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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. Alexander Pope was a great English Poet. He belonged to the Augustan Age of English Poetry. He wrote classical poems. He loved to live in solitude. His purpose of life was unique. He hated sociability and friendship. Nothing could give him pleasure than his feeling of independence in respect of the fulfilment of his basic needs. To him, a truly happy man is he who does not have to depend on others for anything. Such a man gets food from the piece of land he inherited, milk from his own herds and fire and shade from his own trees. He enjoys the company of solitude only. He gets plenty of time for work and rest. The poet wanted to live unseen and unknown. He also desired to pass away from the world unnoticed and unlamented. 1. Alexander Pope was : (1) a great Greek poet (2) a great French poet (3) a great English poet (4) a great Urdu poet 2. He belonged to : (1) The Elizabethan Age (2) The Romantic Age (3) The Victorian Age (4) The Augustan Age 3. He loved to live : (1) in crowd (2) at workplace (3) in solitude (4) at playground 4. He hated : (1) dishonesty (2) violence (3) sociability (4) dirty places 5. Pass away means (1) go off (2) reject. (3) die (4) take no notice

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1. (3) a great English poet

2. (4) The Augustan Age

3. (3) in solitude

4. (3) sociability

5. (3) die



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