(b) Robin Hood pretended to be a musician.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
‘What dost thou do here?’ the Bishop he said,
‘I prithee now tell to me’,
‘I am a bold harper’, quoth Robin Hood,
‘And the best in the north countree’.
‘O welcome, O welcome!’ the Bishop he said,
‘That music best pleaseth me.’
‘You shall have no music’, quoth Robin Hood,
‘Till the bride and the bridegroom I see’.
With that came in a wealthy knight,
Which was both grave and old,
And after him a finikin lass,
Did shine like glistening gold.
‘This is no fit match’, quoth bold Robin Hood,
‘That you do seem to make here;
‘For since we are come into the church,
The bride she shall choose her own dear’.
Study the following statements:
(a) The Bishop asked Robin Hood the purpose of his visit.
(b) Robin Hood pretended to be a musician.
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Correct answer: (C) Both (a) and (b) are right.
Explanation
The Bishop asks ‘What dost thou do here?’, i.e. why he has come, and Robin Hood claims to be ‘a bold harper’, pretending to be a musician. Both statements are right.