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After Blenheim Questions and Answers Free PDF (1) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found He came to ask what he had found That was so large and smooth and round. 1. Whom does the word ‘him’ refer to? Who are Wilhelmine and Peterkin? A1. The word ‘him’ refers to the old man Kaspar. Wilhelmine and Peterkin are his grandchildren. 2. What was this person doing? Where is he? A2. He is sitting in front of his cottage after finishing his day’s work. His cottage is situated in Blenheim, a village in Bavaria. 3. What was Peterkin doing and what did he find? A3. Peterkin was playing on the ground and he found a big round object which was a skull. 4. Whom does he show this skull and what does that person tell him? A4. Peterkin shows the ‘round big object’ to his grandfather Kaspar who was sitting nearby. Kaspar tells him that it was a skull. There were many such skulls buried in the fields, which came out from time to time. 5. Why were such objects found there? A5. Kaspar tells his grandchildren that at Blenheim, a terrible battle was fought, in which the French were defeated. There, thousands of men died and were left there rotting. That’s why, skulls are still found, although it was a great victory. (2) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Old Caspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by, And the n the old man shook his head, And, with a natural sigh, “Tis some poor fellow’s skull”, said he, “who fell in the great victory”. “I find them in garden”, For there’s many here about; And often when I go to plough, The ploughshare turns them out; “For many Thousand men”, said he “Were slain in the great victory”. 1. Who is the boy and why is he standing expectantly? A1. The boy is Peterkin and is Kaspar’s grandson. He is standing expectantly because with his natural inborn curiosity of a young child, he wants to know about the round, big and heavy object, which he has found while playing. 2. Why did the old man shake his head and spoke with a natural sigh? What was the object? A2. It was a natural sigh because Kaspar remembers that it was the skull of some soldier killed in the battle at Blenheim. The object was a skull. 3. How common were the skulls there? At which place many of them could be found? A3. The skulls were common there because it was the place where thousands of men were butchered and killed and their Corpses were left rotting. It was a common place for the finding of skulls. The place was a village named Blenheim where ironically the famous victory was achieved at the cost of the thousands of lives. 4. What did Kaspar say in reply to his grandson’s question? What else did he tell? A4. Kaspar told his son that it was the skull of a man killed in the battle of Blenheim. He said that he had been finding these skulls for a long time. 5. What does the tone of Kaspar’s words suggest? A5. It is evident from the tone of Kaspar’s words that he is not upset about the death of thousands in the battle; rather the only thing that concerned him was that it was a great victory. 6. Who was responsible for the victory referred here? A6. The Duke of Marlborough of England and Prince Ugene of Austria were responsible for this great victory.
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