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Directions (Q. nos. 1–6): Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate options.

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,

and the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,

And a gray mist on the sea’s face and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild and a clear call that may not be denied:

And all ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying

and the flung spray all the blown spume and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life.

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rower,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

Q1. What does the poet need to steer the ship?

(a) Wheel, star and wind

(b) Wheel, wind and sail

(d) Wheel, sail and star

Q2. Which figure of speech is used in ‘where the wind is like a whetted knife’?

(a) Personification

(b) Transferred Epithet

(d) Simile

Q3. The phrase ‘a merry yarn’ in the poem is an example of

(a) Assonance

(b) Simile

(d) Metaphor

Q4. Invitation of the running tide can’t be denied because

(a) it can turn violent

(b) it is made very lovingly

(d) it is made on a windy day

Q5. The poet likes a windy day because

(a) sea-gulls enjoy it among the clouds

(b) it helps the ship sail smoothly

(d) the sky gets overcast with white clouds

Q6. What does the poet want to listen to?

(a) A sad song of the wailing winds

(b) The sound of flapping sails

(d) A happy song of the sea

Q7. While learning vocabulary, learners connect one word with its related words and the words which can occur before and after it. What is this technique called?

(a) Dictation

(b) Note making

(d) Conversation

Q8. In order to know the correct pronunciation of English words, the learner should

(a) know how to write the words

(b) know the spelling, meanings and how they are pronounced

(d) know the spelling

Q9. When we sing a rhyme in an English language classroom, we

(a) familiarize the learner with the English sounds

(b) teach them to read

(d) teach them to learn to sing

Q10. Students are asked to read a short text and make points for discussion. What skills of the learners are assessed?