NCERT Class 8 English Chapter 7 When I Set Out for Lyonnesse
NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew (Poem) Chapter 7 When I Set Out for Lyonnesse
Working with the poem
Question 1.
In the first stanza, find words that show
(i) that it was very cold.
(ii) that it was late evening.
(iii) that the traveller was alone.
Answer:
(a) rime
(b) starlight
(c) lonesomeness
Question 2.
(i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was
(a) improbable.
(b) impossible
(c) unforeseeable.
Answer:
(a) improbable
(c) unforeseeable
(ii) Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.
Answer:
No prophet durst declare
Nor did the wisest wizard guess
Question 3.
(i) Read the line (Stanza) that implies the following:
“Everyone noticed something, and they made
guesses, but didn’t speak a word.”
Answer:
All marked with mute surmise
(ii) Now read the line that refers to what they noticed.
Answer:
My radiance rare and fathomless.
MCQs Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1.
In the first stanza, find words that show that it was late evening’.
(a) Rime
(b) Starlight
(c) Spray
(d) Lonesomeness
Answer:
(b) Starlight
Question 2.
Which word in second stanza means ‘stay or stop’?
(a) prophet
(b) balance
(c) sojourn
(d) wizard
Answer:
(c) sojourn
Question 3.
What actually happened at Lyonnesse?
(a) impossible
(b) imperfect
(c) improbable
(d) immortal
Answer:
(c) improbable
Question 4.
Why did people remain silent then and there ?
(a) surprised
(b) shocked
(c) both (a) & (b)
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) both (a) & (b)