ENGLISH:
THE MILLER AND THE DEE
Question
and Answers
Q.1 Who are the speakers in this poem?
Ans. The Miller and the King
Hal are the two speakers in this poem.
Q.2 Who is a miller?
Ans. A miller is a man who grinds corn
at the mill.
Q.3 What was he singing about?
Ans. The theme of his song was that
he lived a happy, simple and carefree life. He was not anxious of
other
and was sure that no body envied him.
Q.4 Why did the king say
that he was wrong?
Ans. The miller thought that
no body envied him but he was wrong because King Hal envied his
simple, happy
and carefree life and wanted to change place with him.
Q.5 Who is the happier
of the two, the miller or the King and why?
Ans. The miller is the happier
man, because he has no worries whereas the king has all the worries
and
problems of the world.
Q.6 What did the
King say to the miller in the last stanza of the poem?
Ans. King Hall told the
miller to continue living his happy and care free life and not to
belief that no body
envied him. The millers cap and his cap and his mill ever as previous
as the king's crown and kingdom
and it was such a simple, hard working man as the miler who formed
the back bone of the
country.
Q.7 Where did the
miller of the Dee live? How did he spend his day?
Ans. The Miller of the
Dee lived beside the river December. He spent his day working at
his mill grinding
corn.
Q.8 Why did King
envy the miller?
Ans. The miller was poor,
but happy as a lark. He worked at a mill, he had no worries or troubles
and was
a care free man. King Hal envied him because though he was a Monark,
he was said as, he was
responsible for all the problems and difficulties of his people.
He could never being care free and
happy as the miller.
Q.9 What is the
secret of miller's happiness?
Ans. The miller was a very
happy man. The secret of his happiness was that, he was contented
with work
at the mill.
He loved every one his wife, his children and his friends. Above
all, he never borrowed any money
which he couldn't pay back. He was thankful for what he earned at
his work.
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