The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth
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Question
1: The following is a summary of what happened in the story, in mixed order.
Write the events in their correct order to form a continuous paragraph.
a) As a result, her voice lost its
beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her song.
b) Soon the nightingale became famous,
and creatures for miles around came to hear the nightingale song.
c) All the other creatures in the bog
cheered and clapped at her beautiful song.
d) He offered to train the nightingale,
so that she could sing even more beautifully.
e) So the frog could once more sing at
night in his bog, unrivalled.
f) The next night, the frog introduced
himself.
g) The frog charged an admission fee, and
earned a lot money from these concerts.
h) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in
a loud unpleasant voice.
i) But the frog made the nightingale
rehearse too much, and in the rain.
j) One night, a nightingale suddenly
began to sing.
k) Finally, the nightingale burst a vein
and died.
Answer:
a) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in a loud
unpleasant voice. (h)
b) One night, a nightingale suddenly began to sing.
(j)
c) All the other creatures in the bog cheered and
clapped her beautiful song. (c)
d) The next night, the frog introduced himself. (f)
e) He offered to train the nightingale, so that she
could sing even more beautifully. (d)
f) Soon the nightingale became famous, and
creatures from miles around came to hear the nightingale sing. (b)
g) The frog charged an admission fee, and earned a
lot of money from these concerts. (g)
h) But the frog made the nightingale rehearse too
much, and in the rain. (i)
i) As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the
other creatures stopped coming to hear her song. (a)
j) Finally, the nightingale burst a vein and died.
(k)
k) So the frog could once more sing at night in his
bog, unrivalled. (e)
Question
2: Identify the poem's rhyme scheme.
Answer: The
rhyme scheme of the poem is - aa, bb, cc.
Question
3: Now the frog puffed up with rage.
"Brainless
bird - you're on the stage
Use your
wits - follow fashion.
Puff
your lungs out with your passion."
(a) Why
was the frog so angry?
(b) Do
you think that the nightingale was truly "Brainless"? (Give two
reasons to support your answer).
(c) In
what way did the frog become the unrivalled king of the bog once again?
(d) How
did the creatures of Bingle Bog react to the nightingale’s singing?
(e) Which are the
different ways in which the frog asserts his importance?
(f) Why is frog’s joy
both sweet and bitter?
Answer (a): The frog
was angry because the number of creatures who came to nightingale's performance
decreased day by day.
Answer (b): Yes, I
think the nightingale was truly 'brainless'. There are many reasons. First, she
couldn't see through the trick of the frog who offered to train her. Secondly,
she didn't know her real worth. Thirdly, she couldn't see through the treachery
of the frog who made her sing non-stop. Fourthly, she couldn't understand the
frog's hint when he said that she owed him "sixty shillings". Also,
she was a poor judge of music and acted on his advice. Eventually, she sang
loudly and burst her lung.
Answer (c): The
cunning frog used to train the poor nightingale day and night. One day he told
her to sing with all her passion and the nightingale puffed up her lungs and
died of a vein burst. So, the frog became the unrivalled king of the bog once
again.
Answer (d): The creatures of Bingle Bog shouted
in appreciation to the nightingale’s singing. They said that she snag
beautifully and her voice was heavenly. They requested her to sing once again.
Answer (e): The frog was a crafty fellow. He
first pulled her down by pointing out the draw backs in her song. Then he
offered to train her. He made her sing aloud and in cold weather. He made a
fortune by organizing musical nights. He befooled her, misguided her, and drove
her to untimely death.
Answer (f): The frog’s joy was sweet because he
was earning a lot of money at the nightingale’s expense. His joy was bitter
also because he was jealous of the nightingale’s fame.
Question
4: Do you agree with the frog’s inference of the nightingale’s character? Give
reasons for your answer.
Answer: I agree with
the frog’s inference of the nightingale’s character. The nightingale did not
trust in herself. She asked frog’s comments on her singing. The frog made tall
and false claims about his talent in the field of music and writing. The
nightingale got impressed and accepted him on face value. She believed that he
was a great art critic and felt flattered to be his disciple. She did not
recognize a crook and she hence, became his prey.
Question
5: "The Frog and the Nightingale" contains many words describing
different kinds of noise. Find these words, and group them in the way you think
is most suitable.
Answer: These
words are: Croaked, cacophony, blared out, minstrelled, melody, serenaded,
baritone, twittering, trills, zipped, bounced, foghorn.
These could be grouped according to their
qualities- sweet / unpleasant or attractive / repulsive.
(a). croaked, cacophony, blared out, bounces,
foghorn - unpleasant / repulsive.
(b). minstrelled, melody, serenaded - neither
sweet nor repulsive.
(c). twittering, trills, zipped - neither sweet
nor repulsive.
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