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Worksheet (2021-2022)
Class: V Subject: English II

N.B. : Students should do this worksheet in their English-II notebook.

Chapter-6 (Call For Peace)

Summary:

‘Call for Peace ‘is an extract from the poem ‘The Song of Hiawatha’, written by H.W. Longfellow. It is about the
American Indians, the original inhabitants of America. They are tribals. They are often warring.In the poem, Gitche
Manito is the creator, the God who looks at the warring tribes with love and concern like a father. He is worried about
their fights so he tries to calm them.Gitche Manito’s voice is as grand as the sound of water falling from great height
into deep holes, from far off.Gitche Manito tells the tribals that when he has given them lands, streams and marshes
with plenty of animals to hunt from then what is the reason behind their fighting.He asks them further that why they
are yet not satisfied and hunt each other. He says that he is tired of their battles and their prayers of revenge. Finally
he tells them that their strength lies in their unity and danger lies in their discord. So they should be at peace as
brothers and live together.

Understanding the Poem

A. Choose the correct option to complete each statement. (only answers)

1.a. right hand

2.a. far off waters falling into deep abysses

3.c. King of the land

4.b. wild fowl

5. a. content

B. Answer the questions with reference to the context.

1. Looked upon them with compassion/With paternal love and pity.

a. Who looked upon whom with compassion and pity?

Ans.Gitche Manito, the creator of the nations looked upon the warring tribes of the earth with compassion and pity.

b. Why did he feel compassion and pity?

Ans. Gitche Manito felt compassion and pity because the people of the nations were fighting, arguing and creating
extreme nervousness and disturbance.

c. Why does he look at them with paternal love?

Ans. Gitche Manito looks upon them with paternal love as he was the creator of the nations i.e. the father of the nations.
According to him, the people were like his children.

2. ‘Why then are you not contented? Why then will you hunt each other?’

a. Why are the tribes not contented?

Ans. The tribes are not contented because they are at war with each otherand full of disagreement.They used to argue
strongly with each other.

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b. Why are the tribes hunting each other?

Ans. The tribes are hunting each other to take revenge or for pleasure.

c. Which figure of speech does the poet use in these lines? What effect does it create?

Ans. The poet uses the figure of speech,paradox in these lines. As two contradictory ideas; content and hunt are mentioned.
The lines ultimately convince to maintain harmony and be at peace.

Life Skills and Values

1. Why are Gitche Manito’s words of wisdom also words of warning?

Ans. Gitche Manito’s words of wisdom are also words of warning because if the people continue to quarrel and argue in this
way the world will be full of death, destruction and disagreement. Happiness and contentment will lose its
importance; sorrow and vengeance will seize the world.

2. What advice does he give his children?

Ans. He advises his children to live in peace, harmony and unitedly because strength lies in unity. He also asks his children to
stop fighting and be contented with what they have.

 Write and learn the rhyming words given below:

1. rage –cage
2. fights – sights
3. cool – fool
4.sound – found

 Write the opposites of the given words.

1. creator x destroyer
2. paternal x maternal
3. deep x shallow
4. wisdom x folly
5. contented x discontented

 Learn the meanings given in the book.

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