‘Sudden strangeness’ refers to:

• a feeling of horror

• a feeling of vulgarity

• a feeling of cessation of noise and tension

• a feeling of relaxation

At the moment of stillness, all will feel:

Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow each:
Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm whales and the man gathering salt would look at his hurt hands.
1. What does the fisherman do in the cold sea?
2. How would the whales not be harmed?
3. How are the hands of the man hurt?
4. Which professions are mentioned in these lines?
5. Find a word from the passage that means ‘collecting’.

The fisherman goes for fishing in:

 The whales would not be harmed when:

The skin is injured by:

The professions mentioned in the above lines are:

Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow each:
Those who prepare green
wars, wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.

1. In which wars are there no survivors?
2. Who would put on clean clothes?
3. What does ‘put on clean clothes’ signify?
4. How can brotherhood be established in the world?

There are no survivors in:

Clean clothes would be worn by: