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Merchant of Venice Act 1 Scene 1 (Workbook Answers of Extracts 5 to 8) Extract 5 Answer 1: Gratiano says that young people are filled with a lot of energy. They should spend this energy by having fun. If they stay at one place and don’t spend their energy, they are the same as the marble statue of their grandfather. Gratiano warns Antonio that if he remains serious all the time and doesn’t enjoy life, he will be infected with jaundice.   Answer 2:   (a) Some people cover their faces with a serious expression that remains unchanged like the cream on the surface of milk and as the algae covering the surface of ponds.  (b) maintain complete silence not to disturb the expression on the face.   Answer 3: In the extract, Gratiano says that there are people who try to obtain a reputation for wisdom, by remaining silent. Such people think that they have the authority of the Oracle. They want that when they speak, the others should be quiet.   Answer 4: ‘I am sir O...

Merchant of Venice Act 1 Scene 1 (Workbook Answers 1 to 4) Extract 1 Answer1: Antonio and his friends are in a street in Venice. Antonio says that although he is sad, he doesn't know the reason for his sadness or the nature of his sadness.   Answer 2:   (a). how it originated  (b). a dull sadness  (c). That I have much difficulty in recognising myself. Answer 3: Salarino says that Antonio is sad because he is worried about his ships that are sailing in the sea with valuable cargo.   Answer 4: Salarino compares Antonio’s ships to wealthy people who look down upon people who aren’t as rich as them. He says that Antonio’s ships are huge and when they sail in the sea, they look down upon the smaller ships and boats. According to Salarino, those smaller ships show respect to Antonio’s ships. Answer 5: Shakespeare presents Antonio as a melancholic man to portray that he is a man who is bored with life and doesn’t care about the consequences of his actions. It ...

Treasure Trove Chapter 7 The Little Match Girl (Workbook Answers) Extract 1 Answer 1. The evening was special as it was New Year's Eve. It was terribly cold, snow was falling and darkness was gathering. Answer 2. The slippers that the girl was wearing belonged to her dead mother. They were too big for her and hence were of no use. The little girl had lost her slippers as she ran across the street to escape from two carriages that were being driven terribly fast. One slipper could not be found and the other was taken away by an urchin. Answer 3. It was a bitterly cold evening but the girl was walking bareheaded and barefoot. Thus we conclude that the girl was poor and dejected. Answer 4. The girl was sent out in the cold by her father to sell matches. Since she could not sell any matches, she was afraid of going back home because she would be beaten by her father. Answer 5. The title 'The Little Match Girl' is appropriate as it revolves around a little girl who sells ...

Treasure Trove Chapter 5 A Face in the Dark (Workbook Answers) Extract 1 Answer 1: Mr Oliver was an Anglo-Indian teacher. He taught at a boarding school in Shimla. His usual activity was to walk down to the Shimla bazar in the evening and to return after dark. He took a shortcut through the pine forest. Answer 2: The school in Shimla, where Mr Oliver was a teacher, has been called the 'Eton of the East'. Eton is one of the most reputed and expensive schools in England. Oliver's School is called 'Eton of the East' because the school was run on English public school lines and the students were from wealthy families.   Answer 3: It was night time and a strong wind was blowing, the pine trees were making mysterious side sounds, indicating that something evil was likely to happen. It creates an atmosphere of fear and suspense . Answer 4: Oliver encountered a boy sitting alone on a rock, one night. After seeing the boy, Oliver stopped and approached the boy. Answer 5...

Computer Chapter - 1 Computer Network D. Define the following: 1. Network: A computer network is a collection of computers and devices connected by communication channels. 2. Protocol: A protocol is a set of rules that outlines the characteristics of how two devices communicate over the network. 3. Router: A router is a device that connects multiple computers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network. 4. FTP: FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This is a set of rules that allows file uploading and downloading on the internet. 5. SMTP: SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. This is an email protocol for sending emails across the internet. E. Differentiate between the following: Answer 1. POP3   (i) The user can view and access the emails after downloading them to their device. (ii) The emails can only be accessed from the device on which they were downloaded. IMAP  (i) The user doesn’t have to download the emails to their device. The...