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2. What happens when the traveller knocks on the door for the first time?

3. Why is the knocking on the door not answered?

4. Who do you think are the inmates of the house? Give reasons to support your answer.
Answer in 50–60 words.

5. What message does the traveller leave before going?

Reference to the context

Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. But no one descended to the Traveller;

No head from the leaf -fringed sill

Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes,

Where he stood perplexed and still.

a. What physical trait of the Traveller is mentioned here?
i. head ii. grey eyes

iii. his stature iv. his fingers

b. What was the Traveller expecting?
i. to see horses at the moonlit door

ii. to see more birds at the top of the turret

iii. to hear from someone

iv. to be greeted by someone

c. Why was he ‘perplexed and still’?

i. because he was expecting an answer from the inmates of the house but despite

repeated calls, there was no response
ii. because there were ghosts in the house
iii. because his horse just kept on eating grass

iv. because someone was standing on the stairs in the hall

d. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘still’ as used in the
given context.

i. They have been together for forty years and they are still very much in love.

ii. In the still of the night, nothing moved.

iii. Keep still and stop wriggling.
iv. She still lives with his mother.

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