Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Glaucus stood, straight and firm, waiting for
the expected rush of the lion. But to every one’s astonishment the animal did
not even seem to notice the presence of the man. At the first moment of its
release it paused in the arena, raised itself on its back legs, and sniffed the
air. Then suddenly it sprang forward, but not on the Athenian. It circled round
and round the arena, turning its great head from side to side, as if looking
for some way to escape. Once or twice it tried to leap up the wall that divided
it from the audience. It showed no sign of either rage or hunger, but waved its
tail unceasingly and rolled its eyes from side to side. At last, it tried to
escape, it crept back into it’s cage, and once more laid itself down to rest.
Questions:
(a) Who was waiting for the release of the
lion?
(b) What had he been doing?
(c) What did the lion do just when it was
released?
(d) Why everybody in the audience was
astonished?
(e) Did the lion show any sign of rage,
hunger and what were it’s tail and eyes doing?
(f) Did the lion spring upon the Athenian and
what was it trying to do? What did the lion ultimately do?
(g) Pick out a word from the passage that
means “persons who hear.”
(h) Pick out a word which means ‘surprise.’
