Question from the poem Television by Roal Dahl

Television

1.    “In almost every house we’ve been,
We’ve watched them gaping at the screen.”

i.                   Where does this line occur?

ii.                 What do you mean by ‘gaping at the screen’?

2.    “How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?”

i.                   Where do you find this line?

ii.                 Who are they here?

iii.              How did they keep themselves contended?

iv.              What is meant by ‘monster’?

v.                 Why is it called ‘monster’?

3.    “THEY … USED … TO … READ! They’d READ and READ,
AND READ and READ.”

i.                   Name the text and the author?

ii.                 Who were they here?

iii.              What they used to rea here?

iv.              Why are this letter written in capital letter?

4.    “Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!”

i.                   How were the children play long ago?

ii.                 How they are different than the children today?

5.    “They’ll now begin to feel the need
Of having something to read.”

i.                   Where do you find this line?

ii.                 Who are they here?

iii.              When will they start to read?

6.    “That fills their hearts. They’ll grow so keen
They’ll wonder what they’d ever seen”

i.                   Who are they here?

ii.                 What feels their heart and how?

7.    “That nauseating, foul, unclean,
Repulsive television screen!

And later, each and every kid
Will love you more for what you did.”

i.                   What is being described here and why?

ii.                 What do you think every children love you?