A Bad Luck Face
READ AND ANSWER
A. 1. What do these expressions mean with reference to the story? Tick the most appropriate options.
a. Poets whose poems are on everybody's lips
- poets whose poems are very popular
- poets whose poems are so famous that people talk about them and recite them
- poets whose poems are famous
- poets whose poems are recited by everyone
Answer: poets whose poems are so famous that people talk about them and recite them
b. Whenever they saw Redappa's face in the morning, their day went all topsy-turvy
- Seeing his face in the morning was enough to make everything go wrong all day long.
- Seeing his face in the morning made everything go upside down.
- Seeing his face in the morning was considered to be unlucky.
- Seeing his face in the morning would bring bad luck the whole day.
Answer: Seeing his face in the morning was enough to make everything go wrong all day long.
c. This was just the kind of news that travels fast
- Gossip spreads very fast.
- Rumours of things causing bad luck or harm spread very fast.
- Gossip travels from one person to another very fast.
- Bad news is spread very quickly.
Answer: Rumours of things causing bad luck or harm spread very fast.
d. Ordered Redappa to move into the guest wing of the palace.
- Told him to start staying at the palace
- Invited him to be a guest at the palace
- Commanded him to stay for a while in that part of the palace reserved for guests
- Insisted that he should stay in a guest room in the palace
Answer: Commanded him to stay for a while in that part of the palace reserved for guests
e. The Chinese ambassador requested an immediate audience.
- He asked to be taken into the presence of the king at once,
- He asked to be taken into the king's presence at once so that he might speak to him.
- He wanted the king to listen to him at once.
- He wished to be taken to the king's court as soon as possible.
Answer: He asked to be taken into the king's presence at once so that he might speak to him.
f. Redappa was a threat to the prosperity of the kingdom.
- The kingdom could not prosper if he was allowed to live.
- His bad luck was not good for the kingdom.
- Redappa's existence was bad for the country.
- The kingdom would not flourish and be successful if Redappa was allowed to live.
Answer: The kingdom would not flourish and be successful if Redappa was allowed to live.
A. 2. Answer these questions.
a. What usually happened if someone saw Redappa's face in the morning?
Answer: If someone saw Redappa's face in the morning the whole day would be topsy-turvy.
b. Why was King Krishnadevaraya curious about Redappa?
Answer: The king was curious about Redappa because he had heard about him being called bad-luck Redappa by everybody.
c. What did King Krishnadevaraya wish to prove?
Answer: The king wanted to prove that all that was being said about Redappa was a silly superstition.
d. Why was Redappa unable to sleep the night before he was to meet the king?
Answer: Redappa could not sleep because he dreaded the outcome of his meeting with the king the next morning.
e. Why did the Chinese delegation politely refuse the offer of lunch?
Answer: The Chinese delegation politely refused the offer of lunch because their ambassador had a stomach upset.
f. Why was the lunch disposed of?
Answer: The lunch was disposed off because it was the rule of the palace kitchen that the king could eat only freshly cooked food for the kingdom could not afford their king getting ill.
g. Why was Tenali Raman determined to save Redappa?
Answer: Tenali Raman was determined to save Redappa because he firmly believed that he was completely innocent.
