Summarry and questions of peom Patrioism

Summary of the Poem

The poem composed by a Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott appeal everyone to be patriotic. Somewhere in the country lives a man with his soul and conscience so dead although he is alive, who has never in his life said to his own country that this is his own, his native land. His heart has never burnt within himself while his footsteps are returning to his home from a long wandering foreign land. If such a man exists, then we should mark him well. There should not be songs of an expression of excessive delight for them sung by a wondering poet and musician. Though he may be proud of his name and earn high titles of fame and position, his wealth is boundless as anyone may wish to claim, yet in spite of those high titles, unlimited power and money such wretched soul concentrated all in himself. Finally, he will lose his fair renowned living, and die twice: body and soul like a dust from where he came into existence. There will be no one to weep for him, no one to honour him and no one to sing praises of him.

Question Sets asked in SLC

[SLC 2069 C]

A.        Write T or F.

a)         People who don't love their country are liked dead people.

b)         Patriotism is not precious than wealth.

c)          People who come back from alien country are not patriotic.

d)         One's motherland is far better than heaven.

B.         Choose the best answers.

a)         The poet asks us to ____________ the unpatriotic,

(i)         mark                       (ii)        honours                 (iii)       respect

b)         The wretch are _______.

(i)         unselfish                (ii)        selfish                    (iii)       honoured

c)          An unpatriotic person dies___________.

(i)         only physically      (ii)        only spiritually      (iii)       both physically and spiritually

                                                         [SLC 2069 E]

A.        Find the words form the text that have the following meaning.

a)         Travelling singer          b)             alien        c)             riches      d)            Popularity

B.         Answer these question.

a)         What kind of person lives with soul so dead?

b)         When is the tittles of a man useless?

c)          What according to the poet, is better than heaven?

[SLC 2067 C]

A.        Find the opposition meaning.

a)         Alive                             b)         invited

c)          low                               d)         foreign

B.         Answer these questions:

a)         Who is called a dead man?

b)         What is far better than heaven?

c)          What kind of feeling towards nation should we have?

 [SLC 2066 A]

A.        Write True or False

a)         'A patriot' means a person who is ready to defend their country against an enemy.

b)         According to the poet there's none to die twice.

c)          The poet says that all the fortunes of a selfish one is useless.

d)         He says 'anti-nationalist' are honoured.

B.         Answer these questions.

a)         What is far better than heaven?                                     b)      Who dies twice?

c)          Who are unsung by the country men?

[SLC 2066 D]

A.        Answer these questions.

a)         What kind of person alive with soul so dead?

b)         Why doesn't the minstrel sing for the sort of man described in the poem above?

c)          How shall the 'doubly dying' go down to the vile dust?

B.         Find similar meaning:

a)         lives                              b)         lose                                  c)      fame                       d)      riches

Additional Exercise Sets

Set - A

A.        Similar

i)          alien                             ii)         worried                            iii)     wealth                    iv)     pleasure

B.         Answer the following:

i)          Who is called a dead man?                                             ii)      Who dies to ice?

iii)        Who has written this poem?

Set- B

A.        Choose the best answer:

i)          The man who has not love for the ................... is called dead.

             a)         motherland                  b)         father land            c)          foreign land

ii)         All the little of a man is useless if he isn't ......

             a)         honoured                     b)         wealthy                  c)          patriotic

iii)        Ones motherland is far better than ..........

             a)         native land                   b)         heaven                   c)          dream land

iv)        The poet says us to mark a/ an ............ person.

             a)         patriotic                        b)         unpatriotic             c)          foreigner

B.         Write True and  false

i)          A patriotic person is respected everywhere.

ii)         Heaven is greater than mother land.

iii)        One who doesn't have love for ones country should be marked well.

iv)        The wealth of unpatriotic person is useless.

v)         He doesn't get horoured who doesn't have love for his country.

vi)        The poet suggests us to go abroad.

Set- C

A.        Find opposite meaning.

i)          Native                          ii)         Humble                           iii)     Gain                       iv)     Lively

B.         Matching with words

             A                                                                                    B

i)          Swell                                                               a)      move around

ii)         Rapture                                                          b)      Increase in volume

iii)        Vile dust                                                         c)      extreme joy

iv)        Foreign strand                                               d)      useless dirt

v)         Patriotism                                                       e)      alien country

vi)        Wander                                                          f)       love of one's own country

                                                                                     g)      travelling singer

Set- D

A.        Fill in the blanks.

i)          .............. has loved towards his country.

ii)         Unpatriotic person dies in ..................

iii)        A miserable person is concentrated .............

iv)        The place where we born is .................

B.         Answer the following

i)          What is the main idea of the poem?

ii)         Who dies in two ways?

iii)        What is  better than heaven?

Set- E

A.        Find Single words

i)          A person who does had work.

ii)         Increase in size.

iii)        Give attention to a point.

iv)        give up

B.         Answer the following:

i)          What does 'doubly dying' mean?

ii)         Which country does the poet belong to?

iii)        When is all the titles of a man proved to be useless?

Set- F

A.        Fill in the blanks.

The poem composed by ............ requests every one to ............. love towards his ............. The .............. of an unpatriotic person is ............... and no one ............. on his death.

Sir Walter, Scott. weeps, show, wealth, useless, country, mother

B.         Answer question answer.

a)         Who is a patriot?

b)         When does a person lose his name and fame?

c)          How can you be a patriot?