Based on your reading of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct options: 1. 'he lifted his head from his drinking as cattle do' - The poet wants to convey that the snake is domesticated is innocent is as harmless as cattle drinks water just like cattle 2. 'Sicilian July', 'Etna smoking' and 'burning bowels of the earth' are images that convey that there are snakes in volcanic areas the poet lived in a hot area it was a really hot day when the snake came Sicilian snakes are dangerous 3. 'A sort of horror , a sort of protest overcame me' - The poet is filled with protest because he doesn't want to let the snake remain alive he fears the snake he doesn't want the snake to recede into darkness he wants to kill it so that it doesn't return 4. In the line 'And as he slowly drew up, snake-easing his shoulders, and entered farther' the phrase snake easing' his shoulders means loosening its shoulders slipping in with majestic grace moving slowly moving fast 5. 'He seemed to me like a king in exile…' The poet refers to the snake as such to emphasize that the snake is like a king enduring banishment Is like a king due to be crowned Is a majestic king who came for a while on earth is a majestic creature forced to go into exile by man 6. 'I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act' -The poet is referring to the snake going into the dreadful hole the accursed modern education the act of throwing a log of wood at the snake the act of killing the snake