What is the language spoken in Flanders?

Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.

The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Do you think it is important to preserve languages?

What do you gather about Crocker-Harris from the play?

Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.

(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.

Find out the correlates of Yin and Yang in other cultures.

In what ways do you think we could help prevent the extinction of languages and dialects?

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.

Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?

What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?