Question

About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise
and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The newspaper had reported his death by
mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here or there? When he regained his composure, his
next thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read, “Dynamite king
dies”, and “He was the Merchant of Death”, he asked himself, “Is this how I am going to be
remembered?”, He decided that this was not the way he wanted to be remembered. From that
day on, he started working towards peace. He , the Dynamite King was Alfred Nobel and he is
remembered to-day by the great Nobel prizes.
Questions:
1. What does an obituary column tell of?
a) advertisements b) commercials (purchase and sale) c) news d) on death
2. What was Alfred Nobel’s first reaction?
3. What was he eager to know next?
4. How did he wish to be remembered?
5. Has he fulfilled his wish? How?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. on death

2. his response was shock

3. he was eager to know how he was going to be remembered after death

4 he wished tobe remembered as a good person

5. yes ,he has fulfilled his wish. Fir this he started working towards peace.