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Money Madness: Le 1rn T T. Ans: I

1) The document discusses madness for money and how it has become a sign of insanity. 2) It states that no one is truly happy when spending money and that mankind calculates a person's worth based on their money. 3) The speaker fears that the madness for money could drive the world completely insane and discusses how bread, shelter, and fire should be free for all to help regain sanity around money.

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Money Madness: Le 1rn T T. Ans: I

1) The document discusses madness for money and how it has become a sign of insanity. 2) It states that no one is truly happy when spending money and that mankind calculates a person's worth based on their money. 3) The speaker fears that the madness for money could drive the world completely insane and discusses how bread, shelter, and fire should be free for all to help regain sanity around money.

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gpgllsh Gulde Book 53

MONEY - MADNESS

Le11rn to appreciate the poem.


t. (a) \Vhat is the sign of insanity in the individual?
Ans: The madn ess for n1on ey is the sign of insanity in the individual.
(b) Is there an y individual who is happy and fearless when he hands
ou t monev?
_. \ ns : 1·11c1 •.: .u ·, 1 1 !Urnan in this world who hands out money happily and fearlessly.
2. Do we trem money as son1ething made for our use or do we treat it as god?
Ans: \V e trca1. T •rn1 as a god .
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3. How d oes ma n k ind calculate the worth of a person?


Ans : iVlankinC'.i caiculatc the worth of a person from his rrioney.
4. If a man has no money, will he get any food to eat or clothes to wear?
Ans: A man with no n1oney gets .only a piece of bread and has to eat dirt and
will be without clothing.
5. Does anybody care what the man with no money eats? Is he given
some bread to make him live well or only keep him from dying?
Ans: No one cares what the man with no money eats. Even if he is given bread,
it is only to keep him from dying.
6. What is the speaker afraid of? What can that fear become? -
Ans: The speaker is afraid that such madness for money might result in the
world going completely insane. Such fear can become a mental
disturbance where a person is not able to think or speak clearly. ·
7. What are the things that should cost nothing?
Ans: Bread, shelter and fire should cost nothing for anybody all over the world.
8. Why is it important that we 'regain our sanity' about money?
Ans: It is important that we 'regain our sanity' before we started killing each
other for the sake of money.
9. Explain these:
(a) Money is our madness .....
Ans: We calculate everything, even n1an's value in te1n1s of n1oney, even put
behind inner qualities and n1oral values.
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(b) I shall ha,tr co tl41 dh·t. . . •rin tt get prop er food. I havi.: t '
Ans: lf I lUll givrn u ltHk mn1w y to ~l 1rv1vc 1 ~t. -
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buy bf, .. ud wh1 rh ,~ nnt f, c<~ I

(t) 11 •~ unr I hlng or tltl' othe r· .ti, logic, j f not we will SfXr
A.n ,: \\1c, nm~t ch1rn !!l' (111r madn ess o v c•r mone y w, .. ··
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start kdhn g one another f 01 t ,c :-,a . kc of ,nonc y.
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_ . , . ·wer the ques tion s that folio.•:
10. R~ad these line\ from thl' poc1n ,incl ans
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(a) And of cour se, if the mult itude is mad th e io d ividu al
carr ies bu~ 0
g·r a,in of insan ity arou nd him.
(1) \Vhat kind of insanit y is the poet referri ng to? Why does th e poet
it insanit y? . ,. .
Ans: The poet is referring to our madness fo r n1oney. He calls 1
it nsam:
beca use everyone is mad over money.
(ii) Acco rding to the poet , how docs this form of insa nity
affec t
individual and the multitude ?
Ans: This forn1 of insanity makes everyone afraid and gets us dow
n.
(b) And that fear can beco me a delir ium.
lt is fear of n1y .money - mad fellov,., - men.
(i) Wha t is the fear that the poet is talki ng abou t? How does
this f1
affec t peop le?
Ans: The poet is talking about the fear of such mad c
· h · · ness 1or mon ey that
resu 1t 1s t e wor 1d gomg cornpletely insane.
This fear can brin g n1ental disturbance wh h
spea k and think clearly. ere t e pers on is not able to
(ii) Ace,ording to the poet, in what ways d .
to change in order to overcome this f:amanki 11<l and the society
need
. . r a11<l madness•)
An•: Acc,0rd~ng to the . poet, if everyone gets br . ·
cost. thi s fear and madness over nloncy . ~\'.ld, shelter and fire free
ti:'
w1 1 be O\'erco1ne.

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