Available Answers

1. 1.

   Choose the correct options.

   1. The person who helped the poet the first time was
      1. proud and cold.
      2. kind but cold.
      3. warm and loving.
   2. The poor man helped the poet with
      1. money.
      2. kindness.
      3. food.
   3. The first time the poet received help in the form of
      1. money.
      2. food.
      3. kindness.
2. 2.

   What was missing from the help the narrator received the first time?

3. 3.

   Why did the narrator 'stand erect' to thank the gentleman who helped him first?

4. 4.

   While speaking of the people who helped him, the narrator favours one of them. Why does he do so?

5. 5.

   Why does the narrator describe the sympathy received from the second of man as heavenly?

6. 6.

   How are the two people who helped the narrator different? Why is playing back one of them difficult in the eyes of the narrator?