Question

03. Have you ever been there? It's a wonderful town still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer evenings were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking quietly, the women waving palm-leaf fans, with the fire-flies all around, in a peaceful world. To be back there with the First World War still twenty years off, and World War II over forty years in the future... I wanted two tickets for that. (CBSE Question Bank 2021)


(ii) Choose the option that best describes the society represented in the above extract.

(a) content, peace-loving
(b) leisurely, sentimental
(c) orthodox, upper class
(d) comfortable, ancient​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) content, peace-loving

Explanation:

The life at Galesburg was quite idyllic and peaceful. People there had plenty of time for themselves. People were quite sociable and lived a carefree life. Charley had heard from his grandfather the beautiful, peaceful, and contented life at Galesburg. He found it to be a perfect place. So, he had a strong desire to go there.

Answer 2

Answer:

content and peace loving

Explanation: