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THE STORY OF 'DANCE OF
DESIRE' |
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In a
land before time began, a land of ancient gods,
of high kings and warrior queens, a king's love
for his children brought down a terrible curse
on them which held them in bondage for nine
hundred years. When the wife of the De Danann
King Lir died, he married her sister Aoife.
Because of his great love for his four children,
their stepmother became insanely jealous and
plotted a terrible revenge.
Lir
protected his children from evil with the magic
Sword of Light. The bearer of the sword was
bestowed absolute power.
But
the evil Aoife watched and waited and in time
stole the magic sword from the king. With its
magical powers she changed the children into
swans and condemned them to an eternity of
suffering in ocean waters. The king, powerless
to help, could do nothing to save his children
from the turbulent
seas as without the sword his magical powers lay
dormant.
The Expot, April 2004 |
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Aoife is Lir's |
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sister |
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first wife |
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stepmother |
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(D) |
second wife
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Why did Aoife curse the children ? |
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She wanted to take over the throne. |
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She was jealous of the king's love for them.
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She was controlled by her evil stepmother. |
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She wanted to steal the children's magic sword |
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What was Aoife's curse on the
children ? |
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She stole their magic sword. |
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She turned them into swans.
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She turned them into swords. |
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She banished them to the sea. |
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4. |
Lir could not save his children because he |
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was afraid of Aoife |
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was turned into a swan |
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had no powers without his sword
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was powerless against the turbulent sea |
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5. |
The word turbulent
means |
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deep |
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large |
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rough
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shallow |
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6. |
Which word in the passage shows that the
king's powers were temporarily lost ? |
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Absolute |
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Bondage |
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Dormant
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Magical |
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Answers : 1D 2B 3B
4C 5C 6C |
