During her journey, Valli absorbed the natural beauty and clapped her hands in happiness on seeing a young cow running very fast. What does this reveal about Valli?

‘‘Valli was a mature girl and ahead of her age.’’ Justify the statement withinstances from the text. (100  150 words)

Character sketch of Valli.

What does Portia believe makes the music she and Nerissa hear more beautiful?

Read the following excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday:I do not speak Kiowa, and I never understood her prayers, but there was something inherently sad in the sound, some merest hesitation upon the syllables of sorrow. She began in a high and descending pitch, exhausting her breath to silence; then again and again—and always the same intensity of effort, of something that is, and is not, like urgency in the human voice. Transported so in the dancing light among the shadows of her room, she seemed beyond the reach of time.Which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone?A.syllables of sorrowB.high and descending pitchC.always the same intensityD.transported in the dancing lightSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The grapes in the painting Madonna Enthroned by Masaccio symbolise the ___________ of Christ.