2.3 The Twins - Maharashtra Board STD 10 My English Coursebook Questions

Q 1Read stanzas and do the activities:[5M][POEM]5 Marks

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Match the following sentences : (2)

'A'	'B'
(1) It puzzled all their	(a) his brother
(2) The situation reached	(b) kith and kin
	(c) a fearful pitch

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) Pick out from the extract words/phrases that tell that the narrator was like his brother John.
(2) What is the mix-up mentioned in this extract?
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Name the figures of speech: (1)
(1) In form and feature, face and limb.
(2) For one of us was born a twin, Yet not a soul knew which.

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Q 2Read stanzas and do the activities:[5M][POEM]5 Marks

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Complete the following with the information given in the extract: (2)
(1) The twins were mixed up before _______________.
(2) _______________ were puzzled by the brother's similarity.

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 stanza that ou find most humorous. (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Write the rhyming words : (1)
(i) kin (2) which

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Q 3Read stanzas and do the activities:[5M][POEM]5 Marks

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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Q 4Read stanzas and do the activities:[5M][POEM]5 Marks

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: (2)
(1) The narrator's brother asked the question fruitlessly - _______________
(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,
‘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:
(1) Write any two lines from the poem, that you find most humorous. (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Write the rhyming words for the following from the extract : (1)
(1) knew - _______________
(2) fruitlessly - _______________

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Q 5Read stanzas and do the activities:[5M][POEM]5 Marks

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)

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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Q 6Appreciation of the poem: [5M]5 Marks

The Twins

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.

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.
- Henry Sambrooke Leigh

(1) Title :
(2) The name of the poet :
(3) Rhyme scheme :
(4) Figure of speech :
(5) Theme/Central idea :

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