Question

. (a)Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

In Titanic the „older‟ Rose throws the Heart of the Ocean diamond over the side of the ship. While the Heart of

the Ocean is only a fairy tale, it is based on the Hope Diamond or The Blue Fire. It was bought in India by a

French jeweller in the 1660s and brought back to France.The Blue Beauty was sold to Louis XIV where it began to attract a reputation as a cursed creature. Things did

not end well with Louis XIV who was flat broke at the end of his life and who was eaten by a pack of wild

dogs. It then passed on to Queen Marie Antoinette who was eventually beheaded. The diamond disappeared

for two decades and eventually resurfaced amidst a story of suicides.

The last owner‟s brother died early, her son was run over by a car when he was nine years old, she got

divorced, her husband perished in a mental institution, her daughter died of an overdose and she herself died of

pneumonia.

The Hope Diamond is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

Questions.

(a) Where did The Blue Fire originate?

(b) To whom was the Blue Beauty passed on after Louis XIV was dead?

(c) How did the diamond affect Louis XIV?

(d) Under what circumstances did the Hope Diamond resurface after two decades?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a)The blue fire was originated in Italy.

b)Blue beauty was passed to Queen Marie Antoinette.

c)Louis XIV was eaten by a pack of wild dogs .

d)The hope Diamond is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

Answer 2

a) Where did The Blue Fire originate