Quick Revision
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Place of the garden | a coconut grove near Chennarayapatna |
| The old man's eyes | suffused with strange memories and native intelligence |
| The old man is | a labourer, overseer and philosopher; really Tammanna |
| Rival's names | first "Sangoji", corrected to Basavaiah |
| Land | Tammanna 1,000 acres, Basavaiah 800; Basavaiah seized 200 |
| Tammanna's weapon | ballads and songs; "best poet of his times" |
| Basavaiah's weapons | palatial mansion, flatterers, gold, diamonds, scholars |
| Basavaiah's hope | Tammanna's illness |
| Tammanna's last move | left everything, as if dead |
| World parallel | Russia tells America, "I am not your enemy" |
| Ending | Basavaiah dies; Tammanna forgets his songs - "Thus I avenged myself" |
[Exam Tip] — The old man's closing request ("assume I did not tell you any of this… think all this happened in a dream") is often asked. He goes to visit Lokya's sick child, who paints well.