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My Lost Dollar, English Literature, Class 8 Magic Place, Question and Answers Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw

Part A: Magic Place Part B: Tales from Shakespeare Click on the links given alongside the chapters:- Figures of Speech:  http://figures-of-speech Part A: Magic Place 1. Adrift at Sea:  https://adrift-at-sea 2. Govinda's Disciple:  https://govindas 3.Superstitions:  https://superstitions 4. The Thief:  https://the-thief 5. The Listeners:  https://the-listeners 6. The Road Not Taken:  https://the-road 7. The Wolves of Cernogratz:  https://wolves 8. O Captain! My Captain! :  https://o-captain 9. Felling of the Banyan Tree:  https://felling-of-banyan 10. My Lost Dollar:  http://my-lost-dollar Part B: Tales from Shakespeare 1. Macbeth: Question and Answers:  http://macbeth-question-and-answers 2. Julius Caesar:  http://julius-caesar 3.  A Midsummer Night's Dream: 1st Link: Question with Answers:  https://midsummer-nights-dream-q 2nd Link: Practice Questions Only:    http://a-midsummer 4. Twelfth Night: ...

POEM : FELLING OF THE BANYAN TREE BY DILIP CHITRE Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw Part A: Short Answer Type Questions:- A1. What were the structures that surrounded the speaker's house? Ans: The speaker's house was surrounded by other houses that were inhabited by tenants. 2. Why did the speaker's grandmother feed that felling a tree was a crime? Ans : The speakers grandmother believed that trees was sacred and she felt that it was a crime to cut them down. 3. Why does the speaker use the word 'massacre' to describe the felling of the trees? Ans: The speaker uses the word 'massacre' to convey the utter cruelty and violence which was involved in the cutting down of these trees. 4. Which trees were cut down? Ans : The sheoga, the oudumber and the neem trees were cut down. 5. Describe the Banyan tree. An...

O Captain! My Captain!  Themes and Figures of Speech Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw Themes of Oh captain! My captain! 1. Victory and Loss Even as the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” celebrates the end of the American Civil War, it is also an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln. Victory and loss are thus closely intertwined throughout the poem. On the one hand, its mourning is tempered with joyful reminders that the war is won. Its celebrations, on the other hand, are haunted by melancholy. In this sense, Whitman’s poem illuminates the lingering pain and trauma of losses sustained in war. 2. Grief and Isolation Each stanza of “O Captain! My Captain!” pivots between public celebration and private grief. In this way, the poem foregrounds the tension between outward emotional expression and internal emotional experience. The speaker mus...

The Wolves of Cernogratz English Literature Class 8 : Exercise Questions (Magic Place) Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw

POEM: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw A. 1. What does the word yellow wood indicate? The words yellow wood indicate that it is autumn and the leaves of the trees are yellowing and changing colour 2. Why does the speaker feel sorry? The speaker feels sorry because he had to make a choice between two roads and had to let go of one when he chose to follow the other. 3.  What observation did the speaker make about the two roads? The speaker carefully observed the the two roads. The first was covered with undergrowth which did not allow him to see past the first bend. The second road seemed to be grassier and less worn out. The speaker felt that this made the second road a fairer option to go by. However , later as he started walking further, he realised that the roads were more or less similar. 4. Did the speaker ...

Twelfth Night, Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb: Extra Questions Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE &  ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw Click/Tap on the images to get clear magnified view of the pages.  Extra Questions 

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb : Extra Questions Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw

The Listeners Question and Answers Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE & ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw Part A: Short Answer Type Questions:- 1) Describe the place the traveller has come to? Ans : The Traveller has reached an old deserted house in the middle of the forest. It is night time and the forests floor is covered with ferns. The moonlight casts a beam on the door of the house. The traveller knocks on the door, but there is no one who responds, only a bird suddenly flies out of the turret. The place has an eerie and mysterious quality. 2. What happens when the traveller strikes the door the   second time? Ans : When the traveller knocks on the door the second time no one came down to greet the traveller or leaned over the leaf fringed window sill to answer his call. 3.How does the traveller sense the presence of others inside   the house? Ans : Although ...

The Thief Class 8 English Literature Magic Place Question and Answers Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE and ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw Q1. How did the thief come to work for Arun? The thief first met Arun at a wrestling match. He decided that Arun would be a suitable person to work for and thus approached him with his most appealing smile. Flattering him with words, the thief told him that he was ready to work without any pay as long as he was fed. Having agreed to cook for the two of them, the thief managed to secure a job under Arun . 2. In what way did the thief benefit in Aruns company? The thief benefitted a lot from Aruns company. He learnt to write his own name as well as Aruns. Arun also promised to teach him to write whole sentences and to add money on paper. Apart from this, the thief also managed to nick six paise from Arun every once in a while, by lying to ...

CHAPTER : SUPERSTITIONS SHORT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS :- Visit my youtube channel for study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE and ISC subjects.Click here👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw Q1. What are superstitions? Ans : Superstitions are beliefs that particular events happen in a way that cannot be explained by reason or science. Q2. What has cast a doubt on superstitious beliefs? Ans : Rational thoughts and advance of science have cast doubt on superstitious beliefs. Q3. What does mascot mean? Why do people carry mascots? Ans : The word 'mascot' comes from the French word 'masco' which means 'sorcerer'. People carry mascots because they have magical powers. They bring good luck and keep evil spirits away. Q4. From which word is 'Talisman' derived and what does it mean? Ans: 'Talisman' is derived from the Greek word 'telesma' meaning 'mystery'. Q5. Why are amulets worn by ...

TOPIC : JULIUS CAESAR Visit my youtube channel for well-researched study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE and ISC subjects. Click here 👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw KINDLY REFER TO THE SUB - PARTS OF THE TEXT TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. 1.INTRODUCTION a. Name the triumvirate that ruled over Rome over two thousand years ago. b. Who was Octavius Caesar? c. Name two Roman’s who were dear friends of Caesar. d. Name some of the conspirators who plotted against Caesar . e. How did the conflict between Pompey and Caesar arise ? How did the attitude of the people change after Pompey’s defeat?  CAESAR REFUSES THE CROWN a. Why was Caesar at the stadium? Who offered him the crown there? b. Why werr some of the Romans dissatisfied with Caesar? c. Why did Cassius need the support of Brutus to murder Caesar? d. How did Cassius begin to poison the mind of Brutus? e. What information does Casca give Cassius and Br...

GOVINDA'S DISCIPLE Visit my youtube channel for well-researched study materials and animated video lessons on various ICSE and ISC subjects. Click here 👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCEEd8EHCRzlVUQnNFdATQmw For other chapters from the syllabus, click here👇 https://class-8-magic-place-all-chapters THEME OF THE POEM.* The tendency to consider material possessions as more important than spiritual values. In the poem, Raghunath(Govinda's disciple) is shown to have a very materialistic nature. He shows that he values the guru and his teachings more than the expensive bangles. But his true nature is seen when guru Govinda throws the bangle in the river. The poem shows us how much people value their wealth in life. Govinda teaches a lesson to his disciple and makes him realize that he was only satisfying his ego and not showing real selfless regard for his guru. Govinda’s Disciple central idea revolves around the renunciation of one’s attachment to material possess...