NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Literature Reader Chapter 7 The Frog And The Nightingale

Read the extract and answer the following questions by choosing the   most appropriate options:
'Next night when the Nightingale
Shook her head and twitched her tail,
Closed an eye and fluffed a wing
And had cleared her throat to sing
She was startled by a croak’

(a) The Nightingale was eager to sing because _______
(i) the song was good
(ii) she wanted to gain applause
(iii) a solitary loon wept
(iv) the sumac tree was in full bloom

(b) She was startled by ___________
(i) the frog’s croak                  (ii) ladies with tiaras
(iii) Duck of Kent                     (iv) the toad

(c) She twitched her tail to _________
(i) earn money                        (ii) start vocal training
(iii) perfect her technique        (iv) sing a song

Nightingale was responsible for her own fate. Elucidate.

(a) As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her sing.
(b) Soon the nightingale became famous and creatures from miles around came to hear her sing.
(c) All the creatures in the bog cheered and clapped at her beautiful song.
(d) He offered to train the nightingale, so that she could sing even more beautifully.
(e) So the frog could sing unrivalled in the bog once more. 
(f) The next night the frog introduced himself.
(g) The frog charged an admission fee and earned a lot of money from these concerts. 
(h) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in an unpleasant voice.
(i) But the frog made the nightingale rehearse continuously in rain.
(j) One night a nightingale began to sing in a melodious voice.
(k) Finally, the nightingale burst a vein and died. 

The frog's aim was to 

• make the nightingale a sensation 

• make the nightingale as good as a singer as him

• maintain his supremacy in the bog

• make a lot of money.

The animals reacted to the nightingale's song with

• hatred

• admiration

• indifference

• suggestions for the improvement 

The nightingale accepted the frog's tutelage as she 

• was not confident of herself

• wanted to become as good a singer as the frog 

• wanted to become a professional singer

• was not a resident of Bingle Bog 

The nightingale was sorrowful and pale because 

• she had been practicing in the rain 

• she had been performing all night 

• she was losing confidence in herself

• she was falling ill

The audience was tired of her song because 

• they had heard it many times

• it had become mechanical

• she looked tired

• she had added trill to her song 

She no longer enjoyed singing alone as 

• she wanted to sing only for tilted crowd 

• she was now used to the appreciation she got 

• the frog was no longer with her

• she had become proud of herself