…it was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. He tried, to be sure, to walk in a definite direction, but the paths twisted back and forth so strangely! He walked and walked without coming to the end of the wood, and finally he realised that he had only been walking around in the same part of the forest. All at once he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. Now his own turn had come. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. The whole forest, with its trunks and branches, its thickets and fallen logs, closed in upon him like an impenetrable prison from which he could never escape. i) How would you characterise the mood of the above extract? a) mysterious, restful b) ominous, despairing c) thoughtful, whimsical d) philosophical, anguished ii) By what bait had the peddler been fooled? a) He had chosen to take the ‘safe’ forest route. b) He had decided to avoid the public highway. c) He had stolen money from the trusting crofter. d) He didn’t realize the power of his rattrap analogy. iii) The consequence of ‘his own turn’ having come was that the peddler had _____ a) got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest. b) been fooled and imprisoned in a hopeless prison. c) been walking around the same part of the forest. d) walked the whole forest without finding the end. iv) The above extract richly employs literary devices. Look at the table below. Choose the option that correctly matches the instances/ examples in Column A with the literary devices in Column B:Column AColumn B1. The forest closed in upon the peddier like an impenetrable prison.(i) imagery2. The big and confusing forest with its twisted paths, trunks, branches, thickets and failen logs.(ii) Ailogory3. The lost peddler was reminded of the owrld and the rattrap.(iii) Metaphor4. It was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. the peddier had been fooled and waas trapped in the forest.(iv) similea) 1 - (i) ; 2 – (ii) ; 3 – (iii) ; 4 – (iv) b) 1 – (iv) ; 2 – (i) ; 3 – (ii) ; 4 – (iii) c) 1 – (iii) ; 2 – (iv) ; 3 – (i) ; 4 – (ii) d) 1 – (ii) ; 2 – (iii) ; 3 – (iv) ; 4 – (i)

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…it was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. He tried, to be sure, to walk in a definite direction, but the paths twisted back and forth so strangely! He walked and walked without coming to the end of the wood, and finally he realised that he had only been walking around in the same part of the forest. All at once he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. Now his own turn had come. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. The whole forest, with its trunks and branches, its thickets and fallen logs, closed in upon him like an impenetrable prison from which he could never escape. i) How would you characterise the mood of the above extract? a) mysterious, restful b) ominous, despairing c) thoughtful, whimsical d) philosophical, anguished ii) By what bait had the peddler been fooled? a) He had chosen to take the ‘safe’ forest route. b) He had decided to avoid the public highway. c) He had stolen money from the trusting crofter. d) He didn’t realize the power of his rattrap analogy. iii) The consequence of ‘his own turn’ having come was that the peddler had _____ a) got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest. b) been fooled and imprisoned in a hopeless prison. c) been walking around the same part of the forest. d) walked the whole forest without finding the end. iv) The above extract richly employs literary devices. Look at the table below. Choose the option that correctly matches the instances/ examples in Column A with the literary devices in Column B:Column AColumn B1. The forest closed in upon the peddier like  an impenetrable  prison.(i) imagery2. The big and confusing forest with its twisted  paths, trunks,  branches, thickets and failen logs.(ii) Ailogory3. The lost peddler was reminded of the owrld and the rattrap.(iii) Metaphor4. It was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. the peddier had been fooled and waas trapped in the forest.(iv) similea) 1 - (i) ; 2 – (ii) ; 3 – (iii) ; 4 – (iv) b) 1 – (iv) ; 2 – (i) ; 3 – (ii) ; 4 – (iii) c) 1 – (iii) ; 2 – (iv) ; 3 – (i) ; 4 – (ii) d) 1 – (ii) ; 2 – (iii) ; 3 – (iv) ; 4 – (i)

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