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    The document provides reading comprehension questions about a poem describing a tiger confined to a cage in a zoo. It includes 5 short answer questions asking about details in the poem, such as how the tiger normally behaves and how it shows its presence. It also includes 2 long answer questions asking about the natural instinct for freedom and the ethics of confining wild animals. The document provides video explanations of the poem and questions to help with analysis.

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    The document provides reading comprehension questions about a poem describing a tiger confined to a cage in a zoo. It includes 5 short answer questions asking about details in the poem, such as how the tiger normally behaves and how it shows its presence. It also includes 2 long answer questions asking about the natural instinct for freedom and the ethics of confining wild animals. The document provides video explanations of the poem and questions to help with analysis.

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    A Tiger in The Zoo

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    The document provides reading comprehension questions about a poem describing a tiger confined to a cage in a zoo. It includes 5 short answer questions asking about details in the poem, such as how the tiger normally behaves and how it shows its presence. It also includes 2 long answer questions asking about the natural instinct for freedom and the ethics of confining wild animals. The document provides video explanations of the poem and questions to help with analysis.

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    Goerge Leslie Norris

    (1921-2006)
    Read the following extract carefully and answer the
    questions that follow. (4 marks)

    He should be snarling around houses At the jungle’s


    edge,
    Baring his white fangs, his claws,
    Terrorising the village!

    (a) What does the poet try to suggest through these


    lines?
    (b) How does the tiger scare the people?
    [CBSE 2015]
    (c) Why does ‘he’ snarl?
    (d) How does ‘he’ show his presence? [CBSE 2011]
    SHORT QUESTIONS (30 to 40 words)
    [3 Marks]
    Q1. Describe the tiger in the cage.

    Q2. Where should the tiger have been according to the


    poet? [CBSE 2014]
    Q3. Why should the tiger snarl around houses at the
    edge of the forest?’. [CBSE 2012]
    Q4. What is the tiger doing? Why is he ignoring the
    visitors?
    Q5. What does the poet convey through the poem?
    LONG QUESTIONS (100 to 120 words)
    [5 Marks]

    Q1. Love for freedom is the natural instinct of


    every living being. Comment. [CBSE 2014]

    Q2. Is it right to confine wild animals into cages?


    Why or why not?
    VIDEO EXPLANATION
    https://youtu.be/ZN1hG6HyDzA

    https://youtu.be/0dGrGOBAY2U:

    NOTE: Click on the above link to view the


    poem Line by Line explanation.
    THANK YOU

    BHARANI

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