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Summary           ' Not for Sale ' by an anonymous writer is a heart touching story of a young couple madly in love who overcome all obstacles for the sake of their love and togetherness. The author was on a vacation when he came across a painting of a young woman . The painting was extraordinary and very expressive. He wished to buy it. But the woman in charge of the shop denied saying that the painting belonged to the owner of the shop and he did not wish to sell it. However, the painting was so touching that it kept haunting the author. Whenever he got a chance, he would drive all the way through Taos and to the gallery and see the painting. Finally, the woman shopkeeper told him the story behind the painting. Two young students, a man and a woman, fell madly in love while they studied painting and arts in New York, far from their homes . They decided to get married and have a promising career in painting.           How...
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Ozymandias | P. B. Shelley | M.C.Q.

About the poet:

    Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and its regarded by some as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not see fame during his lifetime, but recognition for his poetry grew steadily after his death. Shelley is perhaps best known for classic poems as Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Music, When Soft Voices Die, The Cloud, The Masque of Anarchy etc.

About the poem:

Ozymandias, the sonnet, explores the undeniable truth of history that time ravages everything.

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Ozymandias

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;

And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains, Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Multiple Choice Question

1. P. B. Shelley was a … poet.

(a) Tragic
(b) Patriotic
(c) Romantic
(d) Humorous

Ans. (c) Romantic

2. P. B. Shelley lived for a span of … .

(a) 50 years
(b) 70 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 30 years

Ans. (d) 30 years

3. P. B. Shelley became famous as a poet … .

(a) During his childhood
(b) After his death
(c) During his lifetime
(d) Never

Ans. (b) After his death

4. Shelley did not get fame in his lifetime because …

(a) His poems were not recognized
(b) He was a radical in his political views
(c) He was a radical in his social views
(d) He was a radical in his poetry and in his political and social views

Ans. (a) His poems were not recognized

5. The poem is set in …. .

(a) The wilderness
(b) An ancient land
(c) A palace
(d) A desert

Ans. (d) A desert

6. The traveler had come from …..

(a) An ancient land
(b) A modern land
(c) An antique land
(d) A mountain land

Ans. (c) An antique land

7. The traveler had seen in the desert … .

(a) A lifeless statue
(b) A small statue
(c) A shattered statue
(d) A broken statue

Ans. (d) A broken statue

8. The visage lay …. .

(a) Beneath the pedestal
(b) Under the sand
(c) On the pedestal
(d) Half sunk in the sand

Ans. (d) Half sunk in the sand

9. The visage had a ….. .

(a) Frown on the face
(b) A cheer on the face
(c) A smile on the face
(d) A sadness on the face

Ans. (a) Frown on the face

10. The sculptor had a …. .

(a) Expressions
(b) Features
(c) Moods
(d) Passions

Ans. (d) Passions 

Location: India

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