Comprehension : A poem is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out the four alternatives. Whose list to hunt, I know where is an hind, But as for me, helas. I may no more. The vain travail hath wearied me so sore, I am of them that farthest cometh behind. Yet may I by no means my wearied mind Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore, Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind. Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt, As well as I may spend his time in vain. And graven with diamonds in letters plain There is written, her fair neck round about : Noli me tangere, for Caesar’s I am, And wild for to hold, through I seem tame.
Whoso and 'Sithens' in the first line of the poem are _____ .
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A.
Adjectives
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B.
Misspelled words
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C.
Archaic words
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D.
New coinage words
Correct Answer:
C. Archaic words
Explanation:
The poem’s opening line features the archaic terms "whoso" and "sithens," which refer to an earlier period of language. "Whoso" is an outdated version of "whoever," while "sithens" is an old-fashioned way of saying "since."
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