Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow by
choosing the most appropriate alternative from those given below :
(CBSE (CCE) Examination, 2010)
\And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress, eyebrow. Then a soldier.
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation.
(a) Why does the lover sigh like a furnace ?
(i) it is too hot.
(ii) it is too cold.
(iii) He is angry.
(iv) He is in love.
(b) Explain a woeful ballad.
(i) a love song
(ii) a happy song
(iii) a song of praise
(iv) a sad song
(c) Who is the soldier compared to ?
(i) a lion
(ii) a leopard
(iii) a tiger
(iv) a brave man