2) The speaker was christened as John, his brother.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) As we were being washed by nurse,
    We got completely mixed.
(2) My brother John got christened me,
    And I got christened him.

A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) limb - him
(2) brother - another

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(2) You should kill your self-esteem.
(3) Be a slave of your bad habits.
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If you do not appreciate yourself.
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When you do not let others help you.
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A2. Complex Factual Activity:
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Give your own rhyming words for the following : (1)
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If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
  Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
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A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Look at the use of opposite reactions in this extract. For example, "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs". Find four other such opposite reactions from the extract. (2)
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State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: (2)
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(2) According to the poet (narrator) he himself died - _______________
(3) The close resembelance between the twins turned the tide of the narrators domestic life - _______________
(4) John was always getting flogged because of the narrator's mistake - _______________

This fatal likeness even dogged
My footsteps, when at school,
And I was always getting flogged,
For John turned out a fool.
I put this question, fruitlessly,
To everyone I knew,
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Our close resemblance turned the tide
Of my domestic life,
For somehow, my intended bride
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(1) Write any two lines from the poem, that you find most humorous. (2)
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Choose the correct alternatives and complete the sentences: (2)
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Please open up my eyes, dear Lord,
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(1) The What effect does the speaker wish to see in himself at the end of his teens? (1)
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Complete the following web : (2)
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A3. Activities basedon Poetic Devices:
Make a list of pairs of rhyming words from the extract. (1)
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(1) When the people around us doubt us, we should trust ourselves.
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A2. Complex Factual Activity:
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A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) Repetition: If you can dream and not make dreams your master.
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Complete the following sentences:
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(4) The speaker is riding on his _______________.

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
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           Between the woods and frozen lake
           The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
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           The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
           But I have promises to keep,
           And miles to go before I sleep,
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A2. Complex Factual Activities:
Find out line/lines from the poem as a proof for the following explanation:
(1) There is no one to catch the speaker trespassing.
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(1) Tell whether the rhyming scheme of the following stanzas is right or wrong. Give the correct rhyme scheme for the wrong one:
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Choose the correct word from the brackets and complete the sentences : (2)
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I envied her, she seemed so gay, and I wished I was so fair
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A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the following web : (2)
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A3. Activities basedon Poetic Devices:
Write the rhyming words for the following from the extract: (1)
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A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Complete the following sentences using the information from the extract: (2)
(1) His likeness with his brother dogged poet's _______________.
(2) The narrator's _______________ became his brother's wife. This fatal likeness even dogged
My footsteps, when at school,
And I was always getting flogged,
For John turned out a fool.
I put this question, fruitlessly,
To everyone I knew,
‘What would you do, if you were me,
To prove that you were you?’
Our close resemblance turned the tide
Of my domestic life,
For somehow, my intended bride
Became my brother's wife.
In fact, year after year the same
Absurd mistakes went on,
And when I died, the neighbours came
And buried brother John.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the web: (2)
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A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Write the rhyming words for the following from the extract : (1)
(1) dogged - _______________
(2) school - _______________
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