Worksheet 14.

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Case study based questions

10th English
Dust of Snow
Passage - 1 5 Marks

Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sen-
tences that follow
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

Q 1. Where was the crow?

213 The crow was on a hemlock tree.

243 The crow was on a banyan tree.
2’3 The crow was on a coconut tree.
23 The crow was on a redwood tree.

Q 4. What was the poets state of mind?

213 The poet was in a euphoric state of mind.

243 The poet was in a sad, depressed and hopeless state of mind.
2’3 The poet was in a horri'ed state of mind.
23 The poet was in a calm state of mind.

Q ’. What changed the poets state of mind?

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213 The poets mother made tasty food which changed his mind.
243 The poet won a loBery which changed his state of mind.
2’3 The crow shaking the dust of snow on the poet from a tree on the poet
changed his state of mind.
23 The news of an upcoming vacation changed the poets state of mind.

Q . What does the crow signify?

213 The crow signi'es the poets calm mood.

243 The crow signi'es the poets hope for the future.
2’3 The crow signi'es the beautiful weather.
23 The crow signi'es the poets sad and depressive mood.

Q 5. What did the crow do?

213 It shook dust of snow on the poet.

243 It sang for the poet.
2’3 It played with the poet.
23 It fought with the poet

Passage - 2 5 Marks

Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sen-
tences that follow
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Q 1. Who shook snow on the poet?

213 A parrot shook dust of snow on the poet.

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243 A crow shook dust of snow on the poet. The crow sat on the branch of
a hemlock tree.
2’3 A peacock shook dust of snow on the poet. The peacock sat on the
branch of a mango tree.
23 A duck shook dust of snow on the poet. The duck sat on the branch of
an apple tree.

Q 4. How did the crow change the poets mood?

213 The crow changed the poets mood by shaking down fruits from an
apple tree.
243 The crow changed the poets mood by singing for the poet from a
mango tree.
2’3 The crow changed the poets mood by shaking down the dust of snow
from a hemlock tree.
23 The crow changed the poets mood by chasing the poet from a banyan
tree.

Q ’. Where did the crow sit?

213 The crow sat on the branch of an apple tree.

243 The crow sat on the branch of a mango tree.
2’3 The crow sat on the branch of a banyan tree.
23 The crow sat on the branch of a hemlock tree.

Q . What would have happened if the crow didnt shake dust of snow on the
poet?

213 The poets day would have been worse.

243 The poets day would have been beBer.
2’3 The poet would be indi erent to the dust of snow.
23 The poet would have been angrier.
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Q 5. Who wrote the poem Dust of Snow ?

213 The poem is wriBen by William Shakespeare.

243 The poem is wriBen by Robert Frost.
2’3 The poem is wriBen by William Wordsworth.
23 The poem is wriBen by Ruskin ond.