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Very short Questions: 1 Mark each
1.Who is the poet the poem , “A Roadside stand”?
Answer: Robert Frost is the poet the poem, “A Roadside stand”.
2.What is the roadside stand?
Answer: The roadside stand is a shop or market which is situated by the
side of the main road.
3.Where is the little new shed built?
Answer: The little new shed is built in front at the edge of the road
where the traffic sped.
4.What is the purpose of the newly built shed?
Answer: The purpose of the newly built shed is for some of the money or
the cash from the city people.
5.Why is the word ‘pathetic’ used for the roadside stand?
Answer: The word 'pathetic' is used to
express the miserable condition or poor situation of the roadside stand owners.
6.What does the Robert Frost write about in his poems.
Answer:
Robert Frost writes about characters, people and landscapes in his poems.
7.Name two of his well-known poems.
Answer: Two well-known poems of Robert Frost are- Birches and Mending
walls.
8.‘The little old house was out with a little new shed…..’
What does the poet mean by the
phrase ‘old house was out with….’?
Answer: By the phrase, ‘old house was out with’, the poet means that the
little old house was out with a little new shed’ to getting some more cash or
money than before.
9. ‘A roadside stand that too pathetically pled…..’
i) What is the figure of speech
used?
Answer: The figure of personification is used in this speech.
ii) What is meant by the quoted
line?
Answer: By the quoted line, the poet means the miserable condition or poor situation of the roadside stand owners.
10. ‘It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread’
i) What is meant by ‘a dole of
bread?
Answer: ‘A dole of bread’ means a share of money, food, or clothing that
has been charitably (free of cost) given or donated.
ii) What is ‘not fair’ as
pointed in the quoted line.
Answer: The roadside stand is not established for a dole of bread. This
is ‘not fair’ to say as pointed in the quoted line.
11.Why is the traffic described as ‘polished’?
Answer: The traffic is described as ‘polished’ because it refers the
urban city-dwellers who have insensitive
attitude and gentlemanly appearances.
12.It’s is in the news that all these pitiful kin’
Who are the ‘pitiful kin’
mentioned here?
Answer: The ‘pitiful kin’ are the owners of the roadside stands and the poor villagers mentioned here.
13. Of all the thousand selfish cars that
pass
Gist one to inquire what a farmer’s prices
are.
And one did stop, but only to plow up grass.
In using the yard to back and turn around;
And another to ask the, way to where it was
bound;
And another to ask could they sell it a
gallon of gas……
(i)Why did the first car stop by the roadside
stand?
Ans: The first car stopped to back and turn
around his or her car by the roadside stand.
(ii)Why did the second car stop?
ans: The second car stopped to ask about the
way where it was bound.
(iii)Why did the third car stop?
ans: The third car stopped to ask if they
could sell a gallon of gas.
(iv)Why is the poet annoyed with the last car?
ans: The poet annoyed with the last car
because they did not purchase any product from the shop. Also, the shop or the
roadside stand was not belonging to the gas type’s things.
14. “The little old house out with a little
new shed
In front at the edge of the road where the
traffic sped,
A roadside stand that too pathetically pled,
It would not be fair to say for a dole of
bread,
But for some of the money the cash whose flow
supports the flower of cities from sinking and withering faint.”
(i)Where was the shed put up?
Ans: The shed was put up in front at the edge
of the road where the traffic sped.
(ii)What was its purpose?
Ans: Its purpose was to getting some extra
money or cash.
(iii) Why does the poet use the word pathetic
(দুৰ্বল)?
Ans: The poet uses the word ‘pathetic’ to
refer the roadside stands which would not be fair to say for a dole of bread.
(iv) Who are referred as the flower of
cities?
Ans: The best things avail in the cities is
referred as the flower of cities.
15. “The polished traffic passed with a mind
ahead,
Or if ever aside a moment then out of sorts
At having the landscape marred with the
artless paint
Of sings hat with N Corned wrong and S turned
wrong
Offered for sale wild berries in wooden
quarts,
Or crook-necked golden squash with silver
warts,
Or beauty rest in a beautiful mountain scene,
You have the money, but if you want to be
mean,
Why keep your money (this crossly) and go
along.”
(i)How did the traffic pass?
Ans: The traffic passed with a mind ahead or
without stopped there.
(ii) Why did one turn out of sorts?
Ans: One turned out of sorts because the
landscape had marred/not so well with the artless paint. Secondly, the signs of
N and S turned wrong.
(iii) What are the two things that were sold
in that stand?
Ans: The two things that were sold in that
stand are wild berries and crook-necked golden squash.
(iv) What should one do if one wants to be
mean?
Ans: One should keep one’s money and moves
ahead.
16.”It is in the news that all these pitiful
kin
Are to be fought out and mercifully gathered
in
To live in villagers, next to the theatre and
the store,
Where they won’t have to think for themselves
anymore,
Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits.
That are calculated to soothe them out if
their wits,
And by teaching them how to sleep all day,
Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way.”
(i)Why won’t these poor people have to think
about themselves anymore?
Ans: These poor people won’t have to think
about themselves anymore because they are swarmed over their lives and
enforcing benefits by the party in power and the greedy good-doers.
(ii)How does the poet describe the good doers?
Ans: According to the poet, the good doers
are pretending to be doing good works or things. But, they swarm over the lives
of poor people and enforcing benefits.
(iii)How will the innocent rural folk be
soothed out of their wits end?
Ans: The party in power and the greedy
good-doers will fool them the innocent rural folk by their wits and power. They will teach them for their works and
destroy their sleeping at night by their works and pressures. Thus, the innocent
rural folk are to be soothed out of their wits end.
17.
No, in country money, the country scale of gain,
The
requisite lift of spirit has never been found,
Or
so the voice of the country seems to complain,
I
can’t help owning the great relief it would be
To
put these people at one stroke out of their pain.
And
then next day as I come back into the sane,
I
wonder how I should like you to come to me
And offer to put me gently out of my pain.
(i) Where do these lines occur?
Answer: These lines occur in the poem, “The
Roadside Stand”, written by Robert Frost.
(ii)Why has the requisite sprit never been found?
Answer: the requisite sprit has never been
found for the party in power and the greedy good-doers who swarm over the lives
of poor people and enforcing benefits.
(iii) What does the voice of the country
people seem to say?
Answer: The voice of the country people seem
to say about his complains of injustice and the requisite lift of spirit.
(iv) What will be of great relief for the poet?
Answer: The great relief for the poet will be
if he would relief the poor people at one stroke out of their pain.
18.“Sometimes
I feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought
of so much childish longing in vain,
The
sadness that lurks near the open window there,
That
waits all day in almost open prayer
For
the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car,”
Questions:
(i) What is
the ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘in vain’?
Answer: The ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to the waiting for the customer by the poor owners of the roadside stand or the roadside shop. They always wait for the squeal of brakes and the sound of a stopping car so that someone comes and buys something from their shops.
It is in vain because most of the cars never stop in the
roadside stand. Even, some cars stop, they only ask unnecessary questions.
(ii)
Who waits near the open window? 1
Answer:
The poor owners of the roadside stand or the roadside shop wait near the open
window.
(iii)
What does the person waiting near the open window pray for?
Answer:
The person waiting near the open window prays for the squeal of brakes and the sound of a stopping car
so that someone comes down from the car and buys something from their shops.
Short
Answer Questions: Type-A (2 mark each)
1.Who are referred
to as the ‘flower of cities’?
Answer: The best
things of the city are referred to as the ‘flower of cities’. Among the best
things, the best facilities, the best companies, the best living conditions, the
best educations, and other else are indicated as the ‘flower of cities’.
2.How does the
traffic pass?
Answer: The
polished traffic pass with a mind ahead. They often do not stop in the roadside
stand for buying anything nor do they take attention for the foods.
3. Why does one
turn ‘out of sorts’?
Answer: A traffic
turns ‘out of sorts’ when the traffic observes/attentions the landscape that
marred with the artless paint. Also, he or she turns at signs that with N
turned wrong and S turned wrong.
4.What are being
sold in that roadside stand?
Answer: Wild
berries in wooden quarts and crook-necked golden squash with silver warts are
being sold in that roadside stand.
5.Why do the people
running the roadside stand ask for some city money’?
Or: Why do the
people who are running the roadside stand ‘ask for some city money’?
Answer:
The people who are running the roadside
stand ask for some city money’ to feel in hand the city money and to give them
the life of the moving-pictures’ promise alike. They also expect the city money
to flow supports some facilities like the city people from their sinking and
withering faint condition.
6.Who has betrayed
the village people? How?
Answer: The parties
in power or the greedy good-doers have betrayed the village people. They swarm
over their lives enforcing benefits and soothe them out of their wits. Also,
they destroy their sleeping at night by their works and pressures.
7.What is ‘in the
news’?
Or What was in the
news as has been portrayed in the poem “The Roadside Stand”?
Answer:
It is in the news in the poem “The Roadside Stand” that all the pitiful kin or
the owners of the roadside stands or the poor village people won’t have to
think for themselves anymore. The parties in power or the greedy good-doers buy
out them and swarm over their lives for enforcing benefits and also soothe
them out of their wits.
8.Why won’t these
poor people ‘have to think for themselves anymore’?
Answer: These poor
people won’t ‘have to think for themselves anymore because the parties in power
or the greedy good-doers buy out them and swarm over their lives for enforcing
benefits. They soothe them out of their wits and destroy their sleeping at
night for their works and pressures.
9.What is the place
of the folk who have put up the roadside stand?
Answer: The folk
have put up the roadside stand in far from the city.
10.What do the
people wait all they long for?
Answer: The people
wait all long for the squeal of brakes and the sound of a stopping car. They
expect on all the thousand selfish cars for stop there and buy some foods from
them.
11.What will be of
great relief to the poet?
Answer:
The great relief will be to the poet to put the poor and exploited people at
one stroke out of their pain. Also, the poet wishes to put him gently out of
his pain by the great relief of the poor or exploited people.
12. ‘And by
teaching them how to sleep the all day, destroy their sleeping at night the
ancient way’. Explain in brief.
Answer: In this
statement, the poet mentions about the parties in power or the greedy
good-doers who sleep all the day and destroy the poor or working people’s
sleeping at night by their works.
13.What did the
roadside stand offers the customers ? Why were the city people critical of the
stand?
Answer: The
roadside stand offered the customers wild berries in wooden quarts and crook-necked
golden squash with silver warts.
The city people were critical of the stand for the landscape that marred
with the artless paint. Also, they criticised the wrong turn of N and S.
14.What was the plea of the folk who had put
up the roadside stand ?
Ans: The folk who had put up the roadside
stand pled for some of the money, the cash from the passers-by. They wished
them to stop at that place for buying/shopping some things from them.
15.Did ‘the polished traffic’ stop at the
roadside stand and if at all they stopped, what were their reactions?
Answer: The polished traffic’ often did not
stop at the roadside stand.
If at all they stopped, their reactions were
against the artless paint that marred with the landscape. Also, they criticized
the signs of S and N that turned wrong.
16.What things irritated the passer-by who
stopped at the roadside stand?
Answer: The passers-by who stopped at the
roadside stand were irritated at the artless paint that marred with the beautiful
landscape. Also, they were irritated at the signs of S and N which were turned
wrong.
17.Who will soothe the rural poor out of
their wits and how?
Answer: The greedy good-doers or the selfish
powerful people will soothe the rural poor out of their wits.
The good doer’s are alike beneficent beasts
of prey. They calculate to soothe the poor or working people out of their wits.
They swarm over the poor or working people’s lives and enforcing benefits by
their powers and works. Also, they sleep all the day and destroy the
poor or working people’s sleeping at night by their works.
18.What was the complain of the poet in ‘A
Roadside Stand’?
Answer: The complain of the poet in ‘A
Roadside Stand’ was against the greedy good-doers or the parties in power who
do not provide the requisite lift of sprit or the essential facilities for the
poor people. He also wishes to complain against the injustice and expects a
great relief for them.
Short
Answer Questions: Type-B (2 mark each)
1.How does the poet describe the good doer’s?
Answer:
The poet describes that the good doer’s are alike beneficent beasts of prey.
They swarm over the poor or working people’s lives and enforcing benefits. They
calculate to soothe them out of their wits. They sleep all the day and destroy
the poor or working people’s sleeping at night by their works.
2.How
will the innocent rural folk be soothed ‘out of their wits’?
Answer:
The poet describes that the good doer’s are alike beneficent beasts of prey.
They calculate to soothe the poor or working people out of their wits. They
swarm over the poor or working people’s lives and enforcing benefits by their
powers. Also, they sleep all the day and destroy the poor or working people’s
sleeping at night by their works.
3.What is the poet’s childish longing? Why is it in vain?
Answer:
It is in vain because most of the cars never stop in the
roadside stand. Even, some cars stop, they only ask unnecessary questions.
4.Why do cars stop’s by, if they do stop at all at the roadside stand?
Answer: The first car stops to back and turn
around his or her car by the roadside stand. The second car stops to ask about
the way where it was bound. The third car stops to ask if they can sell a
gallon of gas. The poet annoys with the selfish cars because they does not purchase
any product from the shop or the road side stand.
5.Why has the ‘requisite life of spirit never been found’?
Answer: The ‘requisite life of spirit has never been found for the
parties in power or the greedy good-doers. They destroy the poor or working
people’s sleeping and dreams of life. They use them for their works. Also, they
swarm over the poor or working people’s lives and enforcing benefits by their
powers by soothe them.
6.What does ‘the voice of the country’ seem to complain about?
Answer:
‘The voice of the country’ seems to complain about the requisite life of spirit
or the essential things and about their rights. They also wish to complain
against their injustices by the parties in power or the greedy good-doers.
Short Answer Questions: Type-C (2 mark each)
1. Show how the poet feels insufferable pain at the thought of the
plight of the rural poor.
Answer: The poet feels himself that he can hardly bear the thought of
the poor people or the roadside owners’ miserable conditions. It is in vain for
the parties in power or the greedy good-doers. They destroy the poor or working
people’s sleeping and dreams of life. They use them for their works. Also, they
swarm over the poor or working people’s lives and enforcing benefits by their
powers.
2.Explain the following:
i)…But for some of the money,
the cash, whose flow supports
the flower of cities, from
sinking and withering faint.
Answer: By this phrase, the poet, Robert Frost mentions that the
roadside stands are established for some of the money or the cash to flow
support the flower of cities that means the best things of the cities to remove
their sinking and withering faint.
ii) And give us the life of the
moving picture promised
Answer: By this statement, the poet, Robert Frost expresses the promises
of the parties in power or the greedy good-doers. He mentions that the promises
are given to them like the life of the moving picture promised but
unfortunately totally meaningless because the selfish persons do not give them
any facilities of help to live better.
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