extracts of the frog and the nightingale

Question 1 - Question: Where did the Frog sit and sing? Answer: The Frog sat under a Sumac tree in the Bingle Bo..

Poet - Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta in 1952. He left India to study at Oxford where he earned degrees in philosophy, economics, and politics, and went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry in China at Nanjing Universit..

Summary - The poet, Vikram Seth, very cleverly gives us a message of the importance of self-confidence and moral courage in his poem - The 'Frog and the Nightingale'. Once in a bog, a frog sat under a Sumac tree and croaked all night in a loud and unpleasant voice. The..

Question 1 - Question: Where does the frog croak? 1. In Bingle bog 2. From dusk to dawn 3. On the Sumac tree 4. On a toadstool Answer:..

The poet, Vikram Seth, very cleverly gives us a message of the importance of self-confidence and moral courage in his poem - The 'Frog and the Nightingale'. Once in a bog, a frog sat under a Sumac tree and croaked all night in a loud and unpleasant voice. The other cr..

Question: One night when the nightingale was about to sing she was startled. What startled her? 1. The frog's advice 2. The frog's croak 3. The frog's movement 4. The frog's scolding Answer: ..

Question: Explain the lines: "And the frog with great precision counted heads and charged admission". Answer: The money-minded frog was charging an entrance fee for the Nightingale's concerts so he was busy selling tickets to each one of them and collecti..

Question: Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow: No nightingale did ever chant, More welcome notes to weary bands, Of travellers in some shady haunts, Among Arabian Sands. a) For whom did the nightingale sing? Why? Answer: a) T..

Question: Why were the animals of the Bog dumbstruck? 1. The frog sang very well 2. The nightingale sang melodiously 3. The moon shone brightly 4. All the animals came to the same place Answer: ..

Question: 'I don't think the song's divine But - oh - well - at least it's mine.' What does the nightingale imply by the last line? 1. She does not like the frog's songs 2. She sings from her heart 3. She wants him to train her 4. She is haughty A..