Read the following extract and do the given activities : (5 marks)A1. God bestowed many good qualities on man. Refer to the poem and list any four of them : (2)When God at first made Man,Having a glass of blessings standing by;Let us (said He) “pour…

Q.3 (A) Read the following extract and do the given activities : (5 marks)

A1. God bestowed many good qualities on man. Refer to the poem and list any four of them : (2)

When God at first made Man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by;
Let us (said He) “pour on him all we can:”
Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.

So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flow’d, then wisdom, honour, pleasure:
When almost all was out, God made a stay,
Perceiving that alone of all His treasures
Rest in the bottom lay.

For if I should (said He)
Bestow this jewel also on my creature,
He would adore my gifts instead of me,
And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.
So both should losers be.

Yet let him keep the rest,
But keep them with repining restlessness;
Let him be rich and weary, that at last,
If goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May toss him to my breast.

A2. What would the human being do if God gifted him with ‘Rest’ ? (2)

A3. The rhyme scheme of the poem ......................... (1) (i) a a b b c (ii) a b c b c (iii) a b c c b (iv) a b a b a