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4.6 THE HUMBLING OF JOVINIAN
*TEXTUAL QUESTIONS:
a) Find the meaning of the following words from a good dictionary : boastful , plunged , exhaustion , guise , porter , sovereign , impudence , scanty , attire , imposter , tolerate , replica , clad , usurper , identity.
Ans : boastful – fond of boasting , plunged – jumped , exhaustion – extreme tiredness , guise – dress , porter – a servant, worker , sovereign – Emperor,supreme , impudence – arrogance , scanty – barely enough , attire – dress , imposter – one who assumes a false character , tolerate – bear,allow , replica – exact copy , clad – dressed , usurper – one who seizes unlawfully , identity – recognition of oneself. Q. Read the questions and find their answers from the passage :

Passage 1 : [One day, emporer………………………………………………. he fell asleep.]

(a) (1). What was Emperor Jovinian thinking about? Ans : his vast empire and the power he had over his people.

(2) How did he feel? Ans : very proud and superior.

(b)(1)Mention any two boastful thoughts of Jovinian?
Ans : (i) ‘ I am the greatest – the most powerful.’
(ii) ‘Even God doesn’t have powers greater than mine’.

(c) Find adjectives from the passage.
Ans : proud , superior , greatest , powerful.

(d) (i)”No one would dare to disobey me,” he thought. (Change into Indirect speech) Ans : He thought that no one would dare to disobey him. (ii) I am the most powerful. (Change the degree) Ans : No other (person) is as powerful as I am. (e) What is your opinion about Jovinian?
Ans : Jovinian was very proud , boastful and arrogant. He thought that he was greater than God too.
Passage 2: [While the Emperor…………………………………………………………………… no one came.]

(a) (1) What was special about the other person who came to the edge of the water? Ans : In appearance and manners he was an exact copy of Jovinian. (2) What could Jovinian not find? Ans : his

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