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# Week 9 - Graded Assignment 9 > **Course:** Jan 2026 - English II > Week 9 - Graded Assignment 9 > **Last Submitted:** You have last submitted on: 2026-04-17, 05:39 IST --- ## Introduction 1. Read the passage and answer the following questions: As Dhai Ma counted out the feast-foods on her fingers, smacking her lip...
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Week 9 - Graded Assignment 9
Course: Jan 2026 - English II
Week 9 - Graded Assignment 9
Last Submitted: You have last submitted on: 2026-04-17, 05:39 IST
Introduction
- Read the passage and answer the following questions:
As Dhai Ma counted out the feast-foods on her fingers, smacking her lips in happy remembrance, my attention veered to the meaning of the names our father chose. Dhristadyumna, Destroyer of Enemies. Draupadi, Daughter of Drupad.
Dhri’s name fell within the bounds of acceptability—though if I were his parent I might have picked a more cheerful name, like Celestial Victor, or Light of the Universe. But Daughter of Drupad? Granted, he hadn’t been expecting me, but couldn’t my father have come up with something a little less egoistic? Something more suited to a girl who was supposed to change history?
I answered to Draupadi for the moment because I had no choice. But in the long run, it would not do. I needed a more heroic name.
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II. Listen to the audio sample in the link and answer the questions below:
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Question 1
'Dhri' appears to be whose nickname?
- Draupadi’s
- Dhai Ma’s
- Dhristadyumna’s
- Drupad’s
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Dhristadyumna’s
Accepted Answers:
Dhristadyumna’s
Question 2
What is the meaning of the narrator’s name?
- Light of the Universe
- Celestial Victor
- Destroyer of Enemies
- Daughter of Drupad
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Daughter of Drupad
Accepted Answers:
Daughter of Drupad
Question 3
What is the meaning of 'acceptability' ?
- Ability to like someone
- The quality of being allowed or tolerated
- Ability to accept everything
- All of the above
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
The quality of being allowed or tolerated
Accepted Answers:
The quality of being allowed or tolerated
Question 4
Whom does the narrator consider to be egoistic?
- Her brother
- His sister
- Her father
- Their mother
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Her father
Accepted Answers:
Her father
Question 5
What is the meaning of 'celestial' ?
- Relating to home
- Relating to heaven
- Relating to war
- Relating to water
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Relating to heaven
Accepted Answers:
Relating to heaven
Question 6
Listen to the audio.'You have been stranded thousands of miles from home'
What is the meaning of the word ‘stranded’?
- Left alone
- Tortured
- Confused
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Left alone
Accepted Answers:
Left alone
Question 7
Listen to the audio and fill in the blank: “Such a ___________ would make many people despair and curse their awful fate.”
- Prediction
- Predicament
- Predatory
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Predicament
Accepted Answers:
Predicament
Question 8
Listen to the audio.'It became the foundation of his life’s work and legacy'. What is the meaning of the word legacy?
- A set of property or values left after one’s departure.
- A treat by a leader
- An unseen treasure.
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
A set of property or values left after one’s departure.
Accepted Answers:
A set of property or values left after one’s departure.
Question 9
“He _________ into a bookshop, became intrigued by reading about Socrates. Listen to the audio and fill in the blank.
- Wanted
- Wandered
- Pondered
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Wandered
Accepted Answers:
Wandered
Question 10
What is the meaning of the word ‘intrigued’?
- Irritated
- Interested
- Involved
Status: Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: Score: 1
Feedback/Explanation:
Interested
Accepted Answers:
Interested