1. Which of these is a theme in 'After Twenty Years'?
a. Loyalty
b. Trust
c. Friendship
d. None of the answers are correct.
2. Bob feels that his old friend Jimmy Wells is a — *
a. real genius
b. true friend
c. lazy fellow
d. short tempered
3. What is the main focus of O. Henry's 'After Twenty Years'?
a. Reunion of long-lost siblings.
b. Reunion of two old friends
c. Rebuilding from nuclear conflict.
d. Release of a man from prison
4. How did the police officer Jimmy?
a. He lit his cigar and the police officer was able to see his face.
b. He smiled at the cop.
c. From a picture.
d. Jimmy introduced himself.
5. What happens at the climax of the story?
a. The plainclothes man tells Bob that he was under arrest.
b. Bob relayed that the man is not really Jimmy.
c. Bob notices that Jimmy was tall man.
d. Bob pulls out a handsome watch from his pocket.
6. From the poem ‘The Listeners’ the traveller came to the house by the ____________.
a. Camel
b. Horse
c. Walk
d. Bike
7. What is the meaning of the word" perplexed______________
a. crowding
b. confused
c. knocking loudly
d. listening
8. Who wrote the poem? The listeners
a. Ruskin bond
b. Walter de la mare
c. Mark twain
d. None
9. Pick out the sentence which has alliteration
a. Above the travellers head
b. of the forest ferny floor
c. but only a host of phantom listeners
d. is there anybody there?
10. What is the meaning of the word "Hearkening?"
a. listening attentively
b. crowding
c. breathing quickly
d. confused
Answers
Soapy moved restlessly on his seat in Madison Square. There are certain signs to show that winter is coming. Birds begin to fly south. Women who wa.nt nice new warm coats beco.me very kind to their hus.ba.nds.
1. Friendship is a theme in 'After Twenty Years'.
Jimmy and Bob keeps each other's promise even after 20years and comes to meet at the same place where they met 20 years ago.
2.Bob feels that his old friend Jimmy Wells is a true friend.
This is because Jimmy couldn't arrest his own friend Bob but instead remains true to his duty and send some other person to do the needful.
3.Reunion of two old friends is the main focus of O. Henry's 'After Twenty Years'.
The two friends reunite after 20 years.
4. Jimmy introduced himself.
That is how Bob recognized the police officer as Jimmy,his long lost friend.
5.Bob relayed that the man is not really Jimmy.
This is the climax of the story.
6.From the poem ‘The Listeners’ the traveller came to the house by the Horse.
On a moonlit night.
7. The meaning of the word" perplexed is Confused.
That means completely puzzled.
8. Walter de la mare wrote the poem The listeners.
9. Is there anybody there has alliteration.
Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of connected words.
10. Listening attentively is the meaning of the word "Hearkening".
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