ENGLISH [Communicative] Textual questions : [2M]

The Bishop was a kind, selfless and generous man. He was always ready to help others. When he came to know that Mere Gringoire was unable to pay her rent, he sold his silver salt cellars and sent the amount to Mere Gringoire so that she could pay the rent.

Private Quelch was a big show-off. He always drilled with enthusiasm and even after a thirty miles march, seemed to be untired and asked the others-'what about a song, chaps'? This horrible heartiness irritated his colleagues.

Jessie makes the above remark because she felt that her father would disapprove of her marriage with John A. Pescud as there was a major disparity between the socio- economic status of the two.

Bill wished to lead a simple and honest life after his retirement. He would give up boxing. He would try to get a job as an instructor in some school and would do full justice to the job. He would lead a normal life and hoped that everything shall run smoothly.

Kahlil Gibran gives a philosophical and emotional overtone while ending the poem. The rain becomes 'the sigh' of the sea, 'the laughter' of the field and 'the tears' of heaven. It sighs from the deep sea of love and affection. It makes the spirit of man rejoice and laugh. The poet calls it the tears that come down from the 'endless heaven of memories'.

The brook has a constant and an eternal journey. It moves on incessantly, overcoming all the difficulties that it faces on its way. Though it merges into the sea, it remains ever- flowing from its origin to the point of merger. It is immortal. It goes on forever.

The poet regretted that she had made fun of her mother's false teeth. Now she herself was on the path of getting false teeth by not taking care of her teeth.