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face very small in comparison, a round upturned nose and a long
wavy beard that didn't seem to belong to such a perky face (His
ugliness was a standing joke among his friends and he helped them
to enjoy the joke) He was a poor man and something of an idler-a
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stonecutter by trade, a sort of semi-skilled sculptor, But he didn't
work any more that was necessary to keep his wife and three boys
alive. He preferred to talk, And since his wife was a complaining
woman who used her tongue as an irate wagon driver uses a horse-
whip, he loved above all things to be away from home. 5
He would get up before dawn eat a hasty breakfast of bread dipped
in
wine, slip on a tunic and throw a coarse mantle over it, and be off
in search of a shop, or temple, or a friend's house, or the public
baths, or perhaps just a familiar street corner, where he could get
7 into an argument. The whole city he lived in was seething with
argumentation. The city was Athens, and the man we are talking
about was Socrates.
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Q.1) Read the above passage carefully and answer the following
questions:
1. What evoked a sense of joy in the people?
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Answer 1

Answer:

ugliness was a standing joke among his friends and he helped them

to enjoy the joke) He was a poor man and something of an idler-a

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stonecutter by trade, a sort of semi-skilled sculptor, But he didn't

work any more that was necessary to keep his wife and three boys

alive. He preferred to talk, And since his wife was a complaining

woman who used her tongue as an irate wagon driver uses a horse-

whip, he loved above all things to be away from home. 5

He would get up before dawn eat a hasty breakfast of bread dipped