2.5 A Play PART - I

 2.5 A Play Part - 01

Difficult Words

• Alert - watchful दक्ष
• Enliven - make (someone) more cheerful उत्साह देणे
• Complications -  a difficulty गुंतागुंत
• Delectable - pleasurable आनंददायक
• Sage - साधू
• Revered - to have a deep respect for आदर असणे
• Gracious - courteous, kind, and pleasant दयाळू
• learned - well educated विद्वान
• Monarch - a king, queen, or emperor बादशाह
• Fanfare - a flourish of trumpets धामधूम
• Wail - sad cry आक्रोश
• Peered - look with difficulty बारीक नजरेने पाहणे, निरखून पाहिले
• Instantly - in a flash तात्काळ
• Intention - purpose ऊद्देश
• Gallows - for the hanging of criminals वधस्तंभ
• Summon - to order to be present उपस्थित राहण्याचा आदेश देणे.
• Execute - carry out अमलात आणणे
• Cowering - to cringe दबकने
• Distracted - took ones attention away विचलित केले.
• Fret - worry काळजीने क्षुब्ध होणे
• Esteemed - to think highly of आदर करणे
• Threshold - उंबरठा

Margin Questions

Q.1. What is the name of the town?

Ans. The name of the town is Andher Nagari.

Q.2. What is the name of the king?

Ans. The name of the king is Chaupat.

Q.3.What is the specialty of the land?

Ans. Everything in the market is sold at the same price. No complications.

Q.4. What Indian proverb is reflected in the play?

Ans. "Taka ser bhaji. taka ser khaja"

Q.5. Do you think this is a good land to settle in? Why?

Ans. I think this is a good land to settle in where everything in the market is sold at the same price. You can buy the richest and most delectable sweets for the same price as an equal measure of vegetables. It makes life easy.

Q.6. What are the titles of king Chaupat?

Ans. The great king Chaupat, the mighty king Chaupat, most noble, most revered, most gracious, most learned king Chaupat, Royal Monarch, ONoble king, most kind lord and king, O merciful king, Royal Lord, Your majesty, O just king. your most Esteemed Highness.

Q.7.Can we call thieves 'truly hard-working and honest'?

Ans. No, We cannot call thieves truly hard-working and honest because they work hard to steal from others.

Q.8. If you had been the merchant, what would you have said?

Ans. If I had been the merchant I would have said that house has been recently built and very strong. The thieves made a hole in the wall. That is why the wall collapsed. I would have registered an FIR on the thief for trying to enter into my house.

Q.9. What is the MOrtar maker's excuse? Is it believable?

Ans. The mortar marker's excuse was the water pot that he used had an extraordinary largemouth. So excess water poured down into the mortar mixture. And he blamed the potter for making such a useless pot. His excuse was unbelievable because the mortar maker should have used another pot and poured less water in the mixture.

Q.10. Do you think the Potter is telling the truth? Why?

Ans. I don't think the potter is telling the truth. Because it was his responsibility to give the pot and it's mouth proper shape. Instead, he blamed the money leader's daughter for his own fault.

Q.11. Why is the daughter so confident that the king will not hang her? Does her prediction come true?

Ans. The daughter of the moneylender was so confident that the king will hang her because she knew that if she put blame on the goldsmith the king would spare her life and would call the goldsmith in the court. Her prediction comes true.

Q.12. Is the Daughter's complaint about Goldsmith true?

Ans. Yes, the Daughter's complaint about the goldsmith looks true. She might have left the house to request the goldsmith to prepare the ornaments faster, as she was to be married next week.

    ENGLISH WORKSHOP

Q.1. List the characters that have appeared so far in the play.

Ans. 1st Guard, 2nd Guard, 4th guard messenger, disciple, king, thief, merchant. bricklayer, mortar-maker, potter, money-lender, money-lender's daughter

Q.2. List all the different titles they use to address the king.

Ans. The most noble, the most revered, the most gracious, the most learned, the royal monarch.

Q.3. Copy the exclamations from the play (At least 5)

Ans.

• How boring!
• Halt!
• Let the court begin!
• O, king!
• Alife for life!
• O Noble king!
• O just king!

Q.4. Copy the order ( Imperative sentences ) from the play.

Ans.

• Be alert.
• Bring the money lender's daughter here, this very instant.
• Bring the careless bricklayer immediately.
• Fetch the merchant at once.
• Summon the mortar-maker at once.
• Forgive me, o merciful king.
• Show mercy to this humble potter.
• Give your identity.

Q.6.Write what each of the following should have said after listening to the complaint against him/her :

(a) Daughter: Your most Esteemed Highness, I rarely step outside the threshold of my home.

(b) Potter: I agree that I made the pot. But I'm sorry, The pot may have been defective but I did nit do it on purpose. It was a mistake.

(c) Mortar-Maker: I do accept my mistake that the mortar was not of the best quilty. But the bricklayer should have been more careful while laying the bricks.

(d) Bricklayer: I laid the brick well.

(e) Merchant: My house has been recently built. It is the fault of the bricklayer, Who carelessly built such a weak wall.

Q.7. What should the king have said to the Thief?

Ans. The king should have said to the thief that it was the fault of him and his friend and not of the merchant. As they had entered his house with the intention of stealing when his family was away. So he and his friend were totally responsible for what had happened.

Q.8. Will a thief appear in a court on his own? Why does this thief dare to do so?

Ans. A thief will never appear in a court on his own. This thief dares to do so because the king of his kingdom was not powerful and the rules and regulations of his kingdom were not so strict.

LANGUAGE STUDY

Q.9. Read the following and find the subject and the verb each.

Sentences	Subject	Verb
You are a stranger.	You	Are
I am a visitor here.	I	Am
You have heard right.	You	Have heard
He must pay with his life.	He	Must pay
The king will not hang me.	The king	Will hang.

Q.10. Read the following sentences. Tick the ones in the passive voice. Copy them correctly.

1. I have heard amazing stories... 
2. I am especially impressed by the fact...  ✅
3. I am quite happy about it.
4. I beg for justice.
5. ....and my friend was instantly killed... ✅
6. My house has been recently built... ✅
7. It is the fault of the bricklayer ...

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