A Legend of the...

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

Once, when the good Saint Peter

Lived in the world below,

And walked about it, preaching,

Just as he did, you know,

(Page 65)

Why did Saint Peter travel around the world?

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So she made a very little cake,

But as it baking lay,

She looked at it, and thought it seemed

Too large to give away.

(Page 66)

Where does the cake ‘lay’ baking?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

Once, when the good Saint Peter

Lived in the world below,

And walked about it, preaching,

Just as he did, you know,

(Page 65)

Whom does the poet address to in the given lines?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

So she made a very little cake,

But as it baking lay,

She looked at it, and thought it seemed

Too large to give away.

(Page 66)

Why did the small cakes seem large to the lady?

Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.

So she made a very little cake,

But as it baking lay,

She looked at it, and thought it seemed

Too large to give away.

(Page 66)

Who is ‘she’ in the above stanza?