Question

Class 11 Lesson: The Address

1. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each:

a)Why did the narrator go to the address Number 46, Marconi street?

b)Comment on Mrs. Dorling when she opened the door to the narrator.

c)Who was Mrs. Dorling? Why did she take away Mrs. S's belongings?

d)Why did the narrator wait a long time to go to Number 46, Marconi street?

e)What clues does the lesson provide to suggest that the narrator's mother is no longer alive?

f)Compare the narrator's meeting with
i)Mrs. Dorling and ii)her daughter.

g)Why did the narrator say,' I was in a room I knew and did not know.'

h)What hint do we have about the narrator's nationality?

i)Why didn't the narrator reclaim her mother's belongings?

j)Why did Mrs Dorling's living room horrify the narrator?

2. Answer the following questions in 120-150 words each:

a)'The Address is a story of human predicament that follows war.' Comment.

b) Write character sketches of:
i)Mrs. Dorling
ii)Mrs. S.

c)Justify the title,'The Address'.

Answer 1

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