Each question carries 1 marks
1.Between whom did the quarrel take place
Ans: The quarrel took place between the mountain and the squirrel.
2.What did the mountain call the squirrel?
Ans: The mountain called the squirrel 'LittlePrig'?
3.What was the name of the squirrel?
Ans:The name of the squirrel was Bun.
4. In which matter is Bun doubtless?
Ans:Bun is doubtless in the matter that the mountain is very big.
5.What must be taken in together to make up a year and a sphere?
Ans:All sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make up a year and sphere.
6.What does the squirrel think to be of no disgrace?
Ans.The squirrel thinks that his occupying a place on the earth is no disgrace.
7.Of the mountain and the squirrel who is more spry?
Ans: Of the mountain and the squirrel the squirrel is more spry.
8.What according to the squirrel can he not do?
Ans:According to the squirrel he cannot carry forests on his back.
9.What according to the squirrel can the mountain not do?
Ans:According to the squirrel the mointain cannot crack a nut.
10. What does little prig’ mean?
Ans. ‘Little prig’ means a small creature that is fussy and self-righteous in an irritating manner.
11. Why did the mountain call the squirrel a ‘little prig
Ans. The mountain called the squirrela little prig’ because the mountain felt that the squirrel carried a lot of air in spite being so small.
12. What do all sorts of things and weather make?
Ans. All sorts of things and weather make a sphere or the earth and a year.
13. What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?
Ans. It is not a disgrace to the squirrel to be so small and to occupy a small place.
14. What are the positive qualities of the squirre1?
Ans. The squirrel is spry or lively, confident and speak articulately for himself.
15. What, according to the squirrel, are the limitations of the mountain?
Ans. According to the squirrel, the mountain is not half as spry as the squirrel and cannot crack nuts.
16. Name one talent of the squirrel.
Ans. The squirrel can crack nuts effortlessly.
17. What does the poem Fable’ mean to say?
Ans. The poem fable means to say that talents differ and everyone, big or small, has a role to play on earth.
Each question carries 2 marks
1.What is a fable and why is Emerson's poem named 'Fable'?
Ans: A fable is a short story which has a moral lesson.
Emerson's poem is named 'Fable' because it has a story and a moral lesson.
2. What is the moral lesson of Emerson's 'Fable '?
Ans: The moral lesson of Emerson's 'Fable' is that in this world every being , living or non-living, big or small have their individual reasons for existence.
3.What does the squirrel think to be of no disgrace and why?
Ans: The squirrel thinks his occupying a place in this world as no disgrace.
He thinks so because he believes that in this world every being has its role to play.