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The Library Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Brute – an animal
- Sage – a very wise man
- Mastodon – a large extinct elephant -like mammal of ancient times
- Leathern – made of leather
- Revived – regained life or strength
- Anew – once more
Question 1: What did man use to trace on stones and barks?
Answer: Man use to trace his thoughts on stones and barks.
Question 2: What happened after God said, ‘LET there be light!’?
Answer: When God said, ‘LET there be light’ nature, life and order came through the dead and formless frame.
Question 3: How were voices lost for so long? How can they be heard again?
Answer: The voices were lost so long because there were no medium to express it. They can be heard again with the invention of printing press.
Question 4: Which invention is praised in the poem? Why?
Answer: The invention of printing press is praised in the poem because with that we can hear the voices lost so long, the sage’s word and the sibyl’s song.
Question 5: What does the ‘alcoved hall’ refer to? What has it been compared to?
Answer: Alcoved hall refers to a small space in the room formed by one part of a wall being further back than the parts on each side. It has been compared to stony trance of Pantheon.
The Library Questions & Answers
Question 6: Read and answer the questions:
(a) How did the dead soul wake?
Answer: The dead soul woke with the finding of the printing press.
(b) What had man used through the ages to write his thoughts?
Answer: Man had used stone, barks, leaf of palm, sedge -wrought roll, plastic clay and leathern scroll to write his thoughts.
(c) What happened as a result of the revival?
Answer: As a result of revival, we heard the voices lost so long, the sage’s word and sibyl’s song.
Question 7: Read and answer the questions:
(a) How did the light first come about?
Answer: Faint was the light first came about.
(b) Identify the figure of speech used in the last line.
Answer: Personification
(c) On whom did the first light shine?
Answer: The first light shone on giant fern and mastodon, on half -formed plant and beast of prey.
Question 8: Read and answer the questions:
(a) What does ‘here’ refer to?
Answer: ‘Here’ refers to a library.
(b) How are the shelves crowded?
Answer: The shelves are crowded with works of greatest dramatist Shakespeare and great English poet Chaucer.
(c) Who are the two English writers that the poet mentions in the poem?
Answer: Shakespeare and Chaucer are the two English writers that the poet mentions in the poem.
So, these were The Library Questions & Answers.