11th English 2nd Assignment Unit 2 Poem Confessions of a born spectator This is the full answerkey for the 11th standard english second assignment for 2021 10th standard sslc assignment

Unit 2 – Poem

Confessions of a born spectator

Part-A

I.One Mark Questions

1.Whom does the poet admire?

a)athletes

b) doctors

c) lawyers

d) teachers

Answer:- a)athletes

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2.What is the meaning of ‘maim’?

a) maid

b) mad

c) injure

d) work

Answer:- c) injure

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3.Why do the athletes sweat?

a) match

b) joy

c) hire

d) food

Answer:- c) hire

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4.‘When snaps the knee and cracks the wrist’ What is the literacy device used
here?

a) simile

b) metaphor

c) onomatopoeia

d) repetition

Answer:- c) onomatopoeia

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5.Who is the author of this poem?

a)Words worth

b) Ogden Nash

c) Shakespeare

d) Gabriel Okara

Answer:- b) Ogden Nash

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6.The poet wants to be a…….

a) spectator

b) player

c) boxer

d) doctor

Answer:- a) spectator

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7.The athletes never consider others….

a) feelings

b) money

c) wisdom

d) playing

Answer:- a) feelings

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8……. are called from the stands.

a) spectators

b) players

c) doctors

d) lawyers

Answer:- c) doctors

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9.What is the metal the poet refers in the poem?

a)gold

b) silver

c) copper

d) radium

Answer:- d) radium

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10.“I am just glad as glad can be” What is the figure of speech used here?

a) onomatopoeia

b) simile

c) metaphor

d) personification

Answer:- b) simile

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Part-B

II.Very Short Answer.

1.Whom does the poet admire? why?

The poet admires athletes who play games.Because the poet is a determined spectator.

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2.What pleases the ego?

When players outsmart their opponents and crack their vertebrae and spine, the ego is pleased.

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3.Why are athletes rough during the play?

Enthusiastic athletes, in a bid to impress umpires and the spectators play roughly. Besides, they have no feelings for their opponents in the ring/playground.

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4.Why are doctors called from the stands?

The doctors are called from the stands by the sponsors to attend to a badly hurt and bleeding athlete.

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5.Why does the poet make such an observation?

The poet does not wish to swap place with either heroes or victims of brutal sports. So, he makes this remark. ,

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Part-C

III. Short Answer.

1.What kind of spirit does the poet has?What does he support ?

If one has courage,persistence and team spirit,one can definitely succeed.one has to fix realistic goals for the team and offer support for the team to achive it

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2.Why does ‘A run ninety yards’? Who is a champion?

The poet watches with a palpitating heart when A runs ninety yards to bag a medal. b knowcks the champion to the floor.

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3.Why does the poet want to be a spectator? What does the poet’s soul offers?

Being a spectator the poet is very happy. The poet soul offers true thanks giving

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4.What are the things the poet wants to do and doesn’t want to do with the
players?

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5.Do you think the narrator is heroic? Why?

I don’t think the narrator/poet is heroic. A Hero is one who confronts any challenge and acts on it and fights to the end. The narrator is happy as a non-participant observer of heroic and rough games.

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Part-D

IV.Write in detail.

1.How does the poet establish the victory of common sense over ego?

The poet is sure of his limitations. He had only modest of physiques. He can’t imagine receiving blows in a boxer’s ring. He has seen zealous athletes playing so rough that they never consider the feelings of fellow players. They are insensitive to the cracking wrist and snapping knees of fellows players. When his ego and prudence clashed, ego told him to seek glory in sports, but his pmdence always ignored it. Thus common sense prevailed. He remained a cheerful life-time fan. He was contented as a spectator of all kinds of games and sports and world famous athletes.

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2.The poet does not wish to exchange places with the athletes. How does he
justify his view?

In the very first stanza, the poet admits that right from his boyhood days, he was glad to watch others play all kinds of games including boxing. He was glad that he was not one of them. His limp and bashful spirit feeds on the heroism of other players. He watches with a palpitating heart when ‘A’ runs ninety yards to bag a medal. He watches with obvious alarm when ‘B’ knocks another boxer down cracking his vertebrae and spines. The players maim each other. His ego would never be pleased to swap places with such popular players. He listens to the mention of prudence/common sense and refrains from hurting himself or others by not participating in any game whatsoever. Thus he justifies his view to continue as spectator.

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