How does the Guru manage to save his disciple’s life ?

What are the Guru’s words of wisdom ? When does the disciple remember them ?

Who is the real culprit according to the king ? Why does he escape punishment ?

Name all the people who were tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial ?

Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fool ? Is it a good idea ?

What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the kingdom of Fools ?

Look at these words :... peace comes dropping slow Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings What do these words mean to you? What do you think “comes dropping slow...from the veils of the morning”? What does “to where the cricket sings” mean? Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. —Gautama Buddha Lincoln

Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree (i) Bee-loud glade(ii) Evenings full of the Linnets wings(iii) Lake water lapping with law sound. What pictures to these words create in your mind?

Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?

By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III.)

What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about :

Here are some notes which you could use to write a report. 21 August, 2005 — original handwritten manuscript of Albert Einstein unearthed — by student Rowdy Boeynik in the University of the Netherlands — Boeynik researching papers — papers belonging to an old friend of Einstein — fingerprints of Einstein on these papers — 16-page document dated 1924 — Einstein’s work on this last theory — behaviour of atoms at low temperature — now known as the Bose-Einstein condensation — the manuscript to be kept at Leyden University where Einstein got the Nobel Prize. Write a report which has four paragraphs, one each on : l What was unearthed. l Who unearthed it and when. l What the document contained. l Where it will be kept. Your report could begin like this : Student Unearths Einstein’s Manuscript 21 AUGUST, 2005. An original handwritten Albert Einstein manuscript has been unearthed at a University in the Netherlands.

The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, ........... (They asked him to send them his photograph.)

The stone steps, ........... needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).

........... I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)

........... I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)

The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, ........... (While it neighed continually.)

She watched the sunset above the mountain, ........... (She noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)

........... the firefighters finally put out the fire.

Science wasn’t the only thing that appealed to the dashing young man with the walrus moustache. (interested, challenged, worried)

Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in an uproar. (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a desperate state)

At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for good. (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)

Einstein got ever more involved in politics, agitating for an end to the arms buildup. (campaigning, fighting, supporting)

The newspapers proclaimed his work as “a scientific revolution.” (declared, praised, showed)

Einstein was constantly at odds with people at the university. (on bad terms, in disagreement, unhappy)

A few years later, the marriage faltered. (failed, broke, became weak).

Here are some facts from Einstein’s life. Arrange them in chronological order.

Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?

How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?

What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office? Why?

Explain what the reasons for the following are : (iv) What do these tell you about Einstein?

Explain what the reasons for the following are : (iii) Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.

Explain what the reasons for the following are : (ii) Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.

Explain what the reasons for the following are : (i) Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.

Who had these opinions about Einstein? (iii) He was a freak.

Who had these opinions about Einstein? (ii) He was stupid and would never succeed in life.

Who had these opinions about Einstein? (i) He was boring.

Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you.