LESSON 14
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL MASTER
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B. Comprehension.
1.Answer the following questions. (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§াāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
(a) What do you mean by 'yon ? What is furze? ('Yon' āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻি āĻŦুāĻা? furze āĻি?)
Ans: 'Yon' means something distant but within the site. Furze is a kind of shrub.
('yon' āĻŽাāύে āĻš’āϞ āĻĻূā§°ā§° āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু furze āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻোāĻĒোāĻšা āĻāĻ)
(b) Whose Mansion' is referred to here? Why is it called 'noisy'?
(āĻā§াāϤ āĻাā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে? āĻ āĻিā§ āĻšূāϞāϏ্āĻĨূāϞীā§া?)
Ans: The 'mansion' referred to here is of the village school master's. It is called 'noisy' because it is actually a school.
(āĻā§াāϤ āϏ্āĻুāϞ⧰ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে৷ āĻ āĻšূāϞāϏ্āĻĨূāϞীā§া āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে āĻ āĻāĻāύ āϏ্āĻুāϞ)
(c) What is thought to be skirting the way? How does it skirt the way?
(ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻো āĻিāĻšে āĻেā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ?āĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻেā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: A fence of furze is thought to be skirting the way. It skirts the way in a straggling manner.
(āĻĢাā§°্āĻ āĻāĻে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻো āĻেā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ৷ āĻ ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻো āĻ āϏāĻŽাāύāĻাā§ąে āĻেā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ)
(d) What type of man was the village school master?
(āĻাā§ąঁā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The village school master was a stern but good humoured person. He was kind and loved to learn.
(āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āĻĻৃā§ āĻিāύ্āϤ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীā§া āϏ্āĻŦāĻাā§ąā§° āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻā§াāϞু āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ)
(e) How did the poet know him well?
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāύে?)
Ans: The poet knew him well because he have undergone the teacher's rage. By seeing his face in the morning the students can assume his temperament for the day.
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāύে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻ্ā§°োāϧ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšৈāĻে৷ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽূāĻāĻāύ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āĻĻেāĻিā§েāĻ āĻাāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻāϞে āĻĻিāύāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāύ āĻেāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϏেā§া āĻ āύুāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷)
f) Who is a truant? Was the poet a truant also?
(āĻোāύে āϧেāĻŽাāϞি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? āĻāĻŦিāĻ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীā§া āĻāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি?)
Ans: The village school master was a traunt. The poet was not a traunt.
(āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āϧেāĻŽাāϞীā§া āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻāĻŦি āϧেāĻŽেāϞীā§া āύাāĻিāϞ)
(g) Quote a line from the poem to show the poet's feelings about the teacher.
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া āϝ’āϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻŽāύোāĻাā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻĒাā§)
Ans: "Amazed they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew."
(h) What is 'busy whisper' referred to in the poem? Why was there such a busy whisper?
(''āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা' āĻŦুāϞি āĻি āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে? āϤাāϤ āĻিā§ āĻāύে āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The 'busy whisper' referred to in the poem is the discussions of students about the class teacher. There was such a busy whisper in small circles of students to talk about the gloomy attitude that the teacher was carrying on that day.
(āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻŦুāϞি āĻā§াāϤ āĻাāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻšোā§ąা āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে৷ āϤাāϤ āĻāύে āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻĻিāύা āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻāĻা āĻোāĻŽোāĻ া āĻŽāύ āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ)
(i) What is 'tidings'? Why is it called 'dismal?
('tidings' āĻŽাāύে āĻি?āĻā§াāĻ āĻিā§ āĻোāĻŽোāĻ া āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে?)
Ans: 'Tiding's are small news. It is called 'dismal' because these news carries information about the teacher's frawnings or bad temperament.
('tiding' āĻŽাāύে āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻŦā§°৷āĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻোāĻŽোāĻ া āĻŽূāĻā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻŦাāϤ⧰ি āĻā§িā§াāĻāĻিāϞ)
j) What two other things could be done by the village school master?
(āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻāύ āĻাāĻŽ āĻĻুāĻা āĻি āĻি?)
Ans: The two other things the village school master can do was to write and to cipher.
(āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻāύ āĻাāĻŽ āĻĻুāĻা āĻš’āϞ āϞিāĻāύি āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŖāύা)
(k) What do you mean by "Terms and Tides?
('terms and tides' āĻŽাāύে āĻি?)
Ans: By 'Terms and Tides' means the terms of land and measurement determined by the school master and his prediction of important dates.
('terms and tides' ā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ 'terms' ā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻĻিā§া āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻোāĻ āĻā§°ু āύীāϤি āύিā§āĻŽ āĻā§°ু 'tides' ā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϤাā§°িāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻাāύāύী)
l) What does the poet mean by the term 'words of learned length?
('words of learned length' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি?)
Ans: The term 'words of learned length' means the long or big learned words used by the schoolmaster.
(āĻā§াā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ āĻš’āϞ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻĻীāĻāϞীā§া āϤāϤ্āĻŦāĻāϧূā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°)
(m) Why did the 'rustics' ranged around?
('āĻাāĻঁāĻŦাāϏী' āĻিā§ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The 'rustics' rang around to watch the village schoolmaster's argument.
(āĻাāĻঁāĻŦাāϏী āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ āϤ⧰্āĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ৷)
(n) Who is referred to as 'One small head'?
('āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāϏ্āĻ' āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻ āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে?)
Ans: The village schoolmaster is referred to as 'one small head'
('āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāϏ্āĻ' āĻŦুāϞি āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে)
(o) Make a list of things that 'One small head' could carry.
(āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāϏ্āĻ' āĻ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°া āϤāĻĨ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāĻāύ āϤাāϞিāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻā§°া)
Ans: That 'one small head' of the village schoolmaster could carry a lot of things. He loved learning too much and this was his fault.The villagers accepted him as a learned man. He could write and knew cipher. He could measure lands with terms and predict tides.There were stories that he could measure well also. The schoolmaster owned some speaking skills too. Even though he get defeated ,he still continues his argument.He used wise meaningful words in argument and the villagers gather to witness it .
(āϏ্āĻুāϞ⧰ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ 'āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāϏ্āĻ' āĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻে৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻļিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦā§° āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻাāĻঁāĻŦাāϏীā§েāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻ্āĻাāύী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āϞিāĻা āĻŽেāϞা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦāĻ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϤাā§°িāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻাāύāύী āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ৷āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĨāύāĻļৈāϞীāϤ āĻĒাāĻৈāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒā§°াāĻিāϤ āĻš’āϞেāĻ āύিāĻā§° āϤ⧰্āĻ āĻĻā§°্āĻļাāĻāĻিāϞ)
2. Answer in brief(About 50 words)
(āĻāĻŽু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
i) Give a character sketch of the village school Master.
(āϏ্āĻুāϞ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া)
Ans: The village schoolmaster taught in a small school building. He was a stern but humorous man who also cracked jokes in his class. His pupils learnt to trace his mood for the day by watching his face in the morning. If he was in a good mood he cracked jokes and made the students laughed. If he was in a bad mood the students could assume by his frawnings.He was a kind person.His only fault was his too much love for learning.The villagers accepted him as a learned man. He could write and knew cipher. He could measure lands with terms and predict tides.There were stories that he could measure well also. The schoolmaster owned some speaking skills too. Even though he get defeated ,he still continues his argument.He used wise meaningful words in argument and the villagers gather to witness it. The villagers admired him and wondered how could so much knowledge be carried by 'one small head' of the schoolmaster
.(āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āϏ্āĻুāϞāĻā§°āϤ āĻĒā§াāĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻৃā§ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীā§া āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻ āĻĻাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻোā§ąাāϤ āĻৌāϤুāĻো āĻৈāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻāϞে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻিāύāĻোāϞৈ āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŽāύ āϞৈ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϏেā§া ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽূāĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻ āϧ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āϤেāĻঁ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻŽুāĻীā§া āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻৌāϤুāĻ āĻৈ āĻাāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻšāĻšুā§ąাā§৷āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āϤেāĻঁ āĻোāĻŽোāĻ াāĻŽুāĻীā§া āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে āϤেāύ্āϤে āϏেā§া āϤেāĻঁā§° āϧāĻŽāĻি āĻļুāύি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাā§৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻĻā§াāϞু āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻĻোāώāĻো āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻļিāĻাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻাāĻঁāĻŦাāϏীā§েāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻ্āĻাāύী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āϞিāĻা āĻŽেāϞা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦāĻ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϤাā§°িāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻাāύāύী āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ৷āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĨāύāĻļৈāϞীāϤ āĻĒাāĻৈāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒā§°াāĻিāϤ āĻš’āϞেāĻ āύিāĻā§° āϤ⧰্āĻ āĻĻā§°্āĻļাāĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϝুāĻ্āϤি āĻĻā§°্āĻļাāĻŦāϞৈ āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻāϧুā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷āĻাঁāĻāĻŦাāϏীā§ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻুāĻŦ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏ⧰ু āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāϏ্āĻāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻ্āĻাāύ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷)
ii) Was the village School Master really a learned man? Give reasons for your answer.
(āϏ্āĻুāϞ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āϏāĻাāĻৈā§ে āĻāĻāύ āĻ্āĻাāύী āϞোāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āύে?āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āϝুāĻ্āϤি āĻĻā§°্āĻļোā§ąা)
Ans: The village school master was really a learned man. He knew how to hold control over the class by not being cruel.He taught students with the help of traunts and jokes.He was admired by the villagers for his knowledge. Moreover,he knew how to measure land. He set the boundaries of lands and can predict important dates. He can argue quite well,even though he was being defeated he still continued his argument. He used tough long words
(āϏ্āĻুāϞ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻ্āĻাāύী āϞোāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ োā§° āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻৈā§ে āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻো āĻļাāϏāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āϏেā§া āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻৌāϤুāĻ āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻļিāĻ্āώাāĻĻাāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻāϞো āĻাঁāĻāĻŦাāϏীā§° āĻāĻĻā§°āĻŖীā§ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ৷āĻā§াā§° āĻāĻĒā§°িāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻোāĻ āϞ’āĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏীāĻŽা āύিā§°্āϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϤাā§°িāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻাāύāύী āĻĻিāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻ āϤি āĻাāϞāĻৈ āϤ⧰্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒā§°াāĻিāϤ āĻš’āϞেāĻ āϤ⧰্āĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻিāĻিāϞ৷āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ িāύ āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻāϧুā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷)
A)Find rhyming pairs from the following words:
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāύ্āĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞিāĻা)
Ans:
Trace :face
he :glee
aught: fault
around: sound
skill :still
grew: knew
Himadri Borah
(M.A in English)
Check by - Mukesh Borah
Post ID : DABP006033